Emily English’s whipped ricotta and slow-roasted tomato gnocchi
Emily English’s gnocchi with rich, slow-roasted tomatoes and aubergines and a cloud of whipped ricotta is…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 2⏱ 10 min hands-on · 35 min oven◆ Easy
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Ricotta cheese recipes
Ricotta is a mellow-flavoured Italian soft cheese used to add creamy richness to both sweet and savoury dishes alike. Choose from our ricotta recipes for sweet tortes, pasta dishes, pancakes and classic spinach and ricotta ravioli.
If you want to satisfy your sweet tooth, try our decadent clementine, cardamom and ricotta cake, easy and delicious air fryer doughnuts with quick berry compote, or Alison Roman’s raspberry and ricotta cake.
For savoury inspiration, try our moreish courgettes and ricotta on toast, get indulgent with Edd Kimber’s cacio e pepe stuffed rolls, or try a fragrant dish of crab and ricotta ravioli with sage and saffron butter.
Or learn how to make your own fresh ricotta from scratch.
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Chicken, lentil and ricotta wedge salad
The dressing for this warm salad is made in the pan using the cooking juices from…
Gluten-free
🍽 Serves 2⏱ 30 min hands-on◆ Easy
Spinach and ricotta stuffed mushrooms with rosemary potatoes
There’s a bit of a ‘vegetarian option on a pub food menu in the early 2000s’…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 20 min. Oven time 30 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Ziti spezzati nduja e ricotta (ziti with ’nduja and salted ricotta)
’Nduja – a spicy, sweet and soft salami – has taken the UK by storm over…
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 20 min . Simmering time 1 hour 15 min hands-on · 1 hour 15 min oven◆ Easy
Baked ricotta with cherry tomatoes, chilli and sesame
Looking for an effortless summer supper recipe? Try this golden cloud of baked ricotta from food…
Gluten-freeVegetarian
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 15 min. Oven time 30 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Smoky courgette and ricotta pasta
Reminiscent of a smoky baba ghanoush, this lemony courgette sauce is incredibly versatile. It’s great with…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 2⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Aubergine, ricotta and ’nduja paccheri
Fiery ’nduja and creamy ricotta are natural companions for meltingly tender roasted aubergine in this baked…
Freezable
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 25 min hands-on · 55 min oven◆ Easy
Brown butter radishes and ricotta on toast
The peppery flavour of radishes contrasts beautifully with nutty brown butter and creamy ricotta in this…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 2⏱ 20 min hands-on◆ Easy
Spinach and ricotta pancakes with crispy ’nduja oil
Savoury pancakes are where it’s at. Make this Pancake Day the best yet with these vibrant…
🍽 Serves 2-3 (makes 6)⏱ 30 min hands-on◆ Easy
Clementine, cardamom and ricotta cake
Light and fluffy, rich with ricotta and fragrant with cardamom, this easy clementine cake is a…
Freezable
🍽 Serves 8⏱ 15 min. Oven time 1 hour 10-20 min hands-on · 1 hour 20 min oven◆ Easy
Courgettes and ricotta on toast
June heralds the start of courgette season – a vegetable which needs very little doing to…
FreezableVegetarian
🍽 Serves 2⏱ 10 min. Simmering time 30 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Alison Roman’s raspberry and ricotta cake
Alison Roman’s ricotta cake with raspberries swirled through the batter is a subtly-sweet bake. The perfect…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 8⏱ 15 min. Oven time 55-65 min hands-on · 65 min oven◆ Easy
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