Italian cheese cheese has long been adopted on our tables. Ricotta finds a place not only in cold appetizers, but also in recipes for baking (both salted and sweet), as well as hot dishes and desserts. If you become the owner of a jar of ricotta or cooked it with your own hand, do not miss the opportunity to try the recipes with this cheese, which we collected in this material.
A simple cheesecake recipe with ricotta
Recipes of baking with ricotta are not inferior in simplicity to our curd casseroles. A direct proof of this is the recipe of the traditional American cheesecake in the Italian manner. Dessert, baked with this technology, contains a pumpkin in its composition, but an alternative outside the autumn season can be the dried berries and fruits.
Ingredients:
For the basis:
- walnuts - 2 1/2 items;
- granulated sugar - 55 g;
- butter - 55 g;
- flour - 35 g;
- pinch of cinnamon.
For cheesecake:
- ricotta - 455 g;
- sour cream - 280 g;
- granulated sugar - 145 g;
- eggs - 5 pcs .;
- flour - 155 g;
- Pumpkin puree - 425 g;
- cinnamon - 1 teaspoon.
Preparation
This recipe for cheesecake with ricotta is prepared on an off-the-shelf basis: if in a classic dessert the cake is made from crumbled cookies, here we replace it with crumb of walnuts.
In the bowl of the blender, grind all the ingredients for the cake until a homogeneous paste is formed. Distribute the paste with a thin layer on the bottom of the parchment-covered form and place it in the freezer.
Cheesecake itself is also prepared simply, all ingredients from the list are whipped with a mixer, and then poured over the walnut crust. Next, it only remains to place the cheesecake in a preheated to 180 degree oven for an hour, after which the dessert should be allowed to cool completely before decor and serving.
Pancakes with ricotta - recipe
Of course, curd cheese is easily combined with any sweet stuffs that you used to put in pancakes, but we will stop at the salty variation of the appetizer and cook pancakes with ricotta and meat additives.
Ingredients:
For pancakes:
- eggs - 6 pcs .;
- flour - 175 g;
- olive oil - 65 ml;
- milk - 255 ml.
For filling:
- onion - 130 g;
- minced meat - 420 g;
- dry white wine - 55 ml;
- Ricotta - 460 g;
- ham - 110 g;
- hard cheese - 180 g.
Preparation
Start with a dough for pancakes, for the preparation of which it is enough to combine all the ingredients to homogeneity. Fry the dough pieces in a dry frying pan until tender.
Now to the filling. First, save the crushed onion, add to it minced meat and allow to brown. Pour in the white wine and let it evaporate completely. Mix the ricotta with the cooled meat stuffing, slices of ham and grated cheese. Put the portions of the filling in the center of each pancake and fold with an envelope. Send the pancakes into the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.
Lasagna with ricotta - recipe
Among the whole variety of recipes for dishes with ricotta, one should not forget about the variation of classical lasagna, which is prepared with the addition of curd cheese.
Ingredients:
- sheets for lasagna - 340 g;
- Ground beef - 510 g;
- onion - 135 g;
- Ricotta - 260 g;
- grated mozzarella - 1 item;
- spinach - 95 g;
- egg - 1 piece;
- tomato sauce - 480 ml.
Preparation
Spasseruyte onions and add to it minced meat. When the last comes to the ready, fill it with tomato sauce and remove from heat.
Separately, spin the spinach so it fades, cool it and mix it with ricotta and egg.
Boil the lasagna sheets until half-ready and start spreading them layer by layer, alternating layers of meat with tomato sauce and ricotta with spinach. Sprinkle the dish with grated mozzarella and put the bake at 180 degrees for 35-40 minutes.