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Honey-baked ricotta with roasted red grapes.

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50 flavourful ricotta recipes

Light, healthy and packed with calcium, ricotta is incredibly versatile and can be used to delicious advantage in sweet and savoury dishes.

51 recipes
Honey-baked ricotta with roasted red grapes.

Honey-baked ricotta with roasted red grapes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Helen Goh's roasted broccoli, chilli and ricotta cake.

Roasted broccoli, chilli and ricotta cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
This recipe makes enough for six tartlets or one large tart.

Helen Goh's mushroom tarts with ricotta and dill

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Pea, mint and salted ricotta salad

Pea, mint and salted ricotta salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Tobie Puttock
Adam Liaw's vegetable terrine on Turkish toast with whipped ricotta.

Vegetarian terrine recipe on toast with whipped ricotta

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Ricotta souffle pudding with raspberries.

Ricotta soufflé pudding with raspberries recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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Welcome spring with Karen Martini's ricotta cannelloni with peas and broad beans.

Ricotta cannelloni with primavera sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Pumpkin and ricotta foli pastries.

Pumpkin and ricotta filo pastries

  • 1-2 hrs
Hot food: Nduja salami.

Bruschetta with nduja and ricotta

  • < 30 mins
risotto
EASY

Pea, mint and ricotta risotto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Yeast-free apple and ricotta frittelle.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's apple and ricotta frittelle

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Spinach and ricotta gnocchi

Spinach and ricotta gnocchi

  • < 30 mins
  • STEVE MANFREDI
Sweet and zesty ... orange ricotta tart.

Orange ricotta tart

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Ricotta al forno

Ricotta al forno

  • < 30 mins
  • Tobie Puttock
Andrew McConnell loves this ricotta cheesecake.

Rum and raisin baked ricotta cheesecake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
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Baked ricotta

Baked ricotta

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Eggs with ratatouille, ricotta & anchovies. Karen Martini RATATOUILLE recipes for Epicure and Good Food. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. Styling by Caroline Velik. Photographed May 28, 2013. The Age Newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald.
EASY

Eggs with ratatouille, ricotta and anchovies

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Butterflied chicken with ricotta and garlic stuffing.

Neil Perry's butterflied chicken with ricotta and garlic stuffing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Baked spiced ricotta cake with a central layer of jammy tomatoes.

Baked spiced ricotta with slow-roasted tomatoes

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
A fluffy, buttery pillow slathered with lemon curd and ricotta and scattered with berries.

Lemon, ricotta and blueberry brioche slab

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Orecchiette with eggplant and ricotta.
EASY

Orecchiette with eggplant, oregano, balsamic and ricotta

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Karen Martini's artichoke salad.

Karen Martini's artichoke, palm heart, ricotta and green sultana salad

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Pasta is optional in this rustic lasagne.

Free-form frypan zucchini, caponata, ricotta and pesto lasagne

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
The perfect date night treat. Orange and ricotta doughnuts and chocolate dipping sauce. SHD SUNDAY LIFE Picture by KATIE QUINN DAVIES SLIFE120603

Orange and ricotta doughnuts with chocolate dipping sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Kate Gibbs
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Helen Goh's ricotta cake with amaretto raisins and chocolate ganache.

Ricotta cake with amaretto raisins and chocolate ganache

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Ricotta gnocchi with spring vegetables and Burnt butter.

Ricotta gnocchi with spring vegetables and burnt butter

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Lemon, poppyseed cake served with homemade ricotta.

Lemon, poppy, thyme and ricotta cake (gluten-free)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Darren Robertson and Mark La Brooy
Baked ricotta with grapes, olives and oregano

Baked ricotta with grapes, olives and oregano

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Roast broccoli with ricotta and lemon.
EASY

Roast broccoli salad with ricotta and lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Tomato and lemon tart

Tomato and lemon tart

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Italian cheesecake.

Italian cheesecake recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Slow-cooked beetroot salad with horseradish ricotta.
EASY

Slow-cooked baby beets with horseradish ricotta and chopped winter greens

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Butterflied chicken with ricotta, garlic and spice stuffing.

Butterflied roast chicken with gluten-free ricotta, garlic and spice stuffing

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's homemade ricotta with smashed broad beans, peas and mint.

Smashed broad beans, peas and mint with homemade ricotta recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
There's no need to individually fill the shells in this rustic pasta bake.
EASY

Spicy tomato pasta bake with kale, almonds and ricotta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Silverbeet and haloumi pies with sausage (or ricotta).

Silverbeet, sausage and halloumi pies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
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