6 side ricotta Recipes

low-fat ricotta cheese, light cream cheese, rum or cognac, superfine sugar, very strong espresso or good quality coffee, cooled, ladyfingers, unsweetened cocoa , for dusting, beat the cheeses , rum and sugar with electric beaters until light and creamy, set aside. pour the coffee into a large shallow dish. quickly dip 1 side of half the ladyfingers into the coffee and lay closely together with the dipped side down over the base of a large flat-based serving dish or large cafe au lait cups. spread half of the cheese mixture evenly over the ladyfingers. dust with half the cocoa then repeat layers with coffee-dipped biscuits and cheese. cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight. dust with remaining cocoa just before serving.

homemade cavatelli or 1 (16-oz) package commercial cavatelli, asparagus, trimmed, peeled , and cut into 1/2-inch diagonal slices (about 2 cups), extra-virgin olive oil, garlic clove, bruised with the side of a knife, red and yellow grape or cherry tomatoes, halved, torn fresh basil leaves, ricotta salata, sliced, arugula, long stems trimmed and leaves torn into pieces (about 1 1/2 cups, packed), salt , to taste, freshly ground pepper , to taste

frozen deep dish pie shell (or homemade crusts , if you re feeling bold and time is on your side!), part-skim ricotta cheese, eggs, egg white, pre-shredded mozzarella cheese, fresh spinach leaves, chopped (uncooked ), vidalia onion, finely chopped, tomato, diced, fresh basil leaves, chopped (no cheating by using dried basil!!!), salt, black pepper, garlic powder (to taste)

corn kernels, drained, low-fat ricotta cheese, baby spinach leaves, rye bread, toasted on 1 side only