A summer pasta should be simple and fresh, ideally made with vegetables straight from the garden or market Look for the best artisanal ricotta; top-quality ingredients make all the difference here.
This French toast recipe started out with my desire to use up leftover cornbread and quickly ripening fruit, and wound up as a new go-to brunch dish. The topping you see here - blueberries, nectarines or peaches, and pecans - goes especially well with the golden cornbread, but feel free to improvise with other seasonal fruits, berries, and nuts.
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Looking for new ways to make use of creamy ricotta cheese? Well, we've got 12 great ideas for you, from dips to desserts
Photo: Johnny Miller Remember when the only thing we knew to do with a tub of this tangy cheese was to cook up a batch of lasagna? Times have changed. Today's nuanced, artisanal versions of ricotta lend a delicate flair to everything from potato salad to homemade ice cream.
It wasn't all that long ago that finding pizza that's vegan and gluten-free was a serious feat, but luckily v+gf friendly pizza is now much easier to come by. One of my favorite NYC pizza spots is Wild (try the BBQ vegan "chicken" pizza!) and recently I found myself at home craving one of their slices.
Extra-fluffy with creamy, custard-like middles - ricotta pancakes are something you need to try tout suite! They make an elegant alternative to your usual Saturday morning fare, and are a good excuse for adding ricotta to your shopping list. Most ricotta pancake recipes have you separate the eggs and whip the whites, folding them into the batter at the end.
That fresh farmer's cheese we made earlier this week inspired these muffins. They have a tender, buttery base with just a touch of allspice, and ricotta enriched with egg for a creamy topping. Then we plunked heaping spoonfuls of homemade strawberry jam in the middle.
Moist chocolate chip muffins loaded with chocolate morsels in every bite. What a perfect way to start you morning if chocolate is your weakness. Also great as an afternoon snack. These originally started with whole wheat flour, but after a few attempts at these I got the best results using self-rising cake flour.
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In terms of comfort food, grilled cheese is the comfiest. Not only does it evoke memories of childhood dinners, it also makes for the perfect winter meal when paired with hot soup. It's also great on the crispiest of fall evenings. Or, as a quick lunch in summer. Who are we kidding?
