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Baked ricotta

Course Appetizer
Difficulty Low
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 people as an appetizer
Author Lorena Salinas from Cravings Journal

Ingredients

For the ricotta

  • 1 litre whole milk try to avoid UHT milk
  • 4 tbsp lemon or lime juice
  • 1 cdta salt

For the baked ricotta

  • ricotta from above
  • olive oil
  • zest from 1 lemon half to mix in with the ricotta and the other half to decorate
  • 2 sprigs thyme
  • salt
  • pepper
  • honey or olive oil
  • pistachios slightly chopped

For the baguette toasts

  • 1 baguette
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

For the ricotta

  1. Bring the milk and salt to a boil. Stir every once in a while so it doesn't stick and burn to the bottom.

  2. Once it starts boiling take off the heat and add the lemon juice. Give it a quick mix and let it rest for 10min. If it doesn't curdle when you mix in the lemon juice, return it to the heat for a few seconds. I should curdle.

  3. Put a colander on a bowl with a muslin or butter cloth on top. You can also use a bag to strain vegetable milk and reserve it for this use only to avoid cross contamination.

  4. Pour the milk onto the muslin and let it drain for 15min and then help it release more water by squeezing it a bit.

  5. Mix thyme leaves, lemon zest, salt and pepper with the ricotta.

To take it to the oven

  1. Pain a mould (I used 2 silicone muffin moulds) with a bit of olive oil and fill with the ricotta. Press down so it's shaped by the mould.

  2. Take to a preheated oven at 180C for 15min

  3. Turn over a piece of baking paper and return to the oven for another 15min.

  4. Serve and decorate with pistachios, lemon zest and honey or olive oil.

For the baguette toasts

  1. Cut the baguette in thin slices diagonally and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper.

  2. Take to a preheated oven at 180C until golden (7-15min).