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Sweet recipes for ricotta

Its exquisite fluffiness makes it prime fodder for cakes, puddings and fritters.
Gourmet Traveller: ricotta, candied orange and Marsala crostata
Australian Gourmet Traveller video recipe for ricotta, candied orange and Marsala crostata.
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Is ricotta the chameleon of the cheese world? The creamy curds have their place in savoury dishes, but today itโ€™s sweet ricotta things weโ€™re wanting. The cheeseโ€™s exquisite fluffiness makes it prime material for cakes, hot cakes and puddings, and once youโ€™ve had ricotta in doughnut and fritter form, you wonโ€™t look back.

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Ricotta fritters with honey and figs
Photo: William Meppem

Ricotta fritters with honey and figs

Baked ricotta pudding with mandarin, honey and chamomile compote
Photo: Chris Chen

Baked ricotta pudding with mandarin, honey and chamomile compote

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Rhubarb and ricotta bread and butter pudding

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Roasted white chocolate and ricotta cannoli
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Jaclyn Koludrovicโ€™s roasted white chocolate and ricotta cannoli

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chocolate ricotta cake

Hot ricotta fritters, blueberry-lime compote and ricotta cream
Photo: William Meppem

Smoltโ€™s hot ricotta fritters, blueberry-lime compote and ricotta cream

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Peach, raspberry and ricotta crumble cake

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Globi
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Guy Grossiโ€™s Italian ricotta doughnuts (globi)

Ricotta with white poached quince and honey
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Jaci Koludrovicโ€™s ricotta with white poached quince and honey

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Ricotta fritters with lime curd and candied grapefruit

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Ricotta and mascarpone puddings with spiced wine prunes
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Ricotta and mascarpone puddings with spiced wine prunes

Ricotta gelato with espresso praline
Photo: William Meppem

Ricotta gelato with espresso praline

Honey, polenta and buttermilk-ricotta pudding
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Honey, polenta and buttermilk-ricotta pudding

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Ricotta and cinnamon pastry pillows

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Burnt-honey and ricotta gelato slice
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Burnt-honey and ricotta gelato slice

Photo: Prue Ruscoe

Fig jam and ricotta torta

Photo: William Meppem

Thick ricotta pancake with roast rhubarb

Photo: Sharyn Cairns

Ricotta tart

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Photo: Chris Chen

Baked lemon ricotta doughnuts

Chocolate ricotta pudding
Photo: John Paul Urizar

Chocolate ricotta pudding

Photo: Prue Ruscoe

Ricotta, candied orange and Marsala crostata

Photo: William Meppem

Ricotta maple tart with roast pears

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Ricotta hotcakes with apple and honey
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Ricotta hotcakes with apple and honey

Photo: Vanessa Levis

Poppy seed and ricotta cake with lemon curd

Ricotta-polenta cake with lemon-rosemary syrup
Photo: William Meppem

Ricotta-polenta cake with lemon-rosemary syrup

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