There’s so much more to ricotta cheese than making lasagna filling.
You cantmake lasagnawithout it, and ricotta-stuffed pasta is classic Southern Italian.
But it can also be the secret ingredient that makes your pancakes or meatballs extra light.
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Or an unexpectedly delightful stand-in forwhipped creamor cream cheese in ricotta dessert recipes.
With these ricotta cheese recipes, youll never wonder how to use up that tub again.
Lemony ricotta cheese and fresh dill are light, bright, and refreshing, nestled warmly in naan.
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Stuffed Manicotti
Pasta full of soft cheese never gets old.
A spinach-pancetta filling recipe and Parmesan sauce instructions offer inspiration to change things up, too.
Cheesy Italian Meatball Casserole
Prefer your ricotta displayed rather than hidden as a secret ingredient?
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Its only one of the ready-to-use ingredients that make this theeasiest mealeveryone will clamor for.
There’s also make-ahead advice and a Bechamel version for thecreamy sauce loverin all of us.
Thesepan pizzashave thicker crust than traditional New York-style pizza but thinner than Sicilian.
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shells right before serving to avoid sogginess.
It is beyond rich and decadent.
Rather than a baking dish, we’re layering the ingredients into asheet panand baking until crisp and gooey.
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Cooking this pizza in the air fryer helps the crust stay nice and crisp.
Finish the dish with a sprinkle of fresh basil.
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