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Sweet recipes for ricotta

Its exquisite fluffiness makes it prime fodder for cakes, puddings and fritters.
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Is ricotta the chameleon of the cheese world? The creamy curds have their place in savoury dishes, but today it’s sweet ricotta things we’re wanting. The cheese’s exquisite fluffiness makes it prime material for cakes, hot cakes and puddings, and once you’ve had ricotta in doughnut and fritter form, you won’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 Koludrovic’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

Smolt’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 Grossi’s Italian ricotta doughnuts (globi)

Ricotta with white poached quince and honey
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Jaci Koludrovic’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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