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.

Baked ricotta pudding with mandarin, honey and chamomile compote

Rhubarb and ricotta bread and butter pudding

Jaclyn Koludrovic’s roasted white chocolate and ricotta cannoli

Smolt’s hot ricotta fritters, blueberry-lime compote and ricotta cream

Peach, raspberry and ricotta crumble cake

Guy Grossi’s Italian ricotta doughnuts (globi)

Jaci Koludrovic’s ricotta with white poached quince and honey

Ricotta fritters with lime curd and candied grapefruit

Ricotta and mascarpone puddings with spiced wine prunes

Honey, polenta and buttermilk-ricotta pudding

Thick ricotta pancake with roast rhubarb

Ricotta, candied orange and Marsala crostata

Poppy seed and ricotta cake with lemon curd
