Ricotta Cheese Cake Food

RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Generously butter and sugar a 9-inch springform pan (3 inches deep). Whisk together ricotta, egg yolks, flour, 6 tablespoons sugar, the zest, and salt in a large bowl.
• Whisk egg whites with a mixer on low speed until foamy. Raise speed to high, and gradually add remaining 6 tablespoons sugar, whisking until stiff, glossy peaks form, 3 to 4 minutes. Gently fold a third of the whites into ricotta mixture using a rubber spatula until just combined. Gently fold in remaining whites until just combined.
• Pour batter into pan, and bake until center is firm and top is deep golden brown, about 1 hour. Let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife around edge of cake; release sides to remove from pan, and let cool completely. Serve with citrus-vanilla compote.

RICOTTA CHEESE FILLED CAKE

Steps:

• Mix cake according to directions on box.
• Grease and flour 13x9 inch pan.
• Pour cake mix into pan.
• Mix Ricotta, sugar, beaten eggs and vanilla.
• Pour filling mixture over cake batter and spread evenly.
• Do not mix with batter! Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool completely.
• Cut into squares to serve. Holly Wickstrom Guild of St. Mary of the Nativity, Scituate, MA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

RICOTTA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease and flour 9x13 pan.
• Follow cake mix direction and pour into prepared pan.
• Mix ricotta, vanilla and sugar until well blended with hand mixer.
• Place by spoonfuls on top of batter as close together and evenly as possible.
• Bake for 25 mins and then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture and continue to bake until toothpick comes out clean,about 15-20 more minutes.
• The ricotta will be on the bottom and the nice moist cake on the top.
• ENJOY!

RICOTTA CHEESECAKE - JUST 3 INGREDIENTS!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C with the fan option off. Arrange the baking tray onto the middle shelf of the oven. Line with parchment paper a 7-inch springform cake pan.
• Using a hand mixer, beat the drained ricotta cheese on medium-low speed until smooth and lump-free, 1-2 minutes. Add the sugar and beat until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until fully combined and you reach a creamy lump-free batter. Do not overmix.
• Pour the batter over the prepared cake pan. Bake in the oven for 50-60 minutes. The cheesecake should be taken out of the oven when the edges are set but the center is still jiggly You can check whether the cheesecake is ready, with an instant-read thermometer. When the cheesecake inside reaches 65°C/150°F, it's ready.
• Let the cheesecake cool completely before removing the cake from the pan. Cover the cake with cling film and refrigerate for a few hours before serving. It tastes even better the next day!

RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Make crust:
• Pulse flour, sugar, salt, and butter in a food processor until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add yolk, vanilla, and lemon juice and pulse just until mixture begins to form a dough. Spread dough with a small offset spatula or back of a spoon over buttered bottom of a 24-centimeter springform pan and prick all over with a fork. Chill 30 minutes.
• Bake crust in a shallow baking pan (to catch drips) in middle of oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes, and cool on a rack.
• Increase temperature to 375°F.
• Make filling and bake cake:
• Discard liquid and cheesecloth and force drained ricotta through sieve into bowl. Beat yolks and sugar with an electric mixer until thick and pale, then beat in ricotta, flour, and zests. Beat whites with salt in another bowl until they hold soft peaks, and fold into ricotta mixture.
• Butter side of springform pan and pour filling over crust (pan will be completely full). Bake in baking pan in middle of oven until cake is puffed and golden and a tester inserted 1 inch from center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Run a knife around top edge of cake to loosen and cool completely in springform pan on rack. Chill, loosely covered, at least 4 hours. Remove side of pan and transfer cake to a plate. Bring to room temperature before serving.

RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F with rack in lower third.
• Lightly butter pan and coat with cookie crumbs, leaving any loose crumbs distributed over bottom of pan.
• Whisk together remaining ingredients and pour into crust.
• Bake until puffed and golden but center is still slightly wobbly, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Cool in pan on a rack (cake will sink a little).
• Serve cheesecake warm or at room temperature.

WHITE CHOCOLATE & RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Melt the butter in a pan or microwave. Very finely crush the biscuits together, stir with the butter, then press very firmly into the base of a 20cm round loosebottomed cake tin. Bake for 6 mins. Cool, then wipe around the inside of the tin with a little oil on kitchen paper.
• Soak the gelatine in water while you make the filling. Tip the chocolate into a bowl over a pan of simmering water, then add the milk. Gently heat until melted, then stir together. Squeeze the gelatine dry, add to the chocolate mixture and stir to dissolve.
• Beat the ricotta, cream, sugar and egg yolks together. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites.
• Stir the chocolate and ricotta mixtures together, then gently fold in the egg whites. Carefully pour onto the cooled biscuit base. Cover the tin with cling film, then chill until firm, preferably overnight.
• To decorate, very generously top the cheesecake with the white chocolate curls, then remove from the tin, scatter with the pomegranate seeds and dust all over with icing sugar, if you like.

SICILIAN RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Set rack in the middle of the oven. Butter and flour a 9 1/2 inch springform pan, and tap out excess flour.
• Place the ricotta in a large mixing bowl, and stir it as smooth as possible with a rubber spatula. Stir the sugar and flour together thoroughly into the ricotta. Stir in the eggs 1 at a time. Blend in the vanilla, cinnamon, orange zest, and salt. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the center of the oven for about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours, until a light golden color. Make sure the center is fairly firm, and the point of a sharp knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. It will sink slightly as it cools. Cover, and chill till serving time.

RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Butter 9" springform pan.
• Melt butter, cool.
• Sift flour and cornstarch together, reserve.
• Place cream cheese and ricotta in mixer, beat until smooth and creamy.
• Add sugar in 3 additions over 1 minute, scraping bowl as necessary.
• Beat 30 seconds longer.
• Add eggs, one at a time, at 30 second intervals.
• Mix well after each addition.
• Blend in flour, cornstarch, lemon juice and vanilla.
• Add butter and sour cream.
• Beat for 30 seconds, scrape bowl and beat 10 seconds longer.
• Wrap springform in two layers of aluminum foil, pour batter into pan, put springform in a larger pan such as a roasting pan and add hot water to larger pan until it comes halfway up the sides of the springform.
• Bake until center still jiggles slightly, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove from oven, remove foil, cool completely on rack and refrigerate overnight.
• To remove springform, heat sides with propane torch and remove sides.
• Turn cake upside down in the palm of one hand, heat bottom with torch and remove bottom of springform.
• Place plate on bottom and flip right side up.
• Cut cake with unwaxed dental floss.

25 WAYS TO USE RICOTTA CHEESE YOU'LL LOVE

Steps:

• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a ricotta recipe in 30 minutes or less!

ITALIAN LEMON RICOTTA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 inch springform pan using butter and powdered sugar; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl or stand up mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until combined. Add in the ricotta cheese and blend until light and fluffy, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Mix in the eggs, one at a time. Add in the vanilla, lemon zest, and lemon juice and mix to combine. In the same bowl, stir in the baking soda and salt. Lastly, add in the flour and mix until just combined, scraping down the sides of bowl to full incorporate all of the ingredients.
• Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan. Bake for 45-55 minutes, or until the cake is set and a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing the collar and base of the pan. Cool on a wire rack and dust with powdered sugar before serving.

RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Spray the springform pan with cooking spray. Separate the eggs, placing the whites in one of the large bowls and the yolks in the work bowl of a food processor.
• Add the sugar and vanilla to the work bowl of the food processor and process until thick and light yellow, about 1 minute. Add the ricotta and zest and process until smooth, another 30 seconds. Scrape the mixture into the other large bowl.
• Beat the whites on high speed with the mixer until they hold stiff peaks. Fold the whites into the ricotta mixture and scrape into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula.
• Bake until the cake is deep golden brown and the sides begin to pull away from the pan, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Transfer to the rack to let cool completely. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until serving, at least 6 hours and up to 1 day. To serve, release the sides of the springform pan, dust with confectioners' sugar using the strainer, and cut into wedges.

32 EASY RICOTTA CHEESE RECIPES TO TRY

Steps:

• Choose your favorite dish!
• Prepare ingredients according to the recipe.
• Be ready in 30 minutes or less!