Recipes with Ricotta
Recipes with Ricotta – the best, creamiest, dreamiest ricotta recipes that prove ricotta is the most versatile cheese!
Ricotta is one of those ingredients I only use a little of and then let the rest of the container go bad in the fridge. This zucchini lasagna is one of those examples where I always end up with leftover ricotta.
Today we are changing that. Here is a list of all of my favorite recipes using it to make sure you never let this luscious goodness go to waste again!
And here is how to make ricotta if you’re looking to get fancy!
28 Recipes with Ricotta…
Whipped Ricotta Dip
An easy, 10 minute appetizer with truffle and honey. Serve with toasted bread or crostini.
Ricotta and Tomato Jam Jar
The perfect combination of sweet and savory. Eaten with crunchy, salted toasted baguette slices.
Peach Bruschetta
Marinated peaches spooned over garlicky crostinis and whipped ricotta. A summer dream!!
Roasted Tomato & Ricotta Toast
A light and fresh snack or lunch!
7-Layer Beet Salad
Layers of cooked beets, oranges, chopped pistachios, creamy truffle ricotta, and a bit of fresh mint.
Zucchini Lasagna with Meat
It’s a no-noodle, flavor packed, low-carb, healthy summer dinner. And also happens to be my dad’s favorite recipe I make!
One Pot Lasagna Soup
Tastes just like lasagna without all the effort of layering + multiple recipes to make one recipe.
French Onion Chicken Lasagna Roll Ups
An absolutely impressive dinner party recipe!!! Bonus: you can make the entire thing ahead of time and reheat.
Red Pepper Pasta
A simple, yet super flavorful sauce
Ricotta Pasta with Roasted Broccoli
This dinner couldn’t be easier or faster. Perfect for a weeknight meal.
Creamy Chicken Soup with Ricotta Dumplings
The ricotta makes the dumplings so fluffy!
Sweet Potato Gnocchi
With a garlic sage butter sauce like the Trader Joe’s sweet potato gnocchi from the frozen section.
20-Minute Ricotta Gnocchi
If you want a simpler gnocchi than the above gnocchi recipe, this one is made with just 4 ingredients: ricotta, flour, egg yolks, and parmesan.
Millionaire Gnocchi
Bonus points: make the ricotta gnocchi above and this recipe for a double ricotta situation.
Unstuffed Shells with Whipped Ricotta
Giant shells tossed in a tomato meat sauce and served over a bed of whipped ricotta… like stuffed shells but way less time consuming.
Instant Pot Pasta and Meatballs
With a lemon ricotta mixture on top! Made with frozen chicken meatballs and in the instant pot… couldn’t be easier.
Sun-Dried Tomato Ricotta Turkey Meatballs
These are the most flavorful and tender meatballs ever!
Ricotta Meatballs
These are a classic meatball with ricotta!
Melty Meatball Wraps
Use the ricotta meatballs in this melty cheese meatball wrap!
Vodka Sauce Meatballs on Ricotta Toast
Or put the ricotta meatballs on ricotta toast for a double use of ricotta!
On A Meat Lover’s Pizza
This is the easiest and most underrated uses for ricotta. Specifically a meat lover’s pizza. Drop spoonfuls of ricotta all over the pizza before baking. Then bake according to the package directions. It’s heavenly.
Heirloom Tomato Ricotta Tart
One of the most show stopping summer dishes ever. Creamy ricotta filling with fresh marinated tomatoes, and pie crust.
Spinach Ricotta Quiche
Perfect for breakfast, lunch or brunch or serve it with a salad for a light dinner.
Soft Scrambled Eggs
Turns out adding ricotta to your scrambled eggs makes them extra creamy.
Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
Just imagine your favorite pancake recipe. Now add an Italian flair to it with creamy ricotta and fresh lemon.
Raspberry Ricotta Cake
A moist, fluffy, berry-streaked cake for a weeknight or weekend dinner party!
Cannoli Pound Cake
It’s a sweet dense ricotta pound cake with chocolate chips and pistachios to give the complete cannoli flavor.
Cannoli Dip
This dip is better than classic Cannolis and SO much easier! Made with just 5 ingredients.
I do have to say… my favorite and easiest way to use up ricotta is on a frozen pizza. You drop spoonfuls of ricotta all over the frozen pizza before baking. Then bake according to the package instructions. The ricotta gets super warm and melty and creamy in the oven. And 100% takes a frozen pizza to the next level. It’s especially good with on a meat lover’s pizza. But it also works on a frozen vegetable pizza too.
