How to Use ricotta in a Sentence

ricotta

noun

• Remove from the heat and stir in the cream cheese and ricotta.
  — Sarah Gish, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• Share a number of items, like the warm ricotta with honey and the beef tartare, from the top of the menu.
  — Amanda Faison, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2023
• Step 2Fold in goat cheese and ricotta, then fold in mint and chives.
  — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 24 Apr. 2023
• These are best with a generous smear of ricotta on the base of the toast.
  — Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 28 Jan. 2022
• Let your setup press the ricotta in the strainer overnight in the fridge.
  — Christina Bernstein, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2020
• Place ricotta in a colander and bowl in fridge to drain for at least 8 hours.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2020
• Let cool for 15 minutes, then stir in the ricotta cheese.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• Large egg: Helps bind and set the ricotta while baking.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2023
• As the pizza comes out of the oven, Lee adds small dollops of ricotta.
  — Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, 14 Dec. 2020
• In a small bowl, mix together the ricotta, lemon zest and salt to taste with a fork and set aside.
  — Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
• Rich and creamy, filled with sautéed spinach, fluffy ricotta, and a simple béchamel sauce.
  — Katie Workman, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2020
• Top with one-third of the ricotta mixture and one-quarter of the mushroom sauce.
  — CBS News, 7 Nov. 2019
• The dish had a perfect balance of tart lemon and creamy cashew ricotta.
  — Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• The meatballs are served in a Pomodoro sauce with a scoop of ricotta cheese and a drizzle of basil pesto.
  — Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• The coastal lasagna is a tasty mesh of fish, shrimp, crab, calamari and homemade ricotta, drenched in a white wine sauce.
  — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2022
• Pile it onto whole grain toast slathered with ricotta cheese and dig in.
  — Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 16 Apr. 2022
• Dollop the ricotta mixture in 8 or 9 mounds around the dish.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
• The milk will have already formed hard curds — ricotta cheese.
  — SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• Bulk up a leafy salad or grain bowl, add some to a taco, or pile them atop toast smeared with ricotta.
  — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 6 Apr. 2020
• The ricotta softens and becomes a creamy contrast to the pungent sauce.
  — Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
• The original has a mild tang and can be used in recipes instead of cream cheese or ricotta.
  — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• The food is Italy at its best: prosciutto, ricotta, fresh oil and bread.
  — Hazlitt, 22 Mar. 2023
• The one with English peas rolling across macadamia ricotta and pesto-oat cream sauce is a standout.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022
• To construct the pie, evenly spread the seasoned ricotta along the bottom of the prebaked crust.
  — Laura Neilson, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020
• Transfer the mixture to a food processor and add the heavy cream, ricotta, egg, salt, and oregano.
  — Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 23 Feb. 2020
• Spread the ricotta in an even layer, then arrange half the spinach leaves evenly on top.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
• The ricotta cheesecake at Manetta’s is made by RoseAnne Manetta, one of the two sisters who run the joint.
  — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024
• The meat is rolled by hand, then broiled in the oven, and served in a cast-iron skillet with marinara sauce, pesto, pecorino and ricotta from New York.
  — Emma Balter, Chron, 6 Dec. 2022
• Mix wet ingredients: Combine the cream cheese, sour cream, ricotta cheese, cream of chicken soup, salt, garlic powder, and onion powder in a large mixing bowl, stirring with a whisk.
  — Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2024
• The dish features summer’s perhaps most prolific vegetable, zucchini, along with hot Italian sausage for a spicy boost of flavor, and creamy ricotta cheese.
  — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 23 July 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024