What To Substitute For Ricotta Cheese

Victoria Aly Author: Victoria Aly Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022
What To Substitute For Ricotta Cheese

Ricotta is an Italian dairy product. It is made from whey, which remains after the preparation of mozzarella or other cheeses.

 
 

What can you substitute for ricotta in cooking?

Ricotta is an Italian dairy product. It is made from whey, which remains after the preparation of mozzarella or other cheeses. As a result of heating the whey and some manipulations, albumin (lactaalbumin) protein is extracted from it, which cannot be obtained during the preparation of mozzarella.

Ricotta has a slightly sweet taste, it is a component of baking and many desserts: cannoli, tiramisu, cakes and cream. Ricotta is also used in recipes for lasagna, the traditional Pastiera Easter bread, and savory pies. However, there is not always a physical and financial opportunity to purchase ricotta, since this product is quite expensive.

Many people have a question: is it possible to replace ricotta with something in recipes? If you will be using ricotta in dishes that will then be cooked, replace it with sweet, fresh, non-wet cottage cheese.

Recipes with cottage cheese

Ingredients:
  • Cottage cheese
We will need:
  • Bowl
  • Metal sieve
  • wooden spoon

How to replace ricotta cheese step by step instructions with photos

Step 1

 

For work, we need fresh, sweet, fairly dry cottage cheese, a metal sieve, a bowl, a spoon.

Step 2

 

Partially place the cottage cheese in a sieve, which is placed over a bowl.

Step 3

 

Rub the cottage cheese through a sieve.

Step 4

 

Our ricotta replacement is ready to go.

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