Seven Stunning Ricotta Crostini Recipes - May I Have That Recipe (2024)

Mediterranean cuisine is synonymous with fresh, high-quality cheeses and vegetables made in simple preparations to highlight their unique flavors. Our Ricotta Crostini Recipe is a great example of how decadent a humble slice of bread with good ricotta cheese can be!

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Seven Stunning Ricotta Crostini Recipes

Ricotta cheese is best known for delivering the sweet richness of cheesecake, calzones, manicotti, gnocchi and lasagna; but few people know just how truly delicious ricotta cheese is when simply prepared with crostini or toastand a variety of fillings.

We like to prepare our Ricotta Crostini Recipewith fresh crusty bread (try whole wheat, sourdough, country, multigrain or ciabatta), high-quality ricotta cheese (we used Natural and Kosher), and an assortment of sweet and savory mix-ins from which our family can build their own toasted sandwiches.

Convenient& Versatile

Breakfast is a good time to try some sweet add-ins to Ricotta Toast like fresh berries, orange segments, whole-fruit jam, chocolate shavings, or honey. Savory mix-ins like sliced almonds and crushed pistachios, ora spoonful of pasta sauce, pesto, or olive tapenade, can punch up the sweetness of the ricotta cheese to create a memorable crostini recipe.

Here a few of our family favorite mix-ins for Ricotta Toast:

• Fresh Tomatoes, Basil, and Za'atar Seasoning
• Nectarines, or Plums with Honey and Almonds
• Pears or apples with Honey and Pistachios
• Roasted Grapes, Black Pepper and Salt
• Fresh Figs, Honey, Pistachios, Sea Salt
• Blood Orange with hazelnuts and Maple Syrup
• Olives, Sun dried tomatoes, fresh basil and olive oil

Fit for A King

Like other modern cheeses, ricotta can be made from sheep, goat, or water buffalo milk. It was first developed in ancient Rome as a meansto use up the whey by-product created in the production of rennet-based cheeses. The Romans blended whey with fresh milk to create the distinct creamy mixture that we know today, and it wasn't long before the new cheese became a favorite of the noble classes.

We like to serve Ricotta Toast with a fresh salad that features fruit like our Avocado Mango Salad, Watermelon Steak Salad, or our delicious and filling Warm Blood Orange- Avocado Pistachio Salad. Pair the Ricotta Crostini and salad with a mouth-watering drink like ourPassion Fruit Sangria or Nectarine Lemonade to brighten the ricotta and you’ll have an easy, simple yet sophisticated meal worthy of a king!

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