Recipe: (Italy) Ricotta and Honey

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March 31, 2023

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Ricotta and Honey
Region: Italy
Category: Desserts
Season: Any
Difficulty: Easy and Quick

An "emergency" dessert. Very simple and one kids like too. When a sweet tooth strikes, and you are without cakes, tarts, or even fruit, this recipe will quickly satisfy your yearnings. [photo: Clifford A. Wright]

Yield: Makes 2 to 4 servings
Preparation Time: 5 minutes

1/2 pound fresh ricotta cheese

Orange blossom honey to taste

Ground cinnamon to taste

Divide the ricotta cheese into individual serving bowls, then drizzle the honey in a decorative pattern over the cheese and sprinkle with the cinnamon and serve.

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Posted: 12/13/2006

The directions [in Cucina Rapida] are clear and simple and the results are delicious. In testing some of the recipes from Cucina Rapida I found that Wright lived up to his promises. The garlic and parsley shrimp was incredibly easy, took less than 30 minutes and provided one of the best meals my family has enjoyed in some time.
- Ann Wesley, Bloomington Herald-Times

I always felt it would take several lifetimes to research the many facets of Mediterranean cooking--history, languages, influences, the range of culinary resourcefulness and extravagance, and the varied tastes of fourteen countries. In his monumental work [Mediterranean Feast], Clifford Wright has made a huge contribution. An astonishing accomplishment.
- Paula Wolfert, author of The Cooking of the Eastern Mediterranean

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