Bring cheese to room temperature an hour before preparing. Place cheese, herbs, garlic and black pepper in a medium-sized bowl. Drizzle with oil. Beat with hand mixer until light and fluffy.
Transfer to plate, spreading it out across the surface. Sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts. Drizzle with honey. Sprinkle with sea salt flakes. Garnish with sprigs of fresh herbs. Serve with suggested accompaniments.
Bring cheese to room temperature an hour before preparing. Place cheese, herbs, garlic and black pepper in a medium-sized bowl. Drizzle with oil. Beat with hand mixer until light and fluffy.
Transfer to plate, spreading it out across the surface. Sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts. Drizzle with honey. Sprinkle with sea salt flakes. Garnish with sprigs of fresh herbs. Serve with suggested accompaniments.
Whipped Ricotta with Truffle Honey
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Ricotta cheese whipped with fresh herbs, garlic and olive oil, sprinkled with toasted hazelnuts and a drizzle of truffle honey…
Serve WHIPPED RICOTTA WITH TRUFFLE HONEY at your next party!
The next time you’re hosting a party or casual get-together, keep this sensational party snack in mind. Both Carol and I have served it and the results are in; everyone loves this WHIPPED RICOTTA WITH TRUFFLE HONEY! It’s also easy to serve, all you need are some crackers or warmed slices of bread.
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For now, though, let’s whip up this WHIPPED RICOTTA WITH TRUFFLE HONEY:
Expect big flavours from just a few ingredients.
INGREDIENTS
When easy appetizers and dip recipes call for less than ten ingredients and take less than ten minutes to make… sign me up! There are only three essential ingredients that will require special attention: ricotta, hazelnuts and truffle honey (more about each in a bit). Everything else is standard pantry fare.
Whipping the ricotta with extra virgin olive oil lightens the texture.
CHEESE
RICOTTA CHEESE is a whey cheese made from sheep, cow, goat, or Italian water buffalo milk. It has a soft, creamy texture, and although we’ve used it to amplify the flavour of our SHEET PAN TOMATOES & PEPPERS, RADISH TOAST and PEACH CHEESECAKE PARFAITS, this time the flavour of the cheese takes centre stage. The one important direction for using ricotta in this recipe is to bring it to room temperature by taking it out of the fridge an hour before you preparing. Doing so softens it, allowing it to whip up light and fluffy with just the tiniest amount of extra virgin olive oil.
Whip this party snack right before you intend to serve.
WHIP
Whipping the light, soft cheese is easy, and you can use a hand mixer, stand mixer or food processor. Tossing some chopped fresh herbs and garlic in with the cheese and oil rounds out the base flavours of this ricotta dip. Whipping it lightens the texture, making it easy to spread. One suggestion on the whip; don’t do it too far ahead of time. Ideally, blend everything together minutes before you transfer the mixture to a serving bowl or plate. You want this whipped ricotta recipe fluffy.
Look for the truffle honey in a speciality or gourmet food store.
TOPPINGS
Let’s hear it for the two ingredients that take this cheese appetizer to a whole new, stratospheric level of deliciousness: hazelnuts and truffle honey. Make sure to watch this VIDEO to see our simple technique for roasting and skinning hazelnuts – very easy. After that, all that’s required is a rough chop and sprinkle. The truffle honey, flavoured with black truffles, is the headliner for the recipe. Look for it in speciality or gourmet grocery stores, and perhaps consider calling in advance to make sure they have some. Adding a drizzle of honey plus a final garnish of sea salt to the whipped cheese and nuts adds so much flavour; it’s absolutely sublime.
Presenting on a plate instead of in a bowl provides for better coverage of the hazelnuts and honey.
SERVE
We kept the serving of our WHIPPED RICOTTA WITH TRUFFLE HONEY as uncomplicated as the dish itself. From our experience, perfect pairings include fresh fruit like grapes, pears or apples. This recipe also loves assorted olives and cured vegetables like peppers, mushrooms and artichokes.
Serve the whipped ricotta with your favourite accompaniments.
Our favourite is serving it like a ricotta crostini with warmed focaccia, baguette or naan, plus an assortment of fancy crackers. We also suggest adding a fresh herb to the plate like mint or parsley, and place the jar of honey out next to the dish. After all who doesn’t enjoy an extra truffle honey garnish? After that, all you need are friends with an appetite!
A party snack that comes together like magic, this WHIPPED RICOTTA WITH TRUFFLE HONEY is just the trick for your next party.
Bring cheese to room temperature an hour before preparing. Place cheese, herbs, garlic and black pepper in a medium-sized bowl. Drizzle with oil. Beat with hand mixer until light and fluffy.
Transfer to plate, spreading it out across the surface. Sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts. Drizzle with honey. Sprinkle with sea salt flakes. Garnish with sprigs of fresh herbs. Serve with suggested accompaniments.
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