Fancy a bit of cheese with your chocolate? It's not a combo that doesn't always mesh in your mind straight away, and yet...
Ricotta absolutely, positively loves chocolate and the feeling is mutual. It's a full-on dairy love fest with an added cocoa hit.
Here, let us count the ways...
Donna Hay works her magic to create a gluten-free chocolate fudge cake that's almost a health food. Source: Donna Hay: Basics to Brilliance Kids
The pastry will need a solid three hours chilling time and for good reason - this tart is hot, hot, hot. Source: Armelle Habib
This unique version of cannoli adds cinnamon, cocoa and coffee to the pastry. Source: Paola Bacchia
Sweet cheese, tahini and chocolate flogeres will transport you straight to Thessaloniki. Source: Benito Martin
Can you see the great lakes of chocolate-flavoured ricotta just waiting for you to dip into? Source: Tammi Kwok
Yes please, thank you very much. Source: Cook like an Italian
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Three-ingredient ricotta at home
A French classic that blends ricotta with mascarpone then flecks it with choc chips. Source: The French Baker
This decadent chocolate ricotta cake is somehow gluten and refined-sugar free. Source: Bondi Harvest
This trifle is layered like a tiramisu, with a cumquat-scented ricotta replacing the cream. Source: Matthew Evans
Ciambella is an Italian ring-shaped cake, prepared here with olive oil and ricotta and marbled with rich cocoa. Source: Jono Fleming
There’s nothing quite so satisfying as the crunch of fried brik pastry giving way to molten, chocolate-flavoured ricotta. Source: Shane Delia's Spice Journey
When you're looking for a little treat to serve with coffee, try this sweet north African pastry. Source: Adam Liaw
Ricotta gives this delightful cheesecake texture, while figs add some sweetness and chocolate and hazelnuts bring the crunch. Source: Chris Middleton
The only thing that possibly loves chocolate more than ricotta is cherry... Source: Silvia Colloca
Together apart
Baked ricotta and spinach pasta shells
