Draining the curds in cheese cloth is optional — a thin T-shirt or dish towel works just as well. You can use fresh lemon ...

With its buttery puff pastry crust and ricotta filling that's gently perfumed by lemon and thyme, this tart is the dish to make when fresh fava beans become available. They're combined with crisp ...

Step 2: Arrange another layer of noodles and 1 ½ cups of sauce over the ricotta layer. Sprinkle with ½ cup of the mozzarella ...

From the fresh pasta to the Bolognese to, yes, even the ricotta.

With just three ingredients, you can make fresh, Homemade Ravioli from Scratch with Creamy Ricotta and Spinach Filling—and I’ll walk you through it step by step. I know what you’re thinking ...

you can also make your own ricotta-style fresh cheese at home. If you go this route, note that the process of separating the curds from the whey and straining the cheese takes just over three ...

As Bastianich says, this is the time to go for the best ricotta you can find: whole milk and as fresh as possible. Of course, you can make your own. Bastianich says she would often bake rollatini ...