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Article: YOU GOTTA RICOTTA LET CREAMY CHEESE TAKE YOU BEYOND LASAGNA TO PANCAKES, PIES AND MORE.(FLAVOR)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 8, 1997
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Byline: BETTY DOUGLASS, CORRESPONDENT
UNLESS YOU are of Italian heritage or a scholar of Italian cooking you immediately team ricotta with lasagna. After all, what is lasagna without ricotta, the creamy cheese used as a filling between layers of pasta and sauce?
But don't stop there with this white cheese. Ricotta, which has much in common with the more popular cottage cheese, has a bland, verging on sweet, flavor that is popular with Italians and other eastern Mediterranean cooks.
One of the reasons ricotta is so well-loved in some areas is because its mild sweetness reduces the impact of highly acid ingredients such as tomatoes. Ricotta's ...
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