Article: YOU GOTTA RICOTTA LET CREAMY CHEESE TAKE YOU BEYOND LASAGNA TO PANCAKES, PIES AND MORE.(FLAVOR)

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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