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27 March 2012

What can I make for dinner that involves ricotta cheese and no oven? The oven is dead but the stove top is fine. The ricotta will expire in a week. Any & all - well, within reason and a mediocre American supermarket's reach - other ingredients are obtainable. Thank you, oh gourmet chefs of metachat!

post by: mygothlaundry at: 14:40 | 14 comments

We used to make the following simple sandwich when I was a kid:

In a Peta, spoon in Ricotta, shredded Mozzarella or Cheddar, and sliced veg - pepper(s), carrot, sprouts, anything you like.

That's it. You can even cook the veg in a fry pan first (like broiling them) for more flavor. Use just a touch of oil, maybe a skooch of salt and pepper, too. Yummy!!

posted by MonkeyButter 27 March | 14:47

I love Eating Well. Here are some options from them:

Sweet crepes

Slow cooker vegetarian lasagne

Penne with asparagus and lemon cream sauce

Chard dumplings in chive broth

Inside Out Lasagne

Summer vegetable crepes

posted by bearwife 27 March | 15:10

I was also thinking of crepes.

posted by Ardiril 27 March | 15:17

I was also going to suggest wraps or pizzadillas.

posted by deborah 27 March | 17:10

I have seen cast-iron pans used on a stove to serve the same purposes as oven cooking. So you can make ricotta anything if you have the pan!

posted by aniola 27 March | 17:12

Cut up fresh fruit and mix together.

posted by brujita 27 March | 18:52

I made some incredible and simple ricotta cheese gnocchi last year. Leftovers freeze really well too. Here's the recipe I used, with good instructions.

posted by Miko 27 March | 19:12

Pasta, veg, herbs, garlic, ricotta. NOM.

Sorry about your oven.

posted by Specklet 27 March | 19:53

Ooh, gnocci.
I would, of course, just eat it, especially if fresh. At least one spoonful.

posted by ethylene 27 March | 21:08

+1 to ricotta gnocchi

posted by sperose 27 March | 21:17

Mix it with nutella and cocoa powder.

posted by rhapsodie 28 March | 02:00

What did you make??

posted by bearwife 28 March | 15:27

Well, a variant of the slow cooker vegetarian lasagne is in the crockpot as we speak. So let's hope it's good! My fingers are crossed but I bet it's great. Last night I gave up on serious cooking and just had zucchini fritters and a salami sandwich. Thanks y'all for all the suggestions! Yum!

posted by mygothlaundry 28 March | 19:03

I am interested in how it turns out. I love both Eating Well and my slow cooker and so that looked like a winning combo.

posted by bearwife 29 March | 11:22

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