Traveling with taste in Italy. Mozzarella and ricotta - simple Italian cheeses: recipes

Head Ovkuse.ru - Alekandr spent vacation in Italy and wrote a note with a few recipes from the mozzarella and ricotta.

Italy is famous worldwide for its exceptional product in the first place is, of course, cheese. Among the variety of Italian cheese making many "stars", but one of the most popular cheeses of Italy became mozzarella and ricotta, which will be discussed in this article.

Italians are proud of their products on the right, and cheese - in particular. Their grades very much, and we'll talk about mozzarella and ricotta.

In early September, my wife and I at the invitation of the Italian Embassy, Division for development of trade exchange (ICE) and the Association ANICAV visited the plant for the production of mozzarella cheese and ricotta. Elena described in detail the process of making cheese, lots of photos and videos published. I advise you to read the production of mozzarella cheese and ricotta

Mozzarella very useful to all, including the elderly, pregnant women, nursing women and children. He nizkokalorien, rich in calcium, iron, riboflavin, thiamine, and others.

Ricotta - a "child" of mozzarella cheese make this fact on the remaining after rennet weight. This is a very soft cheese secondary production, famous for the fact that he - firstly, the champion of the content of calcium include dairy products, and secondly - one of the most low-fat cheeses (8-25% fat, depending on the variety, the most low-fat ricotta fresco - It has only 8% fat).

Calcium 100g ricotta entire 270mg, while in the curd, for example, 200 mg, and milk - 125mg. Also, it is very useful in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, hypertension, nervous system due to the high content of minerals, vitamins, and easily digestible proteins. Rich in vitamins A and Group B.

We ricotta unique taste, not like the other cheeses, because it is no longer part of the main milk protein - protein only albumin, which is contained in human blood, ie, This cheese is very easy to digest, making it even more useful!

When buying ricotta cheese in bulk, make sure that the snow-white cheese, it is better to even try - it tastes should be gentle, soft, sweet (because of the content of lactose and milk sugar) and humid.

What to cook from mozzarella and ricotta

If you think that such cheeses like ricotta and mozzarella - luxury expensive products, you are mistaken. Of course, they cost a bit more expensive our "Russian" or other familiar - "Dutch", but they taste qualities appropriate. So if you've never tried these cheeses, it is highly recommended to them poznakomitsya. And that was a pleasant introduction, we suggest a few simple recipes for appetizers with ricotta and mozzarella.

Mozzarella and ricotta are perfectly combined with products such as tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, celery, basil, parsley, arugula, and others. If the salad with vegetables and mozzarella add balsamic vinegar, then taste it will appear even brighter.

Recipe Italian sandwiches "bruschetta" with mozzarella

Ingredients:

200g mozzarella
3 tomatoes
1 baguette
1 onion and a clove of garlic
1 pinch of salt and pepper ground
on? tsp dried basil and oregano

Method of preparation:

How to cook sandwiches bruschetta. Finely chop the tomatoes and mix with onion and garlic, basil, oregano, salt and pepper, put into the refrigerator, covered with a mixture of cover. Heat oven to 190 degrees, baguette cut into 12 slices diagonally, put on a baking sheet and roast until 5min light browning. Put a spoon tomato mixture on bread, on top of each piece put on a thin slice sliced mozzarella cheese, put in the oven, reduce the temperature to 120 degrees and bake until slightly melted cheese, then immediately serve.

Recipe baked eggplant with mozzarella

Ingredients:

120 Mozzarella
4 tomatoes
2 eggplant and garlic cloves
4st.l. olive oil
2st.l. flour
some flour to choose? we'll show
? tsp dry oregano
pepper, salt

Method of preparation:

How to cook eggplant with mozzarella. Cut into circles and lightly salt the eggplant, breaded in flour and 2 min on each side fry until browning. Garlic is passed through the press, add 2st.l. olive oil, oregano. Finely chop the tomatoes circles and cheese. Share on each circle eggplant cheese first, then tomatoes, then lubricate garlic butter, again eggplant on top - cheese. Put towers of eggplant in the oven, bake at 200 degrees 15 min to melt the cheese.

Pate recipe with ricotta

Ingredients:

200g smoked salmon
100g ricotta cheese and yogurt natural
2ch.l. table fuck
? tsp lemon juice
ground black pepper
salt

Method of preparation:

How to cook a pie with ricotta. With a fork until smooth stretch your salmon fillets. With yogurt mash with ricotta, sprinkle with lemon juice, add horseradish, pepper and salt and mix to combine with fish weight, stir until smooth. Put the pie in the refrigerator prior to submission - it will mix infusions and tastes better.

Recipe Spaghetti with ricotta

Ingredients:

for 500g spaghetti and tomato
200g ricotta
2 onions and garlic cloves
1 chili pepper
2st.l. olive oil
pepper, salt

Method of preparation:

How to cook spaghetti with ricotta. 2L of water bring to a boil, salt the, put the spaghetti and cook until done. Finely chop the onion and garlic, tomatoes Scald, peel, chili with onions and garlic, fry in olive oil, put chopped or pureed tomatoes blender, then 5min, remove chili, add the ricotta, salt the pepper, put on low heat for 3-4min . With ready-made spaghetti drain the water, leaving the bottom quite a bit, season with a little piece of spaghetti butter, a pinch of dried basil, shake, put on a plate and pour sauce over the top with tomatoes and ricotta, sprinkle with herbs and serve.

Dessert recipe ricotta with honey

Ingredients:

250g ricotta
by 4st.l. roasted sunflower seeds and honey
mint leaves

Method of preparation:

How to cook a dessert with ricotta. Drain excess liquid from the cheese, chopped mint and mix with cheese, put in kremanki. Lightly fry the seeds on a dry frying pan, sprinkle with cheese and sprinkle with mint dessert with honey.

Italian cuisine and its products is actually a lot easier and more affordable than it might seem at first glance. Try mozzarella and ricotta cheese, cook with these wonderful cheeses delicious meals and enjoy a good meal!

Videoretsept salad with mozzarella