Ricotta
Bos taurus (milk whey) · Cheese
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Ricotta is a soft, fresh Italian cheese made from whey, the liquid left after other cheeses are made. Milky-sweet and mild, with fine moist curds, it fills lasagne, ravioli and cannoli.
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Snowy white, moist, milky-sweetTinted, mouldy, sour or rank
In dateEveryday bestFill ravioli or lasagne. Pregnant, over 65 or low immunity? Buy it labelled pasteurised.
Surface and colourWhite, the top a shade less bright
Smell on openingMilky, the faintest lactic tang
Tub and dateOpened a day or two, lid on, chilled