ricotta salata Pronunciation: rih-COH-tah sah-LAH-tah Notes: This mild sheep's milk cheese is used more for cooking than snacking. It's great in salads or in pasta dishes. Look for it in Italian markets.
Ricotta Salata - [Italian] a lightly salted cheese produced from sheep milk that has been pressed and dried.
RICOTTA SALATA - Ricotta cheese, usually made from ewe's milk, conserved in salt, then left to age until hard. Pleasantly salty yet creamy in flavor. A favorite for grating over pasta, particularly in such famous dishes as Pasta alla Norma.
Ricotta salata is a Sicilian specialty made from drained and dried ricotta. It is used in salads, grated over pasta and stuffed into some fritters.
Ricotta is usually a fresh cheese, although some versions such as ricotta salata are molded and aged, and form a unique part of Italian cuisine although they are rarely seen in the United States.
The pressed, salted and dried variety of the cheese is known as ricotta salata. A milky-white hard cheese used for grating or shaving, ricotta salata is sold in wheels, decorated by a delicate basket-weave pattern.
Ingredients: whole milk ricotta cheese, ricotta salata, olive oil, onions, chopped, garlic, minced, ginger root, grated, ground cumin, ground turmeric, fresh spinach, salt
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Ricotta salata Ricotta cheese that has been drained, cured in brine, and aged for a few days and then grated like Pecorino Romano. Rigatoni Large, hollow, ridged pasta tubes commonly used with chunky sauces. Interchangeable with Ziti.
 See also: Cheese, Milk, Ricotta, Pasta, Flavor
  
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