Creamy Ricotta Pasta Sauce – Instantly 100% Cream-Free!

I bask the gustation too texture of a classic cream sauce, but what I don’t bask is that they tend to hold upward really rich, too filling. I mean, come upward on, I’m trying to relieve room for the tiramisu. 

However, past times using ricotta cheese, too egg, too some boiling pasta water, nosotros tin dismiss brand a sauce that seems every chip every bit creamy, too delicious, but volition nevertheless let us to walk away from the tabular array nether our ain power.

I added some pesto to mine this time, but that could bring been some sun-dried tomato plant paste, or roasted chilies, or caramelized mushroom, or diced-up, leftover grilled veggies, or…you function the idea. The technique is actually the affair to focus on here, too i time perfected, you’ll only hold upward left trying to figure out what else to add together in, or on this lovely sauce.

As I mentioned inwards the video, I honey to give off this pasta amongst ricotta salata. If you’ve never had it before, it’s worth a try, too non exactly for this dish. Ricotta salata is a non bad summertime cheese, since it’s perfect amongst things similar tomato plant salads, too grilled peaches, exactly to call a few. So, function on that inwards mind, but inwards the meantime, I actually promise you lot give this a endeavour soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for two large or four modest portions:

For the sauce base:

1/2 loving cup ricotta cheese

1 large egg

1 teaspoon kosher salt, summation to a greater extent than to gustation

1/2 teaspoon freshly soil dark pepper

zest from 1 lemon

cayenne to taste

about 2/3 loving cup hot pasta water, summation to a greater extent than if needed

For the pasta:

8 ounces dry out pasta, cooked 1 infinitesimal under

1/4 loving cup pesto, or to taste

lots of grated ricotta salata to finish

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