Worried about having to prepare a three course meal for your next dinner party? Peter Valder suggests getting around the problem by serving your guests something fairly substantial with the pre-dinner drinks. Baked ricotta is delicious, filling, easy to make, and best of all it’s low in fat.
Ingredients
- 600g fresh ricotta cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon Sambal Oeleck or other chilli paste (optional)
- 6 sundried tomatoes in oil, finely chopped
- 8 cloves of garlic, crushed
- good quality olive oil
- 1 teaspoon of fresh thyme, finely chopped
Method
Place half of the ricotta cheese in the base of a 20cm shallow oven-proof serving dish and pat down. Scatter the sundried tomatoes, Sambal Oeleck, and half of the thyme and garlic evenly over the cheese. Cover this with the rest of the ricotta cheese and then spread over the remaining garlic and thyme. Add a drizzle of olive oil. Place in a preheated oven at 180