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Baked ricotta

Ingredients

• 500 g ricotta
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• finely grated zest of 1 unwaxed lemon
• 80 g icing sugar
• knob of butter

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200 °C. Grease four ramekins with soft butter, set aside. In a bowl mix ricotta, eggs, lemon zest and icing sugar. Divide mixture into ramekins, bake for 20 minutes until fairly firm and golden brown. Serve lukewarm or cold.