Chocolate Ricotta Cream

Submitted by Tebo3759

"This is a low fat easy to do dessert. I suppose cottage cheese could be substituted for the ricotta but I have not tried it this way. Looks and tastes good."

 

• Ready In: 8mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 15 ounces part-skim ricotta cheese
• 5 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons sliced almonds, preferably toasted

directions

1. Process cheese in food processor for 1 minute.
2. Add honey, cocoa, vanilla and cinnamon.
3. Process until smooth and creamy.
4. Spoon into 6 wine glasses and garnish with almonds.

Reviews

[Oolala]

It may be a 5 but it isn't how I expected it to be. It came out like a drink or a smoothie. It became a liquid within less than a minute in my blender so I poured it into the cups. Also, I misread the recipe and added too much cinnamon (my error) but my son still loved it. I gave him a spoon and some vanilla wafers to dip and he worked it out! Thanks!

 

[sugarpea]

I used fat free ricotta and processed it for over three minutes. It looked glossy, smooth and creamy. However, it tasted grainy as ricotta cheese tastes grainy. I added a spoonful of peanut butter and that covered up the graininess quite a bit and it tasted much better. Could be the mouth feel of a bit of fat is essential in making this dessert.

 

[Kasha]

Big five stars from DH and I. I made this in about a minute in the blender. I took longer to get it out of the blender, as I didn't want to lose any, than to make. It was perfectly smooth. I left off he almonds, and put on a few chcolate curls and some sprinkles. This would be great as a cake filling too. Made 4 good sized servings, I don't think it would stretch to 6 either.

 

[jenpalombi]

This was just excellent! The portion size was a bit small for my wine glasses, so I topped each one off with a bit of lite whipped topping. Rather than almonds, I just sprinkled a bit of cocoa over the whipped cream. It was better than chocolate mousse. Thanks for this simple and elegant dessert idea! Unlike the other reviewer, I had no problems with a grainy texture. Perhaps he didn't process it long enough? Don't know.

 

[SailorDave]

This is an alright dessert if you like ricotta. I thought that it came out kind of gritty and I've been told it was because of the Ricotta.