Quick, simple, cheap, yet delicious appetizer. Literally what more could you ask for.

I feel like burrata gets a lot of hype for doing the bare minimum. Yes, it’s creamy. But so is ricotta? I prefer serving a ricotta spread like this over a ball or two of burrata when entertaining because it’s much easier to eat / share and it’s also less expensive.

Ricotta is also the perfect blank canvas for endless flavor combinations. Go crazy and customize this to your liking.

Wishbone Kitchen

Ricotta with Fried Garlic and Hot Honey

Ingredients

  • 2 cups whole milk ricotta
  • 5-6 cloves garlic very thinly sliced
  • pinch of fresh thyme
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • hot honey for drizzling, sub with regular honey and add crushed red pepper flakes
  • flaky salt
  • toasted bread for dipping

Instructions

  1. First, fry the garlic. Place a small pan or sauce pan over medium low heat and add the olive oil. Once the oil is hot, but not too hot, add the sliced garlic and a pinch of fresh thyme. Cook while stirring until just barley golden brown. Using a slotted spoon, transfer fried garlic to a paper towel lined plate to cool. Set the oil aside to cool.
  2. Spread the ricotta on a plate. Spoon over garlic oil and top with fried garlic and thyme. Drizzle with hot honey. Finish with flaky salt. Serve with warm bread.
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LOVE this dip. so easy to make and such a crowd pleaser. i didn’t have hot honey, so i added some red pepper flakes in with the garlic when it was frying for some heat. i’ve made this so many times and it’s so delicious!

Made this recipe for book club and it was a huge hit! 10/10!!