If you've missed the opportunity to learn how to make fresh homemade ricotta in the past years, here is your chance to catch up! Taste ricotta warm, as soon as it's made. But as delicious as it is alone, ricotta also makes a great basis for a variety of fillings. You will taste the ricotta warm just as it is made. It is to die for and be warned that you may not be able to eat store bought ricotta again! Delicious alone, Ricotta also makes a great basis for a variety of fillings. We will use the ricotta to make rustic oversized ravioli traditional in my town of Verbicaro . We’ll use ricotta to make meatballs (meatless) with ricotta and stuffed zucchini. Our dinner will end with an ice cream found in Palermo, Gelato al cannolo, all the ingredients of the famous cannoli Siciliani come together in this ice cream. 

The Menu

Bruschetta con Ricotta (Bruschetta with fresh homemade ricotta)

Ravioloni Calabresi (Homemade large ravioli with fresh ricotta e sopressata)

Polpette di Ricotta in Sugo (Ricotta (meat-less) Meatballs simmered in a tomato sauce)

Zucchine ripiene con ricotta (Zucchine stuffed and baked with ricotta, cheese, egg and parsley)

Gelato al cannolo (Cannoli ice cream)