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Ricotta Cheese

WilliamEE

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Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
Treatment type
I do not have diabetes
What are peoples experience with ricotta cheese.

Though low fat it does contain some carbs, though not many.

Have discovered and tried a delicious dish called 'Spinach and ricotta gnocchi bake'.

Only draw bake (apart from possibly the Ricotta cheese) is 4 tablespoons for flour, though it's not like I eat the whole thing in one sitting. Only about one third.
 
Sounds nice, my hubby is veggie so my being diabetic is challenging our mealtimes!
Will you post the recipe?
 
Here goes:

Spinah and ricota gnocchi bake

For the sauce

3 tbsp olive oil
1 brown onion, finely diced
1/2 fennel head, finely diced
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 bay leaves
700g tomato passata
salt and pepper

For the bake

400g rainbow chard, leaves removed from stems and washed
400g tbsp parmesan, grated plus extra for the top
4 tbsp plain flour
3 eggs
1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Preheat the oven to 180C. For the sauce, heat the oil in a medium-sized saucepan on a high heat to low and cook for about 10 minutes or until the vegetables are soft and translucent. Add the passata, season, then simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the head and reserve for later. For the bake bring a large pot of water with a good pinch of salt to the boil, blanch the chard leaves for five minutes then drain. When cool, chop them finely. In a medium-sized bow, mix the ricotta, parmesan, flour, eggs and nutmeg then season well. Mix the chipped chard with the ricotta mix, then pour into a piping bag without a nozzle. Spread half the tomato sauce over the bottom of a 30x20 centimetre baking tray. Pip 4 to 5 centimetre round balls in rows on top of the sauce until all the ricotta mix is used (don't worry if it looks a bit rustic, it will taste great). Pour the rest of the sauce over the top of the balls, making sure they all get some sauce; it will not totally cover everything. Grate a light show of parmesan over the dish then bake for 40 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinle with parsley and serve immediately. Serves 4.

My suggestion - add some pitted black olives and cappers to give it more flavour and if you decide to not include the salt.
 
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