Baked Ricotta

Served warm or cold it makes an excellent savoury breakfast, a brilliant snack, or add some salad or baked vegetables and you have the perfect low-starch, low-kilojoule, high-protein lunch or dinner. Poifect.

Ingredients

Ricotta:

• 2 cups or 500g ricotta
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan
• 1 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

Topping:

• 1 tablespoon grated parmesan
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C
2. With a spoon, mix ricotta, egg, parmesan, thyme leaves, chilli flakes and cumin seeds together.
3. Place in a baking dish (or small ramekins). Scatter the remaining parmesan, thyme leaves and cumin seeds on top.
4. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden.

Serve warm or cold.