I blog almost nothing but sweet things but truth be told I do not have a sweet tooth. I crave savoury things, with a specific nod to the cheese family. Give me brie or give me death.
Many of my fav desserts – which I daren’t make lest I scoff the lot – have a cheese element: tiramisu, baked cheesecake, red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, cheese platter…
I have new cheese-esque addition to the top dessert list after recently baking this incredibly easy and delicious ricotta and honey tart.
The recipe is from chow.com, see it here: http://www.chow.com/recipes/28274-ricotta-and-honey-tart
The crust recipe itself is worth its weight in gold – a simple, no knead number that lends itself to any number of desserts. Bookmark this one, people…
GATHER:
Crust:
115 grams butter, melted
¼ cup caster sugar
Grated zest of two lemons
1 ¼ cups plain flour
Filling:
500 grams ricotta cheese, drained – you want all the excess moisture removed
2 eggs
½ cup honey
grated rinds of two lemons
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup sliced almonds
LET’S GET TO IT:
In a large bowl stir together all the crust ingredients with a spoon until a soft dough forms – this should take about one minute.
Spray a 20cm round tart pan with non-stick baking paper and press the dough all over the base and up the sides. Using the bottom of a glass helps with this.
Cover with plastic wrap and place in fridge for half an hour.
Preheat the oven to 180C and after 30 minutes remove plastic wrap and use a fork to prick the pastry base all over.
Bake for 20-ish minutes, until lightly golden.
To make the filling place all ingredients except the flaked almonds into the bowl of a food processor and pulse until combined. Scrape down sides with a spatula then pulse briefly again.
Scrape into the warm tart shell, decorate with flaked almonds, and bake for 25 minutes.
Allow to cool completely before slicing into wedges to serve.
the hungry mum 
Wow, that looks like a perfect summer dessert! The flavour combination sounds amazing as well 🙂
Thanks so much! It is winter here but it still went down a treat when I served it last week 😉
The Ricotta Honey Tart looks delicious! Brie is my favorite too! Baked in a phyllo dough with a chutney topping is so divine! 🙂
Thanks! I think I just drooled – brie baked in pastry?! #need
It is absolutely incredible! When we post it I’ll try and remember to send you the link 🙂
This looks divine! And also looks like an easy recipe!
Easy is my motto in the kitchen! I can’t wait to try the crust with different fillings – it is so simple.
This looks scrumptious! I love the mixture of ricotta with honey for the filling- so creative!
I am crazy for honey! I have blogged before about the honey I get straight from beekeepers – it is liquid gold.
Oh this looks amazing! I don’t think I’ve ever had a ricotta tart before
Ricotta is so versatile – it melds well with different flavours. Somewhere in the darkest depths of my blog I have a recipe for ricotta and chocolate tarts, which I recall were also delish 😉
I really like ricotta cheese. I like to make this tart. I’m not into lemon zest, Do you think it works w/o lemon zest? Or what whould you substitute with?
I imagine it could work without the zest. Maybe swap with lime zest? I don’t think it is crucial to the dish in any case.
Wow, this looks and sounds like a fabulous dessert for entertaining 🙂
It is absolutely going in my dessert ‘fav desserts’ roledex. Not that I have a roledex, but you get my drift 😉
Yummo ricotta, honey, lemon….
It is a simple but delectable combination.
Love the generous dose of lemon zest in this recipe – especially because I have heaps of unwaxed lemons in the fridge…..
I love lemon zest! Feel free to add more to the base of this tart – I could barely taste the zest fro 2 lemons in it.
I like the flavors and the texture of this ricotta and honey tart! 🙂
Thanks so much – it is really delish and so simple!
Such a beautiful tart! And I rarely click on sweets! Give me cheese any day… even in a tart!
Hehe I’m the same. I love savoury food but seem to blog sweet because I like making sweet if that makes any sense! 😛
LOL I’m the same way! I love baking and making desserts but I usually never eat it. I love all things salty!
Girl, we should talk 🙂 Salty and savoury is my tempo.
I am more a savoury girl myself, but I do love all the sweet treats you share 🙂
#teamSavoury I just give away all the sweet stuff I bake and blog, peeps @ The Leader be needing a dentist 😉
See now, I like sweets but always seem to blog about savoury stuff! I also eat meat but most of the time my posts are vegetarian! Go figure.
This ricotta honey tart sounds dubious! I often use ricotta to make a quick cheesecake, works beautifully!
I love that combo of ricotta and honey! And I am the same exact way! Give me a big block of cheddar and some crackers rather than a slice of cake 😉 Even though, I would definitely take this tart over anything savory! 😀
Oooh, now I want cheese and crackers! This tart is the best of both worlds (in my humble opinion!)
I could make this for a dinner party and it sounds like it’d be a hit for sure.
It is a dinner party winner – plus you can make it the day before so no stress 😉
Looks so good!
Thanks Mike 😀
I’ve never had a ricotta and honey tart before, the combination sounds delicious and definitely perfect as an after-dinner treat!
You had me at Ricotta! How can this not be Amazing ? Pinning!
Thank you! I agree with you – I do think it is amazing 🙂 Have a lovely weekend.
I agree! I made it & used white spelt flour in here! I used fresh low-fat sheep’s ricotta in this beautiful tart!
Divine is the word! xxxx
I just popped over after you liked my latest blog post… and your intro here could describe me. I’m a fan already 🙂
hehehe! Thank you 🙂 Have a fab weekend.
Ricotta and honey are the perfect combo.
This looks so rich & delicious! I have never made a tart. I also love finding a solid versatile recipe like the crust, where it can be used for other things. What would you serve a tart with, do you think? Some tea?
This crust is a winner! I served this tart as part of a long lunch with a dear friend who I rarely see, so we drank Champagne 🙂
Wow yum yum yum
Ta! I really love this tart.