Ricotta Cheese Mixture {with Video} – Cheese Filling for Lasagna and other Italian Baked Dishes [Gluten-Free]

This ricotta cheese mixture features mozzarella and Romano cheeses and is perfect for filling your favorite Italian baked dishes – lasagna, baked ziti, manicotti and more.

I make this ricotta cheese mixture as a filling for all of my Italian baked dishes – lasagna, baked ziti, manicotti, stuffed shells. In fact, I’ve been making it the same way since my half-Italian father taught me how to cook. This mixture is so simple to make, yet it adds a tremendous amount of flavor to these dishes rather than just using plain ricotta.

So, what’s in the mix?

Well, besides ricotta cheese of course, I also use mozzarella and Romano cheeses, as well as fresh parsley, black pepper and eggs. Sometimes I use garlic powder, depending on the amount of garlic in the sauce I’m using. The blend of the three cheeses with the spices and parsley will complement almost any tomato sauce you’re going to use in your pasta dishes. Over spicing the cheese mixture can clash with the sauce causing the overall flavor of the dish to be a bust.

Now, there is one more thing you must know…I don’t just use any Romano cheese. For me, it has to be pure Pecorino Romano. I prefer the Locatelli brand Pecorino Romano but you can use your favorite brand.

Locatelli Pecorino Romano has been my favorite cheese since childhood. My father used to joke that he was going to go broke from having to spend a fortune on all the grated cheese I alone was consuming. He even went as far as to start buying blocks that we had to grate ourselves. Apparently, the logic was that I wouldn’t use as much cheese because my hand would get tired. Yeah, OK, Dad, so that plan was a flop! Pass me that grater…I’ll show you how it’s done! 🙂

UPDATE: CHECK OUT OUR PASTA DISHES USING THIS RICOTTA CHEESE MIXTURE:

• Chickpea Flour Homemade Manicotti
• Easy Cheesy Red Lentil Baked Ziti

To learn how to make this Ricotta Cheese Mixture, check out the recipe and video below!

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Ricotta Cheese Mixture

This ricotta cheese mixture features mozzarella and Romano cheeses and is perfect for your favorite Italian baked dishes - lasagna, baked ziti and more.

Cuisine Italian

Keyword lasagna, ricotta cheese, ricotta filling, ricotta mixture

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Author Sherri Hall

Ingredients

• 2 lb. ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/3 cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese
• 2 eggs
• Freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves (finely chopped)
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)

Instructions

1. Place ricotta cheese in a large mixing bowl.
2. Add mozzarella and Romano cheeses and stir.
3. Stir in eggs.
4. Add in black pepper and parsley as well as the garlic powder if you're using it. Stir together and refrigerate until ready to use.

Recipe Video

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