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How to Make Ricotta Frosting
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How to Make Ricotta Frosting

This low fat recipe for how to make Ricotta cheese frosting is friendly to the Mediterranean diet as well. Sugar free options.
Prep Time15 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Search Result: frosting, low fat, Mediterranean Diet, ricotta cheese
Servings: 12
Servings: 1g
Author: Food, Wine, and Love

Ingredients

  • Ricotta Cheese- 1 15-17 ounce tub.
  • Powdered Sugar – ½ cup. You can sub in sugar free powdered sugar that measures 1:1 with the regular powdered sugar as it is an option for low sugar followers. You can find a recipe for making your own sugar free powdered sugar here.
  • Vanilla Extract– 2 teaspoons.
  • Whipping Cream or Greek Yogurt plain- 1- 1 ½ cups, depending on consistency desired.
  • Optional- cream cheese- 2 tablespoons for structure or as needed.

Instructions

  • Place a large mixing bowl in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes before starting.
  • In a mixing bowl beat together the ricotta cheese and powdered sugar. Add any optional cream cheese at this time as well. Beat this for at least five minutes to allow it to get fluffy. Then stir in the vanilla extract.
  • Remove the bowl from the bowl from the refrigerator. In the refrigerated bowl, whip the whipping cream until fluffy. Then fold it into the contents from the first bowl.
  • If you are adding additional ingredients, such as chopped nuts, add it to the second mixing bowl with the ricotta cheese.

Recipe Notes

As mentioned, to make this recipe you will need powdered sugar.
Sugar of any kind is something that is eaten in moderation when following the Mediterranean diet.However, using a sugar free powdered sugar that measures 1:1 with the regular powdered sugar, is an option for low sugar followers. You can find a recipe for making your own sugar free powdered sugar here.

You will also need Ricotta cheese to make this recipe.

I just mentioned that you can make this recipe lower in sugar using a sugar free powdered sugar. I also mentioned that using a lower in fat ricotta cheese can cut down the fat content, although this could affect the structure of your frosting.

originally posted:

January 15, 2020
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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 227kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 73mg | Sugar: 41g
Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!

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