Name: Sweet ricotta bread with fig sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 40 gram butter, chopped; 4 slices white bread, crust removed, cut into 1 cm cubes; 1/4 cup caster sugar; 2/3 cup fig jam; 180 gram fresh ricotta; 4 mint sprigs; 1 tablespoon finely grated lime zest icing sugar, to dust

Sweet ricotta bread with fig sauce

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Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

10M

Total

25M

Ingredients

40 gram butter, chopped

4 slices white bread, crust removed, cut into 1 cm cubes

1/4 cup caster sugar

2/3 cup fig jam

180 gram fresh ricotta

4 mint sprigs

1 tablespoon finely grated lime zest icing sugar, to dust

Method

1.Heat butter in a large frying pan over moderate heat. Add bread; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until golden. Sprinkle sugar over bread; cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until caramelized. Remove from heat.

2.Place jam and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan. Cook and stir over low heat for 2 minutes or until jam melts.

3.Spoon bread mixture onto serving plates. Top with quenelles of ricotta, mint and zest. Drizzle with fig sauce. Serve dusted with icing sugar.

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