Baked Ricotta with Chocolate and honeyed figs

Name: Baked Ricotta with Chocolate and honeyed figs
Yield: 6 serving
Ingredients: 500 gram ricotta cheese; 200 gram dark chocolate chopped and melted-; 50 gram dutch cocoa; 40 gram castor sugar; 2 whole eggs; 5 ml vanilla; 6 whole figs; 125 ml honey

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Baked Ricotta with Chocolate and honeyed figs

Iris Warren

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This needs a cool oven and a good quality chocolate. Use a dark rich cocoa as well. This is not a cake and it will not rise. It is more like a chocolate pate.

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Ingredients

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500 gram ricotta cheese fresh cows milk
200 gram dark chocolate chopped and melted- I used 70%
50 gram dutch cocoa 1/2 cup
40 gram castor sugar or to taste, 2 tablespoons
2 whole eggs
5 ml vanilla
6 whole figs
125 ml honey 1/2 cup

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Instructions

Oven 160 C/ 320 F. Use a loaf tin or a 20 cm / 8 in spring form tin lined with baking paper or a loaf tin
Put the ricotta, cooled melted chocolate, dutch cocoa, sugar, vanilla and eggs into the food processor and process till very smooth
Spoon into the spring form or lined loaf tin.
Bake for approx 30-40 minutes. Or till just starting to puff around the edges but still softish in the middle.
Take out and cool.
Cut the figs in half.
Heat a frypan till hot then add 1/2 of the honey and 1/2 of the figs. Cook on medium heat till the figs being to caramelize. The honey will burn if you don't watch it.
Place the figs into a container and add the cooked syrup. Wipe out the pan and continue with the others. serve with toasted nuts and fruit and grated chocolate or Amaretti biscuits.