Beef, chicken and pork seem to have disappeared from my pantry. The market in Sicily is filled with fish, fruit, vegetables and cheese. There are stores that are more similar to American grocery stores where virtually everything is wrapped in plastic including cuts of beef, pork and chiken; but, none of it appeals to me.
The only role an animal has in my diet is to provide milk that is the decorative element that tops my cappuccino.
Or the liquid that is magically transformed into an extraordinary variety of fresh and aged cheeses.
I remembered hearing about using ricotta to make a cheese burger and so decided to give it a try. It was quite simple to do. I put the usual burger toppers, lettuce and tomato, under it added a few olives, and skipped the sesame seed roll and mayo. Here’s how I did it:
Ricotta Burger – a real cheese burger!
I began by putting two cups of fresh, whole milk ricotta into a mesh strainer lined with two layers of white paper towel to drain. Then I diced half an onion and sauteed it in olive oil until it was soft and began to brown.
I put the drained ricotta into a bowl and added one beaten egg, half a cup of bread crumbs, a pinch or oregano, a pinch of dried red pepper flakes and a handful of chopped flat leaf parsley. I formed the mixture into six small patties and fried them in two tablespoons of olive oil until they were brown.
I made a salad of lettuce, tomato, cucmber and a few olives, put the cheese burgers on top and lunch was ready.
Ricotta Burger List
- onion
- olive oil
- one egg
- bread crumbs
- oregano
- dried red pepper flakes
- flat leaf parsley
- lettuce
- tomato
- cucmber
- olives
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These sound wonderful! I like the no meat concept!
I seem to be moving furter and further away from meat. These are good as part of a sandwich of as a part of salad dinner.
I cant wait to try these sound over the top and I love anything with Ricotta always looking for some new great recipes and this is one of them for sure~ thank you so much~
I’ve never heard of this concept but I love it! Now the only question that remains is “Can I get my husband to eat it?”. Great idea carol!
My husband liked them a lot. Perhaps a bit of garlic sauteed with the onions or slathered with his favorite barbecue sauce?
The ricotta burger sounds like heaven. I am really enjoying these posts.
Love the cow and cappucino!
Love the look of the coffee top…..without being a coffee fan. Enjoy Sicily….