Tomato Tart: An Elegant Summer Recipe Using Heirloom Tomatoes

This tomato tart, with an herbed pâte brisée crust, ricotta and mascarpone filling, and a touch of roasted garlic, is a lovely addition to any summer table.

Puff Pastry Tomato Tart

This French-inspired Puff Pastry Tomato Tart layers a flaky crust with tomatoes, Gruyère, caramelized onions, mustard, and herbs. Great for a summertime appetizer, brunch, lunch, or light dinner.

Easy Tomato and Smoked Feta Tart

This is one of my new favorite simple, end-of-tomato-season dishes. It's only got about a half dozen main ingredients, but it's the way you treat them that makes it unique. Spicy, sweet, salty, buttery, smoky, and tart—there's an awful lot of stuff going on in here, yet it's the kind of recipe that's custom-made for an informal dinner party.

Zucchini Tart With Cream Cheese, Mozzarella, and Thyme

Crisp puff pastry topped with tender zucchini and melty cheese.

fresh RICOTTA from scratch plus whipped ricotta toast

Ricotta is a by-product of mozzarella making. Italian cheesemakers would make mozzarella and be left with all this whey and found that they could use that to make a whole other product from it and the result is ricotta, which literally means “recooked”. We aren’t cheesemakers so we don’t have whey but luckily we can replicate the process with good quality milk.

Baked ricotta

Need a party dish? Make this baked ricotta served with seared nectarine and sourdough. 

Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes With Bacon, Parmesan, and Parsley

Juicy cherry tomatoes are packed full of smoky, crunchy bacon, salty Parmesan cheese, creamy mayo, and a sprinkling of bright, fresh parsley for a simple, crowd-pleasing hors d'oeuvre.

Pastiera (Ricotta and Cooked Grains Cake) Recipe | Seriously Italian

Pastiera is a dessert to grow into, after which it reveals itself as a marvel of balanced flavors and contrasting textures. I'm so glad my mom plugged away with this one because now I cannot imagine Easter without it.

Handcut Pasta with Ricotta and Peas

Handcut (if not quite homemade) pasta is tossed with creamy ricotta and bright summer peas, basil, and cherry tomatoes. Dinner for two in one pot and ten minutes.

Rustic Apricot-Peach Crostata

In this rustic tart, pasta frolla is layered with apricot preserves and fresh peaches.