Lidia smiled. “Exactly. That’s the most important ingredient.”
Lidia Bastianich often says that the best recipes aren’t written—they’re remembered. And for her, no dessert brought back more vivid memories than the Torta di Ricotta e Cioccolato from her childhood in Istria. lidia bastianich recipes chocolate ricotta cheesecake
One rainy afternoon in her Queens kitchen, Lidia decided to teach her granddaughter, Julia, how to make it. The goal wasn’t perfection. It was feeling. Lidia smiled
She whisked the cocoa, flour, and salt together in a small bowl, then gently folded them into the ricotta mixture. Finally, she stirred in the chopped chocolate. “Not melted,” she noted. “Little chunks. They melt in the oven into fudgy pockets.” Lidia decided to teach her granddaughter