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Italian Sfogliatine with Ricotta – Ricotta Puffed Pastries

Looking for a delicious, pretty, and super-easy dessert or breakfast filled with lemon-flavored sweet ricotta in a crispy puffed pastry – which is ready in no time?! Look no further! These Italian ricotta sfogliatine are exactly what you’re looking for!

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I know how much you LOVE easy,  quick and delicious desserts simply made with puff pastries!  So here is my NEWEST puff pastry recipe for you.  Say hello to my Italian sfogliatine with lemon-flavored ricotta cheese: golden AND puffed AND sugary puff pastry, around a zesty, sweet, and creamy ricotta filling.  Mouthwatering, I’m telling you!
These puffy and crispy sfogliatine are NOT to be confused with the most famous Italian sfogliatelle.  Sfogliatelle are a classic Italian pastry, made from scratch with an extra crispy, thousand layers pastry that takes lots of time and love to handcraft. 
Today puff pastries have a similar shell shape as sfogliatelle, but are made with store-bought puff pastry, and simply folded in this fun and delicious shape.  They are simply filled with sweetened ricotta cheese, flavored with a bit of lemon zest and vanilla.
What I love the most about these pastries is that they require very few ingredients and very little time and effort.  Still, you end up with a delicious and pretty pastry that is perfect for breakfast or a mid-morning snack! Ready to try it too?!?
    Make sure to check out my video to see how to cut and fold the pastries to get this cute shape!
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A golden, flaky pastry with slits across the top sits on a white plate, with blurred lemons and another pastry in the background.

Italian Sfogliatine with Ricotta – Ricotta Puffed Pastries

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Looking for a delicious, pretty, and super-easy dessert or breakfast filled with lemon-flavored sweet ricotta in a crispy puffed pastry – which is ready in no time?! Look no further! These Italian ricotta sfogliatine are exactly what you’re looking for!

Servings:

6

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Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

30 min

Resting Time

Total Time

45 min

Ingredients

  • 1 sheet puff pastry – rolled out to about 10 x 15 inches
  • 1/2 cup (100 gr) ricotta cheese, well drained
  • 2 tablespoons sugar, plus more for dusting
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon milk

 

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375F (190C).
  2. In a small bowl, mix the ricotta with sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla extract until smooth.
  3. Cut the puff pastry into six squares (about 5 inches each).
  4. On half of each square, make about 5 cuts lengthwise, leaving about 1/4 inch of uncut border. Fold the uncut half on top of the cut half.
  5. Spread a spoonful of ricotta mixture in the middle of the rectangles. Fold in two corners, making the pastry into a triangle. Seal the edges (to keep the ricotta inside the pastry). Flip the triangle so that the sealed middle is at the bottom, and place it on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  6. Brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 375F for 25 to 30 minutes or until deep golden on top and the pastry is fully cooked inside. NOTE: Because we are folding the puff pasty onto itself it’s important to make sure the inner part of the puff pastry is cooked too. Give it a few extra minutes if needed.

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