Ricotta Board

If you have been any where near TikTok in the last couple of weeks then you’ve probably seen the viral Butter Board trend. I admit that any recipe that provides the excuse to eat more butter is good with me. The recipe, which was actually published in this cookbook a few years ago, went viral I think because a) it’s so pretty , b) it’s so easy and c) everyone is like me and wants to eat more butter.

Since I have now adopted TikTok in a big way I of course decided to put my own somewhat Italian-ish spin on this trend. Rather than use butter I opted for ricotta, and then basically spread it on a board, and piled on some of my favorite garnishes. The next step is cutting up some focaccia, inviting some friends over and then letting everyone dig in with negroni or spritz in hand.

You can see my original TikTok here or, my reel on Instagram. I probably should have whipped my ricotta first, and it would have looked better and spread more easily. But I didn’t and you don’t have to either. And while I was able to get my hands on superb farm fresh sheep’s milk ricotta, I’m thinking that this would work well even with run of the mill supermarket ricotta.

And absolutely feel free to play around with the garnishes. Sun dried tomatoes would definitely work, and any other fresh herbs would be great. And if someone ends up making a sweet version of this (which a lot of comments on TikTok suggested ) let me know.