Ricotta, Plums and Lavender

Name: Ricotta, Plums and Lavender
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 5 lavender stalks, including flower heads; 250 g (9 oz) excellent quality fresh ricotta; 1 teaspoon caster (superfine) sugar, extra; edible flowers, to serve; fruity olive oil (optional), to serve; 12 mirabelle plums or 6 small plums, halved, stoned; 1 tablespoon icing (confectioners’) sugar; 100 g (3½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Bistronomy

By Katrina Meynink

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

250 g (9 oz) excellent quality fresh ricotta
1 tablespoon icing (confectioners’

Europe
France
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Place the ricotta and icing sugar in a bowl and stir to combine. You may add more to taste but you don’t want the ricotta to be overly sweet. Combine 125 ml (4 fl oz/½