Ricotta Burfi

Name: Ricotta Burfi
Ingredients: 3 tbsp butter; ½ tsp cardamom powder and the same amount of cinnamon powder or nutmeg; 4 oz caster sugar; 1 lb ricotta cheese; A few sheets of edible silver paper (you can get these in well-stocked Indian food stores); 6 tbsp full-cream powdered milk

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Settler's Cookbook

By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

1 lb ricotta cheese
4 oz caster sugar
½ tsp

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Melt the butter over low heat, then add the ricotta, cooking slowly for approximately nine minutes.
Add sugar and carry on cooking and stirring, adding powdered milk and flavourings a little at a time.
The mixture should start to form into a neat ball.
Pat into a low, greased baking tray about 2 inches deep.
Lay silver paper carefully