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Glasses filled with ricotta and figs | Anna’s sweets

Summer is almost over, and figs are its last gift. Sweet, juicy and colourful … it would be a shame not to use them to prepare a delicious dessert. This recipe that satisfies both the mouth and the eyes, does not even require the use of the oven, so there is no excuse!

Ingredients for 10 glasses:

150 g amaretto biscuits 600 g ricotta 250 g fresh cream 90 g powdered sugar 1 vanilla bean 10 fresh figs Fruit jelly

Preparation:

To prepare the base of the dessert, crumble coarsely the amaretti biscuits at the bottom of the glasses. For the cream, whisk the ricotta with half the powdered sugar and whip the cream with the remaining sugar and the seeds of the vanilla pod. Gently mix the whipped cream into the ricotta mixture, until you get a smooth and soft cream. Fill the glasses with the cream up to three quarters of their capacity, with the help of a piping bag or two spoons. Eventually, garnish the glasses with fresh figs cut into wedges. For a delicious version, add some chocolate chips or walnuts to the ricotta cream for a perfect match!

Anna Canevese

Anna Canevese is 20 years old from Jesolo. After obtaining a diploma from the IPSEOA “Elena Cornaro”, she attended ALMA, a prestigious International School of cooking, pastry and hospitality, where she learned all the best pastry techniques (patisserie products, mousses, chocolates, ice creams and cakes) and practiced at a renowned pastry shop in Milan. She obtained her diploma of Professional Pastry Chef, with full marks, she returned to Jesolo and today, with her patisserie, she delights guests of the Carlton hotel. Those who want to taste her specialities, beautiful to look at and super tasty to eat, can go to the Carlton hotel restaurant, also open to non-resident guests, where every evening she prepares a buffet with a dozen delicious cakes.