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Whipped Ricotta with Burnt Honey Croissants

Cook Time

5 minutes

Prep Time

5 minutes

Serves

Whipped ricotta with honey is an irresistible flavour combination. Creamy vanilla ricotta layered on a toasted croissant, drizzled with bubbling burnt honey caramel and brightened with lavender and thyme. This is minimal effort decadence, what more could you want?

Ingredients

1 croissant, sliced in half to create two open sandwiches

100g cream cheese

150g ricotta

1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract

½ cup honey

50g butter

A couple of lavender flowers

A couple of sprigs of thyme leaves

Instructions

Combine ricotta, cream cheese and vanilla paste into a food processor and or nutri bullet and pulse for 30 seconds to a minute until light and fluffy. Place whipped ricotta in a piping bag
Gently toast the cut side of the croissant under a grill or broiler, let it cool slightly
Pipe the ricotta onto the croissant halves and place onto serving plates
Heat butter in a small pot over a stove until melted and bubbling, let it darken in colour slightly then add in the honey, let it begin to bubble, then drizzle over bubbling honey (be careful it will be hot!) onto the ricotta, and then scatter over lavender and thyme.
Let honey cool for a minute or two, eat and enjoy.