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Smoked ricotta with a brown exterior and a cut wedge showing its white interior.

Smoked ricotta

Smoked ricotta finishes Carnia’s cjarsons, grated over the cooked pasta with clarified butter and cinnamon.

Italian name
Ricotta affumicata
Serving form
Grated over cjarsons

At the table

In Chiara Selenati’s family recipe, fresh ricotta goes inside the cjarsons while smoked ricotta is grated over them after cooking. The distinction is part of the dish: the two forms are given different jobs.

Check both names when shopping for this version, and choose the smoked ricotta by its actual milk and smoking wood.

The right tools for it

Picked for this food.

  • OXO Good Grips Box Grater

    For grating this firm cheese over the finished dish or into a filling.

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  • Cuisipro Surface Glide 4-Sided Box Grater

    Sharp, smooth-running faces that make short work of hard cheese.

    Amazon

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