It goes on and on and on...: donuts chocolate ricotta

Its time for a quick dessert, very easy and so simple that even a cat could do it...yes a cat

THAT simple.

I bought a few days ago some Ricotta Cheese and came up with the idea of making little donuts and side them with a chocolate sauce. Its a nice treat and especially if you have them at night drinking a vanilla chai. It may not be heaven but it gets pretty damn close.

Ingredients

Ricotta cheese donuts (makes 24)

-Enough oil to fry the donuts

-1 cup Ricotta cheese (try to use a good quality cheese, otherwise the flavor will be a little blend and you do NOT want that to happen.)

-3/4 of a cup with flour

-2 teaspoons of baking powder.

-1 piece of lemon zest

-1 good pinch of salt to really increase the Ricotta flavor.

-2 eggs

-5 teaspoons of sugar (maybe a little more, depends on how sweet you want them..i used 5 and the flavor was just fine)

-1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Some powdering sugar (just enought to coat them)

In a bowl mix the flour along with the baking powder, lemon zest and salt.

In another bowl mix the Ricotta , sugar, eggs and vanilla extract

Now just pour the flour mixture onto the ricotta mix and incorporate well enough until everything is nice and mixed.

Heat the oil until it reaches a temperature of aproximately 175 C.

And with a spoon take a little bit of the mixture and pour it carefully into the oil so the donut starts to fry, in less than 2 minutes each donut should be ready for both sides.

(See Photos for a more detailed explanation)

Chocolate sauce

115 g of dark chocolate

1/2 cup whipping cream

Melt the chocolate in a water bath and once it has melted set aside.

Heat the cream on a small pan and once it has reached a hot temperature (not boiling oc course) pour it over the melted chocolate and stir until its completely mixed.