A homemade pizza crust baked with ziti pasta, tomatoes, ricotta, and mozzarella cheese.

Spinach and ricotta cheese baked in a whole wheat, Parmesan, and garlic bread dough.

A ground beef and ricotta stuffed manicotti baked in a tomato sauce, and because there's no need for pre-cooking the pasta it's easier to fill and cuts way down on prepping and cooking time.

An Italian baked egg dish with cremini mushrooms, breadcrumbs, ricotta and Parmesan cheese.

A grandma pizza is cooked in an olive-oil coated rectangle baking pan. Cheese is usually placed on first with the sauce going on top of the pizza. This one has ricotta and cauliflower.

Baked zucchini boats filled with ricotta, blue cheese, garlic, and basil.

A creamy Italian bean dip made with cannellini beans, ricotta cheese, garlic, lemon, and fresh parsley.

Cavatappi pasta tossed with a pesto sauce made from arugula and ricotta cheese.

Easy to make gnocchi made out of ricotta and Parmesan cheese and tossed in a simple sage and garlic butter sauce.

Mushrooms, garlic, and sage topped with fresh mozzarella, ricotta, and Parmesan cheeses on a chewy homemade pizza crust.

A Sicilian dish consisting of thin layers of semolina dough layered with filling. This Scaccia is filled with ricotta cheese, tomatoes, and fresh basil.

A white bechamel lasagna with spinach, artichokes and three types of cheese.

Spinach and ricotta cheese stuffed between two pizza crusts then topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella.

Oven baked rigatoni pasta with an Italian sausage tomato sauce, onion, bell peppers and ricotta cheese.

An easy cheesy vegetable lasagna made with uncooked lasagna noodles, no preboiling required.

Ricotta cheese, ground beef tomato sauce, and mozzarella layered and baked in a pie pan on top of a spaghetti crust.

This dish is a labor of love and takes all day. It is worth it, however be prepared to spend hours making most of the ingredients by hand.

Italian sausage and noodles in a rich tomato soup topped with a ricotta-Parmesan dollop.