Mousse of Ricotta Cheese and Figs with Raspberry and Chilli Bisciuts


INGREDIENTS
  • - 250 g of cottage cheese
  • - 125 g of flour
  • - 8 figs
  • - 100 g raspberries
  • - 1 egg
  • - 40 g of brown sugar
  • - 1 tablespoon of icing sugar
  • - 1 tablespoon of acacia honey
  • - 1 lemon
  • - 1 red pepper
  • - 15 mint leaves
  • - 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • - extravirgin olive oil
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Chop the chilli and mix it with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Then grate the lemon rind.
  2. Put half of the grated rind in a bowl along with the brown sugar and thr egg, then with an electric whips mount the mixture for 5 minutes until it is fluffy. Now add the chilli oil, the the flour, the baking powder and knead by hand forming a soft but firm dough.
  3. Reduce the dough into little slightly flattened nuts, lay them in a pan lined with parchment paper and bake at 180 ° C for 10 minutes.
  4. Peel the figs and blend them coarsely with honey and the remaining lemon zest, and then mix in the ricotta until you get a soft cream. Distribute it in 4 dessert glasses or bowls and store in the refrigerator.
  5. Pour 4 tablespoons of water into a saucepan, add the icing sugar and cook over low heat for a few minutes, obtaining a syrup. Remove from the heat and mix in the previously chopped mint.
  6. Puree the raspberries with the syrup and distribute on the mousse. Decorate the dessert with a few mint leaves and serve with the biscuits.