I love baking with ricotta. These bagels are perfect for breakfast especially with my home-made strawberry jam…

You need

• Bread machine or Thermomix for a better result with kneading but you can get the same result doing it manually;

Ingredients

• 300g milk;
• 1 tbsp dry yeast;
• 20g sugar;
• 25g butter;
• 500g white bread flour;
• 1 tsp salt;
• 250g ricotta;
• 1 egg;

Step by step

• Mix the warm milk with the yeast, butter, and sugar in a big bowl (Thermomix: 3 min/37°C/speed 1).
• Add the flour and salt.
• Knead the dough until you get a nice smooth texture (2 min in Thermomix).
• Leave the dough covered in the bowl for 45-60 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 230-250°C.
• Divide the dough into 12 balls. Place each ball in a non-stick baking sheet. Squeeze each ball in the centre with your fingers to create a nest (I use a small shot glass to press the centre on each ball).
• Put some ricotta in each nest and brush with the bitten egg.
• Cook for around 20 minutes until risen and golden.

  Your shopping basket

• 1kg flour – £1.50
• 250g unsalted butter – £1.10
• 1L milk – £1.00
• 250g ricotta – £1.35
• 6 eggs – £1.30
• Total basket £6.25 | Cost of ingredients (12 servings) £2.71 | Per serving £0.23