Cooking at home: Toasted Bagel with Sweetened Ricotta

I've eaten my morning bagel with the usual cream cheese and even a spread of butter, but today I decided that I wanted a toasted bagel with ricotta cheese! Ricotta Cheese?! Yes, ricotta cheese. I was reading a cookbook the other day that mentioned ricotta cheese on toast, sprinkled with a bit of sugar — I decided to give it try.

I toasted my bagel and spread ricotta cheese on it and sprinkled it lightly with sugar. 

First bite... interesting. 

Second bite... I can see how this would be good. 

Third bite... I love it! 

I went on to spread  the two sides of the toasted bagel with ricotta cheese with a sprinkling of sugar and devoured the whole thing. 

Ricotta cheese which I've only had in small quantities in raviolis and lasagnas is a cheese still curiously new to me, as with any cheese I eat I'm always a bit hesitant to eat at first. Thus, I naturally approached the toasted bagel mounded with ricotta cheese with care, but I found that the texture although a little scary at first was quite nice, smooth with just a bit of texture that actually makes it a bit fun to eat. With the mild flavor of ricotta one can only imagine the endless possibilities, use with marinara sauce, berry sauce, a drizzle of honey or simply a sprinkle of sugar!