This simple, fresh Vegan Ricotta has a fresh, thick, and creamy texture and tiny granules of curds, just like classic milk-based ricotta!
I love making all sorts of creamy pasta, like my karnabahar makarna, Vegan Kremalı Mantarlı Makarnaya da Gizli Sebzeli Makarna Sosu. But to achieve a real creamy texture, you have to use vegan ricotta. And making vegan ricotta is much easier than you think!
This recipe uses just a few basic ingredients and can be turned into ricotta in just about 5 minutes with a blender!
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Bademli Ricotta Tarifi
malzemeler
- 2 bardaklar Şeritli Badem - blanched, no skin
- ½ çay kaşığı Tuz
- 2 yemek kaşığı Limon suyu
- ½ Fincan Su - + 5 tablespoons to add gradually
- ¼ Fincan Badem sütü
Optional – to create different flavors
- ¼ çay kaşığı Sarımsak tozu
- 1 yemek kasigi Beslenme mayası
- 2 yemek kaşığı Fresh Italian Flat Parsley - or fresh basil or
- ¼ çay kaşığı Kırmızı biber - or cumin
talimatlar
- Place all the ingredients into a food processor: slivered almonds, lemon juice, water, almond milk, and salt.
- Blend until almost smooth. You will have to stop the blender, scrape down the sides of the bowl and repeat until all ingredients are evenly combined. It can be difficult to blend or too thick, so you can add extra water, up to 5 tablespoons. You want to form a thick, fluffy mixture with almost no bites of almonds, just a grainy texture as regular ricotta. Blend between each addition and stop when it reaches a fluffy and creamy, slightly grainy texture. The whole process of blending and scraping the bowl takes about 2-4 minutes.
- Taste and adjust by adding some of the recommended flavorings. Add more nutritional yeast to enhance the cheese flavor, more salt for savory cheese, and more lemon for tangy ricotta.
Beslenme
Malzemeler ve Değişiklikler
- Şeritli Badem – It means thin pieces of blanched almonds with no almonds skin and golden-white color. They don’t contain the almond skin, and they are small, so you can easily blend them into a creamy, cheesy texture without pre-soaking. Do not use bütün badem with or without skin. They are too hard to break into a creamy cheese without soaking them or sliced almonds with skin if you want to use sliced almonds, make sure they are blanched. You will also need to watch out for the blending time! They turn really fast into a creamy paste, and you will lose some grainy texture.
- Su - tap filtered water, no need to use hot water.
- Şekersiz Badem Sütü – I found that the best vegan ricotta is made from a combination of water and unsweetened almond milk. The touch of almond milk adds the light sweet taste that mimics the classic ricotta cheese even more!
- Limon suyu – You can use fresh or bottled lemon juice. Lime juice can also be used.
- Beslenme mayası – For a light cheesy flavor, but you can omit this ingredient as ricotta is mild in flavor, and you don’t expect a strong cheese flavor. Nutritional Yeast is a vegan-friendly ingredient.
How To Make Vegan Ricotta
There are many ways to make vegan ricotta recipes, including nut-free tofu ricotta cheese or cashew ricotta cheese. Here I am sharing an almond ricotta cheese recipe that tastes like the real thing.
I highly recommend using a high-speed blender rather than a food processor to make vegan cheese from nuts. In fact, nuts are strong and hard to break and turn into a creamy texture. As a result, the tall and narrow jug of a blender is much more powerful, keeping the nuts close to the blade all the time, turning them into cheese in less than 3 minutes. A food processor has a wide bowl and a less powerful blade. It makes it very difficult to get the creamy, fluffy ricotta texture you see here using a food processor.
This is not a complicated recipe, but you must be patient and repeat the same steps a few times to achieve the right ricotta texture.
- First, add the ingredients below into the blender.
- Blend all the ingredients for 30 seconds, stop the blender, scrape down the sides of the jug with a silicone spatula and repeat!
- You will have to repeat these steps 3-5 times until it forms a fluffy, creamy ricotta cheese with a grainy texture.
- I usually start the recipe using 3/4 cup of liquid – 1/2 cup of water and 1/4 cup of unsweetened almond milk. Then, I add more water, up to 1/4 cup of extra water, to achieve fluffy, creamy ricotta. But again, this is up to you! If you want thicker ricotta with more texture like in the picture below, don’t add more water.
Lezzet Seçenekleri
You can play with this dairy-free ricotta recipe and create a range of different flavors by adding some of the ingredients below to the end product.
- Fresh Chopped Herbs – Add up to 1/3 cup of basil, cilantro, or dill.
- Fresh Chopped Garlic – 1 or 2 garlic cloves finely crushed.
- Beslenme mayası – The original recipe uses some, but you can enhance the cheesy flavor of this ricotta by adding 1-2 extra teaspoons. Nutritional yeast is a great source of plant-based iron.
- Biber – Add 1 teaspoon of crushed pepper or chili flakes to make it spicy.

Sunum Önerileri
This vegan almond milk ricotta recipe is the best gluten-free, vegan alternative to ricotta! It has all the texture and flavor you expect from ricotta, including the light nutty, sweet flavor specific to classic ricotta. It’s fresh, thick, creamy vegan ricotta cheese with a mild cheese taste and light nutty flavor. You can eat this raw almond ricotta recipe as:
- A spread similar to cream cheese spread it onto toasted bread.
- A vegan appetizer to dip raw vegetables, crackers, or pita triangles.
The best is to serve the ricotta in a wide bowl with a drizzle of fresh olive oil, ground pepper, and fresh chopped basil. You can also use this recipe as a vegan substitute for ricotta cheese in any plant-based recipe, including:
- vegan lazanya
- Doldurulmuş Makarna Kabukları – this is the perfect recipe for stuffed shells! Simply spread the cold ricotta in the pasta shell and bake the shells in tomato sauce.
- Vegan roll up
Depolama
You can store this ricotta in the fridge in a sealed container for up to 5 days. Also, this recipe freezes very well in a Ziploc silicone bag. Thaw the ricotta in the fridge the day before and use it in any vegan recipe as a vegan replacement for ricotta like in vegan lasagna.
Daha Fazla Vegan Meze Tarifi
If you love vegan dips or appetizers, I listed some of my other recipes to try:







could you use almond flour (ground almonds) instead. if so whst quantity would you use?
I wondered the same thing… did you try it out Pat?
I am not too sure, I haven’t tried this option yet so it’s hard to tell if it will provide the same texture.
We loved this on pizza! Thank you!!
I’m so happy you liked it!! Thank you!
Can you use almond flour for this recipe?
I am not too sure, I didn’t try this option yet so I can’t recommend more unfortunately.
Your recipe is infinitely easier to follow than others I have tried and I appreciate that. It also makes great vegan ricotta!
Teşekkür ederim!!
Will soaking almonds ruin the recipe?
Where I live silvered almonds are not sold, so I need to blanch them myself
I am not too sure, I thick it should work, too but since I didn’t try this yet it’s hard to recommend
I blanched my own almonds to make this and it came out perfect. Just don’t soak the almonds for too long. You can blanch almonds by covering thyme with boiling water and after about 15 minutes of cooling done you can start peeling them
Hi will this ricotta recipe work with ground almonds? Also can I use oat milk or coconut milk instead of Almond milk? (I’m trying to use what is already have at home) thanks ☺️
Yes, and yes! These swaps should work fine.
Do you use this almond ricotta cup for cup like in a basic lasagna recipe? a basic lasagna recipe calls for 16 ounces of ricotta so would I use 16 ounces of almond ricotta? and does it work well with an egg added to it?
Yes, you can absolutely use this as a swap to ricotta in recipe and even if I didn’t try adding an egg to it, I am confident it will bind well.
If I wanted to use soaked peeled almonds, would that work?
Kesinlikle
There’s no ricotta cheese in this recipe –??
Yes, that an almond ricotta, a vegan version of ricotta made out almonds
The nutritional yeast makes the difference on this recipe. I can’t eat dairy so this is a great alternative and easy to prepare. Makes delicious lasagne.