Whipped Ricotta Crostini with ‘Nduja Oil

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    20mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    611

Velvety whipped ricotta meets spicy Italian ‘nduja, making the perfect crunchy crostini topping. The herby ricotta mixture can simply be spread onto the crostini if you don’t feel like piping. To turn this into a canape, use smaller slices of ciabatta and increase the quantity to give your guests a mouth-wateringly piquant bite, perfect for kicking off any party.

recipe updated 11 Oct 2025

Ingredients

  • Ricotta cheese icon
    Ricotta cheese
    750 g
  • Black pepper icon
    Black pepper
    ¼ teaspoon
  • Fresh chives icon
    Fresh chives
    2 tablespoons
  • Fresh chives icon
    Fresh chives
    as needed
  • Runny honey icon
    Runny honey
    1 tablespoon
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    100 g
  • 'nduja paste icon
    'nduja paste
    50 g
  • Fine sea salt icon
    Fine sea salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Dried oregano icon
    Dried oregano
    1 teaspoon
  • Lemon zest icon
    Lemon zest
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • Ciabatta icon
    Ciabatta
    8 slices
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Serving plate
  • kCook icon Food processor attachment
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Baking tray - large
  • kCook icon Piping bag

Step preview

  1. Making the ‘nduja oil:
  2. Preheat the oven – 200ºC
  3. Fit the Knife Blade to the Food Processor attachment
  4. Add the ingredients into the attachment
  5. Mix until combined – 1 minute, speed 1
  6. Remove the attachment from the machine
  7. Transfer the ‘nduja oil into a clean bowl and set aside
  8. Place the bread slices onto a baking tray and drizzle each side with oil
  9. Bake until golden brown – 5 minutes, 200ºC
  10. Flip over and continue – 5 minutes, 200ºC
  11. Remove from the oven and set aside
  12. Fit the Whisk Tool
  13. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
  14. Whisk until light and creamy – 3 minutes, speed 4
  15. Transfer the ricotta mixture into a piping bag fitted with 1 cm round tip
  16. Pipe the whipped ricotta mixture onto the crostini in a zig-zag pattern
  17. Drizzle with ‘nduja oil
  18. Place on a serving plate and sprinkle with chives
  19. Serve
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