Every Easter I make an Italian meat pie, which has basket cheese as a main
ingredient. I only seem to see this cheese around during the Easter season. Is
there some other cheese that would be a suitable replacement for it if I wanted
to make the meat pie other times during the year? Thanks.

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> Every Easter I make an Italian meat pie, which has basket cheese as
> a main ingredient. I only seem to see this cheese around during the
> Easter season. Is there some other cheese that would be a suitable
> replacement for it if I wanted to make the meat pie other times
> during the year? Thanks.


If this "basket cheese" is white and has few fats, it probably is something
close to "ricotta". Do you usually find ricotta where you shop?
Ricotta is widely used in italian kitchen, it's in the filling many kinds of
filled pasta ("tortelli", "cannelloni"...), it can end up in the mix for
dumplings ("gnocchi"), is used in pies, both savoury and sweet, it is part
of the filling of many cakes, and so on.
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On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:04:28 GMT, "ViLco" > wrote:

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>> Every Easter I make an Italian meat pie, which has basket cheese as
>> a main ingredient. I only seem to see this cheese around during the
>> Easter season. Is there some other cheese that would be a suitable
>> replacement for it if I wanted to make the meat pie other times
>> during the year? Thanks.
>
>
>If this "basket cheese" is white and has few fats, it probably is something
>close to "ricotta". Do you usually find ricotta where you shop?
>Ricotta is widely used in italian kitchen, it's in the filling many kinds of
>filled pasta ("tortelli", "cannelloni"...), it can end up in the mix for
>dumplings ("gnocchi"), is used in pies, both savoury and sweet, it is part
>of the filling of many cakes, and so on.

Thanks. Ricotta is another ingredient in this recipe. The basket cheese is a
very firm cheese, and as the name implies, comes in a little plastic basket.
It's not as soft or creamy as ricotta.

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> Thanks. Ricotta is another ingredient in this recipe. The basket
> cheese is a very firm cheese, and as the name implies, comes in a
> little plastic basket. It's not as soft or creamy as ricotta.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... I can't figure out what it could be.
"Very firm" excludes mascarpone, so I'm at a loss.
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"ViLco" > wrote in message
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> wrote:
>
>> Thanks. Ricotta is another ingredient in this recipe. The basket
>> cheese is a very firm cheese, and as the name implies, comes in a
>> little plastic basket. It's not as soft or creamy as ricotta.
>
> I can't figure out what it could be.
> "Very firm" excludes mascarpone, so I'm at a loss.
>
Farmer cheese is firm... and used to be sold in a woven wooden basket.