Substituting cottage cheese for ricotta

A popular soft mild cheese in Italian cooking is ricotta. It's used to layer lasagna, top pizza, stuff calzones, and fill pasta shells. Its mild flavor gives a meaty red sauce the ideal amount of creaminess. While there are some ways to replace ricotta with other soft cheeses, you shouldn't replace ricotta in lasagna with cottage cheese.

Even while it has a similar soft, mild flavor to ricotta, cottage cheese lacks the latter's creamy texture and mouthfeel and contains less fat overall, according to The Dairy Dish. Furthermore, the low-fat white cheese lacks the structural strength to function as a lasagna layer. Your lasagna will crumble because it is mushy. There really isn't a need to use another cheese in lasagna since ricotta is so easily made at home and is widely available. If you're looking for a dairy-free substitute, silken tofu will provide you with creaminess.