I've seen these in gourmet shops and don't see why taking a $2 piece of ricotta and baking it with herbs on it suddenly makes it worth $5. I've had a go at the first with Rosemary, thinly sliced garlic, pepper etc but I'm not so sure about the second.
I've seen it with dried fruit baked into it eg almonds and apricots.
Has anyone here tried this and if they have, any tips? I would also obviously benefit from anyone's experience with the ricotta also as I've only done this once - it was good but I'm open to alternatives if they're around.
thanks