Recipe - Pasta With Ricotta (Pasta Ca Ricotta)

Water
2 tablespoon Extravirgin olive oil
Sea salt
1 pound Linguini or spaghetti
Three fourths pound Ricotta preferably
rennetbased

Bring 6 quarts water, olive oil and 2 tablespoons salt to boil in large
pot. Add pasta and cook until just tender to the bite, about 7 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat serving bowl with hot tap water. Dry it, place ricotta in
bowl and mash it with a fork. Mix in Three fourths cup of pasta water if using
rennetbased ricotta to loosen it (if using acid or vinegar based ricotta,
omit this step). Drain pasta and toss with ricotta. Taste and season with
salt if needed. Serve immediately. Yields 4