my ricotta cheese & spinach cups

Name: My Ricotta Cheese & Spinach Cups
Ingredients: - vegetable cooking spray; 24 - small square wonton wrappers (can be found in the produce section of your grocery store); 1 cup(s) ricotta cheese; 1 - 10 ounce box of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeesed dry; 2 - eggs; 1 tablespoon(s) cream; 1 - garlic clove, through a presss; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/4 teaspoon(s) pepper; 1/8 teaspoon(s) freshly granted nutmeg (i keep a jar in my freezer); - dash of cayenne pepper, optional; 1/4 cup(s) freshly grated parmesan cheese plus mor for garnish

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Norma DeRemer

York, PA

Updated on Jan 23, 2012

Was at a friends house a couple of weeks ago and she had these pastry cups filled with ricotta and spinach.They were so good that I asked her for the recipe. I changed it just a little by using wonton wrappers instead of pastry and they turned out so good. This will be one of my appetizers at my next part for sure. Another thing I like about these are; they are only 50 calories with only 2 grams of fat. How good is that?

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yield Makes 24 pieces

Ingredients

- vegetable cooking spray
24 - small square wonton wrappers (can be found in the produce section of your grocery store)
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 - 10 ounce box of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeesed dry
2 - eggs
1 tablespoon cream
1 - garlic clove, through a presss
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon freshly granted nutmeg (i keep a jar in my freezer)
- dash of cayenne pepper, optional
1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese plus mor for garnish

How To Make my ricotta cheese & spinach cups

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 350 degreese

Step 2

Lightly spray the cups of a 12 cup muffin pan with the vegetabloe cooking spray.
Step 3

Gently press one wrapper into each cup and lightly spray the wrapper with the spray.
Step 4

Place muffin pan in oven and bake for 5 minutes.
Step 5

Remove from oven and remove wontons onto a wire rack to cool.
Step 6

Repeat as above with the remaining wrappers.
Step 7

In a small bowl combine the ricotta, spinach, eggs, cream, garlic, salt, pepper, nutmeg, cayenne and 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese and mix well to blend flavors
Step 8

Replace 12 of the baked cups into the muffin pan and fill with one tablespoon of filling mixture.
Step 9

Sprinkle with remaining parmesan.
Step 10

Lay a piece of aluminum foil lightly over the pan and return to the oven and bake for 17 minutes.
Step 11

Remove from oven and place finished cups on a wire rack to cool
Step 12

Repeat with remaining cups and filling as above.
Step 13

When last batch is finished place cups on wire rack to cool. You will have a total of 24 cups when finished.
Step 14

Place cups on platter and serve warm or cooled.
Step 15

*To save time you can use two muffin pans at the same time. Enjoy!
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