Whipped Ricotta with Marinated Olives Appetizer – Italian Centre Shop

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cups pitted castelvetrano olives
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 tsp liquid honey
• ½ tsp chili flakes
• 1 garlic clove, pressed
• Zest of half a lemon
• Juice of half a lemon (about 1 – 1 ½ tbsp lemon juice)
• 2 cups (475g) full fat fresh ricotta cheese
• zest from half a lemon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• pinch ground pepper
• 1 tbsp olive oil