This creamy baked ricotta is topped with roasted vegetables and aromatic thyme.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and lightly grease 2 medium ramekins with butter.
Add the whole pepper to a shallow baking tray and roast for 20 minutes, then add the tomato for a further 15. The pepper should be charred and soft.
Once cool enough to handle, remove the skin and seeds from both the pepper and tomato. Slice the pepper into strips and the roughly chop the tomato flesh.
Whilst the vegetables are cooling, reduce the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Add the ricotta, egg, Parmesan, cream, salt and pepper to a mixing bowl. Beat together well until smooth.
Divide the ricotta mixture evenly between the two buttered ramekins.
Bake for 25 minutes until lightly golden all over.
Whilst the ricotta bakes, add the thyme leaves, olive oil and a little salt and pepper to the vegetable mixture and stir to combine.
Allow the baked ricotta to cool a little then carefully turn out onto a serving plate. Top each with half of the roasted vegetables to serve.
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