| RAVIOLI | Italian ricotta-filled dish (7) |
| CANNOLI | Ricotta-filled Italian pastry shell |
| CNNL | Ricotta-filled dessert (7) |
| CHEESEBLINTZ | Ricotta-filled pancake often served on Shavuot |
| CASSATA | Italian dessert consisting of liqueur-moistened sponge cake layered with ricotta cheese, candied peel and chocolate (7) |
| APRICOT | Something similar to 21 put into cheap ricotta (7) |
| HARICOT | Some paratha, ricotta and a kind of bean (7) |
| COMPOTE | Seasonal berries/fruit simmered in spiced sugar syrup as a warm or chilled breakfast with Greek yoghurt or a pudding with whipped ricotta (7) |
| RUBIOLS | Typical Mallorcan pastry shaped in a semi-circle and usually with a sweet filling of jam or ricotta cheese, though on special feast days they can have savoury fillings (7) |
| RIOTACT | Warning read about ricotta going off (4,3) |
| CHEESES | Romano and ricotta |
| PETRI | Germ-filled dish named for a German |
| APIECE | For each person, a filled dish came unfilled (6) |
| ALOO | ___ paratha (potato-filled dish) |
| SALAD | Roughage-filled dish |
| MALFATTI | Italian dish of spinach and ricotta gnocchi-like dumplings - "badly made" or "poorly formed", according to their name, but delicious nonetheless (8) |
| BARI | Italian city or a ricotta type |
| LACTOSE | (& 13-down) Why belly a€“ by avoidance a€“ eats non-ricotta supply? (7,10) |
| FRITTATA | Baked egg dish that can be flavoured with roasted peppers, peas, feta, spinach, herbs, ricotta etc (8) |
| TORTELLI | Ravioli-like pasta dish typically made with ingredients such as ricotta, ceps, grated parmigiano, melted butter or spinach (8) |