Fruit bread toast with ricotta and strawberries
Preparation time:10 mins

Total cooking time:5 mins

Serves 4

You'll need
I loaf or 8 thick slices fruit bread
250g reduced fat ricotta cheese
I-2 tablespoons icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
500g strawberries, halved
3 passionfruit, halved
2 tablespoons maple syrup

Here's how
I. Toast the fruit bread slices until crisp and golden. Keep warm.
2. Put the ricotta, icing sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl and mix gently to combine.
3. Put the strawberries, passionfruit and maple syrup in a bowl and stir gently to coat the berries with syrup.
4. Put two slices of the toast on a plate, top with a generous dollop of the ricotta mixture and finish off with a couple of generous spoonfuls of the berry mix.

This recipe is also delicious with a mix of either banana and passionfruit, or mango and passionfruit, instead of strawberries.



Recipe courtesy of The Heart Foundation