While spring is not necessarily ice cream season (especially in the still-cold Midwest), ricotta ice cream presents an option that doesn’t feel too summery. Topped with ripe late-spring strawberries—or a rhubarb compote if you can’t wait that long—it’s a fitting finish to a spring meal. Melissa Trimmer of
Le Cordon Blue in Chicago prefers to use whole milk ricotta in this recipe, but low fat will work as well.