Whipped Sweet Corn And Ricotta

• 15 ounces (one standard tub) ricotta cheese
• 1/4 cup neufchatel style cream cheese, room temperature (regular is fine, but I prefer the sweeter flavor of neufchatel)
• zest of one lemon
• thyme leaves from 5 sprigs, plus more for garnish
• 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 ears of sweet corn
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and pepper, to taste.

1. Place a paper towel over a fine mesh stranier and place over a larger bowl (the strainer should not reach the bottom). Place the ricotta into the paper towel-lined strainer and let drain in the refrigerator for at least an hour and up to four hours.
2. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, whip the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add the lemon zest, thyme, Parmesan, and ricotta and blend until combined.
3. Remove the kernels from the corn cobs and place into a food processor. Using the back of your knife, scrape down the corn cob to extract the corn milk and place that in the processor as well. Add olive oil and pulse to a mostly smooth consistency.
4. Fold the corn mixture in to the ricotta in the stand mixer and blend on low speed to combine. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve sprinkled with extra thyme leaves.

ricotta cheese, neufchatel style cream cheese, zest of one lemon, thyme, parmesan cheese, corn, olive oil, salt

Taken from food52.com/recipes/28533-whipped-sweet-corn-and-ricotta (may not work)