Ina Garten’s secret to creamy scrambled eggs is an unexpected Italian staple

Ina Garten says ricotta cheese and gentle cooking give scrambled eggs a creamy, custard-like texture. Her approach offers a simple twist on a breakfast staple and shares one principle with Gordon Ramsay’s method: cooking the eggs slowly helps keep them soft.

Her recipe serves four and uses eggs, milk, butter, olive oil and ricotta, with salt and pepper. Garten stirs the eggs over medium-low heat until soft, then suggests serving them on buttered toast with chives, Parmesan and red pepper flakes; she also recommends using available herbs.