Daughter cooked ricotta for tyrant (8)

I believe the answer is:

dictator

(Other definitions for dictator that I've seen before include "Top dog like Hitler, Stalin and Franco" , "one who brooks no opposition" , "One who reads out for others to scribe" , "Authoritarian, tyrant" , "Autocratic ruler" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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