Torta Di Ricotta
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
16
ingredients
-
PASTRY
- 2 cups all-purpose white flour
- 3⁄4 cup margarine or 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons dry marsala wine
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large egg yolks
-
FILLING
- 1 (32 ounce) container ricotta cheese (about 4 cups)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 6 large eggs
- 2 medium oranges, grated peel of
- 2 medium lemons, grated peel of
- confectioners' sugar
- orange rind twists (to garnish)
directions
- First prepare pastry dough: In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat flour, margarine or butter, sugar, Marsala, salt, and egg yolks just until mixed. Shape dough into a ball. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Into 10 inch by 2 1/2 inch springform pan, press three-fourths of dough onto bottom and up side of pan to within 3/4 inch of top; keep remaining dough refrigerated. Bake crust 15 minutes or until golden; cool in pan on wire rack.
- While crust is cooling, prepare filling: Into large bowl, press ricotta through fine sieve. With mixer at medium speed, beat ricotta just until smooth; slowly beat in sugar, scraping bowl often with rubber spatula. Add heavy or whipping cream, flour, vanilla extract, salt, eggs, orange and lemon peel; beat until well blended, occasionally scraping bowl. Pour cheese mixture into crust.
- On lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll out remaining dough into 10 inch by 5 inch rectangle. Cut dough lengthwise into ten 1/2 inch wide strips. Place 5 dough strips about 1 inch apart across filling. Arrange remaining strips at right angles to make a lattice. Trim ends of strips even with crust.
- Bake cheesecake 1 1/4 hours. Turn off oven; let cheesecake remain in oven 1 hour. Remove cheesecake from oven; cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or until well chilled.
- When cheesecake is firm, with spatula, loosen pan side from cheesecake and remove; loosen cake from pan bottom; slide onto plate.
- Sprinkle cheesecake with confectioners’ sugar. Arrange orange twists around cake.
- 16 servings. Begin early in day or day ahead to make this recipe.
- The Good Housekeeping Desserts.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Olha7397
Canada