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SOME ITALIAN RELATIVE'S RICOTTA PIE
Some Italian Relative's Ricotta Pie
Grandma claims she can't bake. More like she gave me the most screwed up directions ever...but ah ha, I cannot be stopped from recreating it!
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PrintINGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 50-60
- Servings: 8
- Preparation Time: 15
- 2 store-bought graham cracker pie shells OR 1 homemade graham cracker crust in 9" springform pan (see recipe for why)
- 4 eggs
- 3 cups ricotta cheese (1 1/2 lbs)
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 tbsps orange zest
- 2 tbsps lemon zest (or 1 tsp of lemon extract - that's what I use)
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1/8 tsp salt
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Stir ricotta, flour, orange and lemon zests, vanilla, and salt until mixed in a large bowl.
In another bowl, beat 4 eggs until foamy.
Add sugar and continue to beat until thick.
Fold into ricotta mixture until smooth.
Pour mixture into 2 store-bought graham cracker pie shells, or 1 homemade graham cracker crust in a 9" springform pan. (This recipe makes a LOT of filling - you can easily just make one pie and freeze the rest of the mixture, but why not do 2? The pie freezes well once baked.)
Bake 50-60 minutes.
Let cool on wire rack, and let set in fridge for at least 4 hours.
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Grandma claims she can't bake. More like she gave me the most screwed up directions ever...but ah ha, I cannot be stopped from recreating it!
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Feb/24/2010 02:02 pm pegwoodward
I'd like to try this recipe but it does not include the sugar measurement! Sounds good though.
I'd like to try this recipe but it does not include the sugar measurement! Sounds good though.
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