Although traditionally these pies are baked for Easter, nothing prevents you from baking them at any other time: a melting cake filled with ricotta and a seductive aroma of citrus and vanilla will perfectly fit into your menu: both a festive and an everyday delicacy!
It is necessary
- For the test:
- - 260 g flour;
- - 1 tsp salt;
- - 1 tsp baking powder;
- - 35 g of sugar;
- - 120 g butter;
- - 2 eggs.
- For the curd filling:
- - 500 g of Ricotta cheese;
- - 4 yolks;
- - 70 g of sugar;
- - vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
- - 1 tsp cinnamon;
- - 50 g of candied fruits;
- - zest of one large orange;
- - 90 g flour;
- - 30 g of corn starch;
- - 225 ml of milk;
- - 60 g butter;
- - 1 yolk.
Instructions
Step 1
Sift flour with baking powder and a teaspoon of salt into a large bowl. Mix with sugar and chilled butter. We chop everything into small crumbs. Add eggs and knead the dough, which is then divided into 2 parts, each of which is rolled into a ball, wrapped in plastic wrap and set in the cold for 60 minutes.
Step 2
In the meantime, let's get to the cream. To do this, in a saucepan over a low-medium heat with a mixer, mix two yolks with half the sugar (35 g). Then, without turning off the mixer, add flour and cornstarch. Heat the milk separately (you can in the microwave) and pour it into the yolks in a thin stream, without ceasing to interfere. Then we arm ourselves with a whisk and stir the mixture over low heat until it thickens. Remove from heat and add butter and vanillin. We set aside to cool.
Step 3
Mix Ricotta with a mixer with 35 g of sugar. Add the cream and the remaining 2 yolks. Beat in a homogeneous mass and add orange zest and candied fruits with cinnamon to it.
Step 4
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. We take the dough out of the refrigerator and roll it into 2 large circles: they should be 5 cm larger than the diameter of the mold. We spread one part of the dough into the mold, form the sides and remove for 10 minutes in the cold. Put the second part on parchment and cut into strips 2 cm wide. Grease them with yolk.
Step 5
Put the cream on the base, and on top - the strips of dough in the form of a lattice. Pinch the edges of the cake and brush the top with yolk. Send the cake to the preheated oven for 50 - 60 minutes. If the top starts to burn, just cover the cake with foil. Then it should be cooled in the form, put on a dish and sent to the refrigerator for a couple of hours so that the filling grabs, and you can invite your friends to tea!
