Italian Easter pie
Italian Easter pie requires about 3 hours from start to finish. This recipe serves 8 and costs 80 cents per serving. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 498 calories, 13g of protein, and 25g of fat per serving. If you have eggs, salt, orange zest, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Plenty of people really liked this Mediterranean dish. This recipe from Roxanas Home Baking has 1740 fans. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Easter. With a spoonacular score of 38%, this dish is rather bad. Users who liked this recipe also liked Italian Easter Bread, Italian Easter Bread, and Italian Easter Bread.
Servings: 8
Preparation duration: 15 minutes
Cooking duration: 50 minutes
Ingredients:
pinch of baking powder
1/2 cup (113 grams) cold diced butter
2/3 cup dark chocolate chips
4 eggs
1 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 2/3 cup (200 grams) cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar
1 tsp orange extract
1 tbsp grated orange zest
15 oz (425 grams) ricotta cheese
pinch of salt
Equipment:
food processor
plastic wrap
mixing bowl
pie form
whisk
oven
Cooking instruction summary:
To make the pie crust add all the ingredients to a food processor. Pulse for about 2 minutes until it forms a ball.Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for about 1 hour.When the dough is chilled, place it on a lightly floured surface and roll it out in a 10 inch diameter circle. Cover the bottom and the sides of a 9 ” pie pan. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for few more minutes.In the meantime heat the oven to 350F.In a mixing bowl combine the ricotta cheese, sugar, flour, orange zest and orange extract.In another mixing bowl whisk the eggs, until creamy yellow in color, around 5 minutes. Fold the eggs into the cheese mixture.Pour the filling into the pie crust, sprinkle the chocolate chips on top, slightly press them in.Bake for 50 minutes without opening the oven.When the time is up, turn off the oven, crack open the door and let the pie completely cool. Just before serving dust with powder sugar.Slice and enjoy!
Step by step:
1. To make the pie crust add all the ingredients to a food processor. Pulse for about 2 minutes until it forms a ball.Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for about 1 hour.When the dough is chilled, place it on a lightly floured surface and roll it out in a 10 inch diameter circle. Cover the bottom and the sides of a 9 ” pie pan. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for few more minutes.In the meantime heat the oven to 350F.In a mixing bowl combine the ricotta cheese, sugar, flour, orange zest and orange extract.In another mixing bowl whisk the eggs, until creamy yellow in color, around 5 minutes. Fold the eggs into the cheese mixture.
2. Pour the filling into the pie crust, sprinkle the chocolate chips on top, slightly press them in.
3. Bake for 50 minutes without opening the oven.When the time is up, turn off the oven, crack open the door and let the pie completely cool. Just before serving dust with powder sugar.Slice and enjoy!
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