Torta Di Ricotta

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 cups all-purpose 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
• 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)

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 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.
• 3 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.
• 4 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.
• 5 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.
• 6 when cheesecake is firm, with spatula, loosen pan side from cheesecake and remove; loosen cake from pan bottom; slide onto plate.
• 7 sprinkle cheesecake with confectioners’ sugar. arrange orange twists around cake.
• 8 16 servings. begin early in day or day ahead to make this recipe.
• 9 the good housekeeping desserts.