Ricotta Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups ricotta cheese, well drained,i let it sit in a strainer inside a bowl,for about two hours
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 1/2 ounces milk chocolate candy bars, chopped,i usually use a high quality one
• 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
• 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (12 ounces)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 -2 1/2 tablespoons ice water
• 1 egg, beaten

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 in a bowl, combine all the filling ingredients.
• 3 cover and refrigerate while you make the crust.
• 4 in a bowl, mix the flour and salt together.
• 5 add the butter and with a pastry blender, work the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs or pea size balls.
• 6 add the eggs and the ice water, use just enough of the water to form the dough, and mix with your hands until a ball of dough is formed.
• 7 wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 10 to 15 minutes.
• 8 divide the dough in half.
• 9 on a floured surface, roll out one half of dough to a 12 inch round.
• 10 fit it into a 9 inch pie dish.
• 11 scoop the filling into the crust.
• 12 roll out second half of dough to slightly smaller round and place it on top of the filling.
• 13 trim the excess dough and pinch the edges to seal them.
• 14 with a toothpick, make tiny holes all over the crust.
• 15 brush the top crust with the beaten egg.
• 16 bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until the crust is nicely browned.
• 17 let the pie cool completely and cut into wedges.