Sweet Ricotta Cheese Tart
From midgelet 14 years agoIngredients
- 1 and 3/4 cups all purpose flour shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 2 and 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, diced shopping list
- 4 large eggs shopping list
- One 15 to 16-ounce container ricotta cheese (whole-milk) shopping list
- 3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature shopping list
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
How to make it
- Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon orange peel, salt, and baking powder in food processor.
- Add butter and blend until coarse meal forms.
- Add 2 eggs and blend until moist clumps form.
- Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface and knead to combine well, about 1 minute.
- Divide into 2 pieces, one slightly larger.
- Wrap and chill smaller piece. Press larger piece over bottom and up sides of 9 inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom.
- Using electric mixer, beat ricotta cheese, cream cheese, cornstarch, and vanilla in large bowl to blend.
- Beat in remaining 1/2 cup sugar, 1 and 1/2 teaspoons orange peel, and 2 eggs.
- Transfer filling to dough-lined tart pan.
- Roll out chilled dough piece to 10-inch round.
- Place round over tart; trim excess dough.
- Press edges of tart to seal.
- Cut 4 slits in top of tart.
- Bake tart until golden and puffed, about 1 hour.
- Cool completely. .
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