Italian sweet ricotta cake: creamy and melt in the mouth

Simplified recipe for a classic of Italian cuisine, with creamy ricotta: an irresistible dessert chef

A very traditional sweet ricotta cake in Italy – without condensed milk – reproduced in a simplified way without pasta.

Enter for 4 people.

Classic (no restriction), vegetarian

Preparation: 02:00 + time to cool

Interval: 00:45

Tools

1 grater, 1 background often (s), 4 bowls (s), 1 scout flush, 1 shape (s) (preferably removable circle), 2 sifts (they are 1 thin to sprinkle)

EQUIPMENT

Conditional + mixer

Meters

Cup = 240 ml, spoon = 15 ml, teaspoon = 10 ml, coffee spoon = 5 ml

Semolina cream ingredients (Semolha pastie):

– 250 ml of milk

– 250 ml of water

– 30 g of butter without salt + a little to fatten

– 1 unit (S) Orange (Zest)

– Salt to Taste (Pinch)

– 80 g of sugar

– 100 g of seed (semolha flour)

Ricotta Cream Ingredients (Semolha Pasiera)

– 350 g Ricota

– 1 tablespoon (s) (coffee) of vanilla essence

– 15 ml of orange blossom water

– 4 tablespoons of dark rum

– 80 g of crystallized fruits, in cubes (optional)

– 120 g of sugar

– 3 units (s) eggs (light and separated yolks)

Ingredients to finish:

– icing sugar to taste, to sprinkle (or impalpable sugar)

Pre-repair:

1. Separate the ingredients and tools from the recipe.
2. For an entire recipe, 4 portions use a 22 cm pan, preferably with removable edge and scratching it with butter.
3. Wash and dry the orange on the sacking cream, remove the peel zest and set aside on paper towels.
4. Then prepare the semolina cream, because it has to cool (see preparation).
5. Separate the eggs, put the yolks in a bowl and the egg whites in another bowl.
6. If you choose to use crystallized fruits, cut them into cubes.
7. Grease a round shape with butter.
8. Preheated the oven at 180 ° C.

PREPARATION:

Semolina cream – Semplified pastiera semolha (sweet ricotta cake): (make this step during preparation pre -preparation):

1. In a lower pan, put the milk, water, butter and pinch of salt.
2. Bring on medium heat – Do not boil.
3. Once hot, remove the pan from the heat and add the semolina in the rain with the help of a sieve.
4. Mix well with a wire scout for a homogeneous consistency.
5. Back in medium heat and cook, stirring for 3-4 minutes.
6. Turn off the heat and add the zest and orange sugar and mix until all the sugar dissolves in the cream.
7. Transfer to a bowl with enough dimensions to adapt to all the ingredients, cover with plastic movies in contact and let it cool completely.
8. Continue pre-preparation (article 5).

Cream ricotta (Simplified Semolha Pastie – Sweet Ricota Pie):

1. In a bowl, knead the ricotta with orange flowers, rum and crystallized (optional) fruit in the cubes.
2. In a mixer, beat the egg whites on stopped peaks (in the snow). Remove the bowl from the mixer and set aside.
3. Put the other bowl with the egg yolks in the mixer – it is not necessary to wash the batter – and add the sugar and vanilla essence and beat up to a whitish cream.
4. Gradually add the mixture of gems to the bowl with the ricotta and mix well.
5. Finally, add the egg whites and mix gently.

Simplified passiera (sweet Ricota cake):

1. Gradually add the ricotta cream to the bowl with the Semolina cream, mixing gently until smooth.
2. Transfer the dough to the fattened shape and bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° C.
3. Cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour until the leaves without residues.
4. Remove from the oven and let cool.

Finishing and assembly:

1. Rolling Semplified pastiera semolha (sweet ricotta cake) and transfer to a service plate.
2. Keep the refrigerated: remove just before to consume.
3. Just before serving, it ends with a generous layer of impalpable sugar or icing sugar, using a thin sieve.

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