Ricotta Cheese Cake

Ricotta cheese cake

Yield: 8
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour

Maître D’ says:
My mother used to make this around Christmas time. She would serve the ricotta cheese cake with a glass of chilled Marcella wine or a cup of espresso coffee.

Quantity			Preparation	Tips, information and substitutes
3	lbs	ricotta cheese
⅓	cup	flour
⅔	cup	sugar
8		eggs		large grade A
¼	tbs	cinnamon
2	tbs	orange zest	grated
2	tbs	vanilla
1	pinch	salt

• Read recipe. Wash hands and clean cook area. Get out pots, pans and required ingredients. Wash ingredients, as needed.
• With a grater, grate the peel of an orange to get the orange zest.
• Get out a large mixing bowl and an electric hand mixer.

1. Place all ingredients but eggs into mixing bowl (2 minutes)
   Add ricotta cheese, sugar, flour, cinnamon, orange zest, vanilla, and salt into a mixing bowl. Mix well.
2. Add eggs one at a time to the mixture (3 - 4 minutes)
   Add one egg at a time to the mixture and blend in. Repeat process until all eggs are added.
3. Pre-heat oven to 400°F and place mixture into a baking pan (3 minutes)
   Place mixture in a baking pan and pre-heat oven to 400°F.
4. Place baking pan with mixture into oven (10 minutes) (400°F)
   Place the baking pan in the oven for 10 minutes.
5. Turn heat down on oven (50 - 60 minutes) (200°F)
   Turn down heat to 200°F and heat an additional 50 - 60 minutes.
6. Remove and serve
   Remove pan from oven. Let cool and serve.

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