Dolce di Ricotta al Forno

Name: Dolce di Ricotta al Forno
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 800g fresh ricotta, well drained; 200g caster sugar; 4 eggs; 1 orange, zested; 1 lemon, zested; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 50g candied orange peel, chopped; 30g butter for greasing; 2 tbsp icing sugar for dusting

A baked Sicilian ricotta cake fragrant with orange, vanilla and candied peel — simple and magnificent.

Total time

60 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Italian

vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

800gfresh ricotta, well drained

200gcaster sugar

4eggs

1orange, zested

1lemon, zested

1 tspvanilla extract

50gcandied orange peel, chopped

30gbutter for greasing

2 tbspicing sugar for dusting

Instructions

Preheat oven to 170C, butter and line a 22cm springform tin.

Beat ricotta with sugar until smooth.

Beat in eggs one at a time.

Stir in orange zest, lemon zest, vanilla and candied peel.

Pour into prepared tin and smooth the top.

Bake 45 minutes until set and pale golden.

Cool completely in tin, dust with icing sugar before serving.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

636

Protein

29.4g

Fat

30.8g

Carbs

61.7g

Fiber

1.2g

Sodium

240mg

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