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Dolce di Ricotta al Forno

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Dolce di Ricotta al Forno

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

1

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

2

Beat ricotta with sugar until smooth.

3

Beat in eggs one at a time.

4

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

5

Pour into prepared tin and smooth the top.

6

Bake 45 minutes until set and pale golden.

7

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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