Ricotta Pie?

Emmy · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 11, 2007 Posts: 1000 Location: Scotland

Now Biff you must post the recipe.

Emmy

Biff83 · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 1263 Location: Florida

Hey Emmy.

I don't have a recipe for ricotta pie but here's my wife's recipe for Ricotta Cookies.

RICOTTA COOKIES

½ lb butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp flavoring (can use orange, lemon, almond, or vanilla)
1 lb whole milk ricotta (low/no fat changes the consistency of dough)
4 cups of flour

Cream butter and sugar together. Add the eggs, baking soda, salt and flavoring and mix well. Add the ricotta and mix well.
Add the flour 1 cup at a time and mix well each time. The dough will be very thick and sticky. If you are using a hand mixer, you may need to mix the last cup by hand as I have had hand mixers burn out with this recipe because the dough is so thick. If you have a large counter top mixer like a Kitchen Aid, it will mix this recipe easily.
I use a teaspoon to drop dough onto the cookie sheets. Line the cookie sheets with parchment paper first. These cookies are delicate on the bottom and will burn otherwise. Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes. The tops will be lightly golden. Cool cookies before frosting.

Icing

¼ cup softened butter
1 tsp of flavoring (whichever you have used to flavor the cookies)
¼ tsp of salt
1 lb of confectionery sugar (1 box)
1/3 cup of milk

Mix all ingredients together until smooth. I frost the cookies using the bottom side of a teaspoon. Do not refrigerate these cookies. They will stick together because they are moist. (I did the first time I made them and ended up with a solid lump of cookie!) They will keep in a tightly sealed container for 10 days or so. Just layer them with waxed paper after the icing sets and keep them in a cool place. I usually bake these at Christmas and Easter. They are traditional Italian cookies made at holiday times and for special occasions. Enjoy!

BillieDeKid · V.I.P. Joined: Oct 26, 2007 Posts: 1221 Location: Illinois

I know what I'm making at Thanksgiving and Christmas!!!

Emmy · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 11, 2007 Posts: 1000 Location: Scotland

Thanks Biff and thank your wife too Very Happy

Emmy

liviomoreno · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Ricotta Pie?

To me "Ricotta Pie" = "Pastiera Napoletana" (also known as Grain Pie). You can find here the recipe.

BillieDeKid · V.I.P. Joined: Oct 26, 2007 Posts: 1221 Location: Illinois

Wow that looks good Livio. Is this just typical for holidays or is this an "anytime" of year pastry?

liviomoreno · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: Ricotta Pie?

BillieDeKid wrote:

Wow that looks good Livio. Is this just typical for holidays or is this an "anytime" of year pastry?

You can find it anytime.

Cathy · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 2681

I love Ricotta pie. We have 2 - 1 sweet and one not. The one that is not sweet has meat in it like sausage,etc and we always used to have at Easter with eggs baked into the lattice top crust. I am ashamed to admit I have never made either one. It was always my aunts specialty. I really should get the recipies from her.

BillieDeKid · V.I.P. Joined: Oct 26, 2007 Posts: 1221 Location: Illinois

Cathy can you get the recipe and post it? Sounds great. I'm really glad we have a recipe forum on the site - I think it's unique - my hats off to whoever came up with the idea - thanks.

Poipu04 · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Ricotta Pie?

Cathy, that sounds like what we call Pizza Rustica. We get it from a bakery at Easter time. Yum! I would love to see the recipe too.

Cathy · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 2681

Poipu04 wrote:

Cathy, that sounds like what we call Pizza Rustica. We get it from a bakery at Easter time. Yum! I would love to see the recipe too.

We call it Easter pie! I wonder how many names these similiar dishes have in the different regions. Confused

Poipu04 · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject: Re: Ricotta Pie?

recipes.epicurean.com/...r-pie.html

Here is a link to a pizza rustica recipe.