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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large bowl, cream together sugar and softened butter. | 2. To this, add egg yolks one at a time alternating between flour also added a bit at a time. | 3. Add 1 Tbsp. | 4. water at a time, until all is incorporated and dough is smooth. | 5. Set aside; and keep in a cool place to rest until ready to roll out while you prepare the filling. | 6. FILLING: I do all this is a food processor but it can be done with an electric mixer easily. | 7. Add the cheese, eggs, sugar,*orange water, zest of lemon, zest of orange and mix well until smooth. | 8. Set aside. | 9. Mix in cherries and citron by hand. | 10. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough 1/4-inch thick and fit into the bottom and up the sides of a 15" round, 4" high cake pan. | 11. This dough is very forgiving and can be manipulated easily to fit the pan and to patch torn areas. | 12. If you have extra dough, roll and cutout thin strips to place on top of filling in a lattice pattern. | 13. On top of dough, cut and place 1/2-inch slices of sponge cake to fit around the bottom of the pan. | 14. Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top of sponge cake. | 15. Pour batter into pan. | 16. Top with lattice strips. | 17. Preheat oven temperature to 375 degrees. | 18. Bake for 1-1/4 hours. | 19. Turn off oven and leave the pie in the oven with door open to cool slowly. | 20. After completely cooled, dust the top of the pie with confectionery sugar. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
butter	1/4	lb	unsalted softened	813.0653	0.068	0.9639	91.9773
flour	2	cups		1156.56	253.2108	18.802	4.4872
egg yolk	2		beaten	109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
water	4	tablespoons	substituted	138.0	3.324	1.374	14.304
milk ricotta cheese	1	container		-	-	-	-
sugar	2	cups		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
egg	12		beaten	858.0	4.32	75.36	57.06
lemon juice	1	teaspoon	substituted	1.1183	0.3508	0.0178	0.0122
orange zest				-	-	-	-
lemon zest				-	-	-	-
chocolate chip	1	cup	semi-sweet	-	-	-	-
maraschino cherry	1/2	bottle	chopped	-	-	-	-
citron peel	2	tablespoons	chopped candied	-	-	-	-
sponge cake				-	-	-	-
confectioner ' sugar				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.