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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 325°F Lightly coat or spray a 9- or 9 1/2-inch springform pan with oil. | 2. For crust: | 3. Place 3/4 cup flour and 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor. Pulse to mix. Add butter. Pulse until small crumbs form. Turn into pan. Press firmly and evenly over bottom. (Don't worry about cleaning processor.) | 4. Bake crust in centre of preheated oven until lightly golden around edge, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove pan and reduce heat to 300F | 5. For filling: | 6. Finely grate peel from orange. Cut cream cheese into chunks. | 7. Place in a food processor with ricotta and vanilla. Whirl until smooth, occasionally scraping down side of bowl. | 8. Add 1 cup sugar and whirl to mix. Add eggs, one at a time, whirling after each addition. Then add 3 tbsp flour and orange zest. Whirl just until evenly mixed. | 9. Scrape filling into a large bowl. Stir in chocolate, candied fruit mix and pistachios. | 10. Pour filling over warm base. | 11. Lay a piece of foil loosely overtop. Don't seal. | 12. Bake in centre of 300F oven until centre is slightly jiggly, 2 hours. | 13. Remove to a rack. Run a knife around outside edge of cake, but don't remove from pan. Cool in pan, then refrigerate at least 3 hours or cover and refrigerate up to 3 days or freeze up to 2 months. | 14. If centre cracks, cover with orange slices or whipped cream and chopped pistachios, if you wish! | 15. Hint: if you cannot find the mixed chopped candied fruits and peel use diced candied cherries and pineapple. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	3/4	cup		433.71	94.954	7.0508	1.6827
sugar	1/4	cup	granulated	79.95	15.002	2.5025	1.248
butter	1/3	cup	cut	456.0	20.951999999999998	14.248	38.4
orange zest	1			1.94	0.5	0.03	0.004
cream cheese	8	ounces		669.06	7.938	16.1028	64.8648
ricotta cheese	2	cups		863.04	15.0784	55.8496	64.3808
vanilla	1	tablespoon		37.44	1.6445	0.0078	0.0078
white sugar	1	cup		774.0	199.96	0.0	0.0
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
purpose flour	3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
chocolate chip	1/2	cup	semi-sweet	-	-	-	-
fruit	1/2	cup	mixed candied	12.54	2.9766	0.5412	0.0858
pistachio	1/2	cup	shelled	344.4	16.7096	12.3984	27.8718

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