Sweet Italian Easter Pie
This easy ricotta pie recipe has delicious chocolate and orange flavours. Easy to make it's so elegant when baked as a tart! The recipe makes two pies to feed a crowd!
Servings 12
Calories 612kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 3 large eggs
Fillings
- 6 cups ricotta cheese 3 - 475 g containers
- 1/2 cup sugar taste, then sweeten up to 1 cup
- 4 eggs beaten
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp orange zest
Instructions
- Mix all pie crust dough ingredients together, separate into two balls, wrap in plastic wrap and let it rest for 1 hour
- Take one ball and push it into a well greased tart tin (with a removable bottom) making sure the dough is pressed into the tin well, and up the sides
- Mix the eggs, ricotta cheese, chocolate chips, orange zest and sugar well.
- Pour half the mixture into the tart tin.
- Repeat the same instructions for a 9" pie plate
- Bake each at 350 for 45 min to 1 hour I found 55 minutes was perfect
- Makes 2 pies
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 612kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 147mg | Sodium: 287mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 38g
