Torta Pugliese Pasquale
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Course : Desserts
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        Crust:
     1/2      Kilogram  flour -- (1 lb)
  200            Grams  butter -- (7 oz)
  200            Grams  sugar
  16             Grams  baking powder -- (1 tbsp)
  2                     eggs
  1               Dash  salt
                        Filling:
  300            Grams  ricotta -- (10 1/2 oz.)
  1                     egg
  80             Grams  sugar -- ( 3 oz)
  100            Grams  candied orange and citron (diced) -- (3 1/2 oz)
  1              Pinch  cinnamon
 

Preparation:

Preheat oven at 180°C. Filling: in a bowl, mix all ingredients in this order: ricotta, sugar, candied fruit, egg. Set aside. Crust: sift flour with sugar, salt and baking powder. Add butter, softened at room temperature and diced, and eggs. Knead. Grease and flour a baking pan and spread it with 4/5 of the dough. Pour in filling and level. Cut the remaining dough into stripes and put them on the filling, forming some crosses like a tart. Bake for about 1 hour. Serve cold.

 

Nutritional Information:

381390 Calories (kcal); 18410g Total Fat; (42% calories from fat); 260g Protein; 56357g Carbohydrate; 50229mg Cholesterol; 196140mg Sodium