Tuesdays with Dorie BWJ: Sweet Ricotta Pie

April 7, 2015 at 10:50 am | Posted in BWJ, groups, pies & tarts, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 6 Comments
Tags: baking, pie

This Sweet Ricotta Pie from Nick Malgieri is the dessert version of his Pizza Rustica, which we made a few Easters ago. It’s made with the same sweet, cookie-like pasta frolla dough and also has a ricotta-based filling. Apart from the ricotta (and few eggs to bind), the filling is pretty simple and is just flavored with sugar, anisette and cinnamon. I’m not wild about anisette, and thought the filling could use a little more pizzazz anyway, so I tweaked it a bit. I had a small handful candied orange peel left from this year’s batch of Hot Cross Buns, so I soaked that, along with some golden raisins, in a good amount of Grand Marnier. I kept the cinnamon, but stirred it into the filling along with the dried fruit (rather than sprinkling it in a layer on top).

This pie has good orange flavor, but the filling’s a little dry. If I make this one again, I may try adding a few tablespoons of heavy cream to the batter or try swapping out a couple of the whole eggs for just yolks to see if that adds more moisture. I like the pasta frolla dough, too, although I wish the lattice strips had gotten a little more color in the oven. Looking back, I see that with the Rustica, I eggwashed the lattice for some browning action…seems I always look back a little too late.

For the recipe, see Baking with Julia by Dorie Greenspan. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll.

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uh oh. It was supposed to be just yolks? LOL! I was wondering why everybody thought it was dry and mine wasn’t… I have GOT to start reading these recipes more carefully!

Comment by margaret— April 8, 2015 #

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- it was whole eggs in the recipe…if I make it again, I’ll try 1 whole egg and 2 yolks to see if that makes it less dry.
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— April 8, 2015 #
  
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I like your tweaks!

Comment by Kara— April 8, 2015 #

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I love a good ricotta pie and this looks amazing!

Comment by saffronandhoney— April 9, 2015 #

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I like your tweaks – your pie is lovely.
I really wish that I had thought of an egg-wash. I would have liked some color on this.

Comment by Cher— April 13, 2015 #

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I’m not a ricotta fan usually, but this pie might change my mind. It looks nice.

Comment by marymtf— April 29, 2015 #

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