Easter Pie – Pizza Dolce

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Hi Everyone,

I have received quite a few emails the past few days to re-post the recipes for my Easter pies from last year’s DishingwithDiane’s Easter post (Pizza Rustica and Pizza Dolce).

One savory and one sweet; so here is the sweet pie, a very easy pie to bake.

Have fun baking!

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It is an Italian cheesecake made with ricotta, eggs, milk, sugar and extracts. It is definitely not a low-calorie pie.

INGREDIENTS:

24 eggs

3 lbs. Whole milk ricotta cheese (large container)  

1 qt. Whole milk 

1 oz. lemon extract 

1 oz. almond extract 

1 oz. vanilla extract 

1 oz. anise extract

Zest of ½ a medium lemon 

3 ½ cups sugar 

Colored confetti sprinkles (aka: rainbow nonpareil)

 DIRECTIONS:

 Add eggs, milk and ricotta in a blender until smooth (I divide this to 1/3 at a time), transfer to a large bowl.

When completed, add extracts, sugar, lemon zest and mix well.

Spray two 9 ½ X 11 inch GLASS pans with Pam. Fill each pan ¾ of the way full—add rainbow confetti on top of mixture.

Place in a 350-degree oven for approx. 1 ½ hours. (More sprinkles can be added during the cooking time).

This pie to me tastes best served cool. I refrigerate the pie for at least an hour before serving.

 (1 fluid oz. = 6 tsp or 2 TBSP)  This recipe makes 2 pans

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Until my next post, make every day a celebration!

Diane

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