Recipes
Chocolate Orange Ricotta Pie
- SERVES:
6
- PREP TIME:
15minutes
- BAKE TIME:
35minutes
- TOTAL TIME:
50minutes
ingredients
- 1 Tenderflake® Deep Dish Pie shell
- 1 cup (250ml) extra smooth ricotta cheese
- ¼ cup (59ml) white sugar
- 3 Tbsp. (44ml) honey
- 1 egg
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 Tbsp. orange juice
- 1/3 cup (78ml) cream
- 1 cup (250ml) dark chocolate, chopped
- Finely grated zest of 2 oranges
- Icing sugar and orange zest to serve
directions
- 1.Thaw pastry according to package directions.
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Press pie shell into a 9" tart pan or leave in foil pie tin. Poke pie dough all over with a fork and cover with parchment paper. Fill with pie weights or rice. Prebake pie crust for 12 minutes.
- Place the ricotta, sugar and honey in a medium size mixing bowl and mix with an electric mixer or whisk by hand until well combined. Add the egg and egg yolks one at a time, mixing for 2 minutes or until well combined. Add the orange juice and cream and mix well.
- Gently stir in the chocolate and orange zest.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 300ºF. Pour the filling into the tart shell, then bake for 35 minutes.
- Just before serving, dust with icing sugar and orange zest.