ADVERTISEMENT
The Recipe Link
Cooking on the net since 1996!
Recipelink.com
- Real Recipes from Real People -

Recipe: Lidia's Ricotta Cheesecake (with rum, raisins and pine nuts)

Desserts - Cheesecakes
LIDIA'S RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

3 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
1/2 cup raisins
3 tablespoons dark rum
Softened butter, for pan
Fine dry unseasoned bread crumbs, for pan
5 large eggs, separated
3/4 cup sugar
Pinch of salt
Grated zest of 1 large lemon
Grated zest of 1 large orange
1/2 cup heavy (whipping) cream
1/2 cup pine nuts

Place ricotta in cheesecloth-lined sieve and place sieve over a bowl. Cover ricotta with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator at least 8 hours up to 1 day.

Combine raisins and rum in small bowl. Soak, tossing occasionally, until raisins are softened and have absorbed most of the rum.

Brush 8-inch springform pan with enough softened butter to coat lightly. Sprinkle bread crumbs over butter to coat generously. Shake out excess crumbs.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

In large bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar and salt with whisk until pale yellow. Add drained ricotta and zests and beat until blended thoroughly. Beat in cream. With rubber spatula, fold in nuts and raisins and rum, blending well.

In separate bowl, beat egg whites with a hand mixer or wire whisk until they form firm peaks when beater is lifted from them.

Add about 1/4 of egg whites to ricotta mixture and gently stir them in. Add remaining egg whites and fold them in, using a large rubber spatula to scrape batter from bottom of bowl up and over whites. Pour cake mixture into prepared pan.

Bake until cake is golden brown on top and set in center, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cool cake completely before removing sides of pan.

Serve cake at room temperature or chilled. Refrigerate leftovers.

Makes 8 servings
Source: Lidia's Italian American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
MsgID: 0223575
Shared by: Betsy at Recipelink.com
Board: All Baking at Recipelink.com
  • Post Reply
  • Post New
  • Save to Recipe Box
UPLOAD AN IMAGE
Allowed file types: .gif .png .jpg .jpeg

POST A REPLY
Post a Request - Answer a Question
Share a Recipe
Thank You To All Who Contribute
  • Recipe: Lidia's Ricotta Cheesecake (with rum, raisins and pine nuts)
  • Please select one:
  • This message includes a recipe that I have not made Recipe: will appear as the first word of the title
  • This message includes a recipe that I have made Recipe (tried): will appear as the first words of the title
  • This message is a question or a request for a recipe ISO: (In Search of) will appear as the first words of the title
  • This message is to thank the person(s) that answered my request Thank You will appear as the first words of the title
  • No Prefix


  • Do not use the message boards for advertising or solicitation of our visitors.
  • Do not post personal data about yourself or others such as resumes, phone numbers, addresses, etc.
  • Be kind. Rude or offensive posts are not acceptable. If you should find a posting that is objectionable to you please do not post a response. E-mail a message to: help@recipelink.com If a complaint is made against a message it is removed.
  • Choose the board topic that best suits your post. Off topic messages may be moved or removed. Posts of the same request to more than one message board will be deleted.
  • Please do not request that responses be e-mailed directly to you - we work together as a group and we all want to enjoy the replies!
  • Please keep posting of URLs to a minimum and limited to exact responses to requests. Posts with links included are removed if they are inaccurate, if they don't lead to the exact answer to the request or if the site content doesn't meet our criteria for sites we link to.
  • E-mail all site-related questions and comments to:help@recipelink.com
  •  The message boards are monitored and not all posts are accepted. We reserve the right to modify, move, use or remove (or not remove) information posted at our discretion and without prior notification or explanation. Failure to follow the guidelines may result in loss of access. These guidelines are subject to change without notice.

     Not required, but a request: Please take a moment to post a thank you to those that take the time (sometimes hours) to find the recipe or information you requested!

    Thank you for participating!
POST A NEW MESSAGE
Post a Request - Answer a Question
Share a Recipe
Thank You To All Who Contribute
  • Please select one:
  • This message includes a recipe that I have not made Recipe: will appear as the first word of the title
  • This message includes a recipe that I have made Recipe (tried): will appear as the first words of the title
  • This message is a question or a request for a recipe ISO: (In Search of) will appear as the first words of the title
  • This message is to thank the person(s) that answered my request Thank You will appear as the first words of the title
  • No Prefix
  • Do not use the message boards for advertising or solicitation of our visitors.
  • Do not post personal data about yourself or others such as resumes, phone numbers, addresses, etc.
  • Be kind. Rude or offensive posts are not acceptable. If you should find a posting that is objectionable to you please do not post a response. E-mail a message to: help@recipelink.com If a complaint is made against a message it is removed.
  • Choose the board topic that best suits your post. Off topic messages may be moved or removed. Posts of the same request to more than one message board will be deleted.
  • Please do not request that responses be e-mailed directly to you - we work together as a group and we all want to enjoy the replies!
  • Please keep posting of URLs to a minimum and limited to exact responses to requests. Posts with links included are removed if they are inaccurate, if they don't lead to the exact answer to the request or if the site content doesn't meet our criteria for sites we link to.
  • E-mail all site-related questions and comments to:help@recipelink.com
  •  The message boards are monitored and not all posts are accepted. We reserve the right to modify, move, use or remove (or not remove) information posted at our discretion and without prior notification or explanation. Failure to follow the guidelines may result in loss of access. These guidelines are subject to change without notice.

     Not required, but a request: Please take a moment to post a thank you to those that take the time (sometimes hours) to find the recipe or information you requested!

    Thank you for participating!