Description
An Italian Easter tradition.
Ingredients
Scale
For the crust:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled
- 3 – 4 tablespoons ice water
For the filling:
- 2 cups lowfat milk
- 1 cup uncooked arborio (short grain) rice
- 16 ounces ricotta cheese, drained
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 2 teaspoons orange extract
- 3 eggs, slightly beaten
- 2 cups fresh raspberries
For the raspberry glaze:
- 3 cups fresh raspberries
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice (from one large orange)
- 3 tablespoons honey
Instructions
For the crust:
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, whole wheat flour, sugar, orange zest and salt. Grate the chilled butter and cut into flour mix (butter should form little balls.)
- Slowly add in ice cold water, mixing until a dough ball forms. Wrap in saran wrap and chill in refrigerator until filling is ready.
- Grease a 10-inch springform pan or 10-inch round cake pan. Roll dough out onto a floured surface into a 12-inch circle. Place in pan and press up and over edges of pan. Set aside until ready to fill.
For the filling:
- In a large saucepan over medium heat, bring 2 cups of milk to barely a boil, add rice, stir and reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and cook for 20 – 25 minutes (no need to continually stir or add liquid as you usually do when making risotto.) Cool slightly.
- In a large bowl, add cooled rice, sugar, butter, ricotta, orange zest and orange extract. Mix well. Add eggs and mix until thoroughly incorporated.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In bottom of pie crust lined pan, cover the bottom with 2 cups of raspberries. Pour ricotta rice mixture on top. Bake for 55 – 60 minutes or until ricotta rice filling is set.
For the raspberry glaze:
- While the pie cooks, make the glaze by adding 2 cups raspberries, orange juice and honey to a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens and reduces (cook for about 1/2 hour.)
- Remove from stove and gently mix in remaining 1 cup raspberries.
- When serving, pour a few spoonfuls of raspberry glaze atop each pie slice.