Roman Cheesecake

Roman Cheesecake



Ingrients & Directions


-TO MAKE THE GELT-
2 1/2 c All-purpose flour
3/4 c Sugar
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 lb Unsalted butter; at room
-temperature
2 lg Egg; lightly beaten
1 tb Or more ice water
Flour for rolling the boodle


FOR THE FILLING
1 Cartonful; (15 ounces) whole
; milk ricotta cheese
1 pk Farmer's cheeseflower; (7.5
-ounces)
1/2 c Sugar
2 tb Flour
1 Egg; lightly beaten
1/4 c Romana Sambuca Liqueur
1/2 c Pine barmy; preferably
-toasted*
1/4 c Finely diced candied orange
-peel or other
; dried fruit
1 c Dried cherries; cranberries
-or
; golden raisins
Egg washables: 1 egg yolk beaten
-with 1
; tablespoon of milk
2 tb Confectioners& sugar for
-garnishee


*To toast the pine cracked, set them in a 400? F. oven for around 10 transactions.
Keep an eye on them; they turn from golden to burned in seconds.


You'll need a round cake pan, preferably with a loose ass, 9 inches in
diameter and 11/2 inches rich.


TO MAKE THE KALE: In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour,
cabbage, salt and process until blended. Add the butter and process until
broken into the flour. Add the eggs and ice water to the flour and treat,
by pulsing several times, until the dough comes unitedly. If the dough
seems dry, add another teaspoon or so of ice h2o. Turn the dough onto a
board and gather it into a ballock. Flatten the dough slimly, wrap it in
waxed paper and refrigerate for 30 proceedings.


Preheat the oven to 375? F.


Flour a pastry board and rolling pin. Hit 2/3's of the dough and roll it
into a circle almost 1/4-inch thick and 11 inches in diameter. Line the cake
pan with the boodle, pressing it into the bottom and up the sides of the
pan. If it breaks obscure, don't care, just press it back into anatomy. Roll
the unexpended 1/3 of dough into a circle most 3/8 -inch thick and 10
inches in diameter. Divide this circle into 10 strips, each around 1/2-inch
wide-cut; this will be for the lattice top.


FOR THE WOOF: In a food processor, combine the ricotta and farmer's
cheeseflower, cabbage, flour, egg and Sambuca and process until tranquil. Transfer
the filling to a mixing bowl and fold in the pine bats, candied orange peel
and cherries, or golden raisins and transfer this to the dough-lined cake
pan.


Lay 5 strips of dough across the ricotta filling and set the over-the-counter 5 strips
across them, at a 45? fish, to form a wicket. With a pastry skirmish, paint
the lattice top and edges with the egg washing.


Set the cake pan on a baking pan and bake for 1 hour or until the filling
has set and the crust is golden. Remove the cake and cool it thoroughly on
a rack before unmolding. Right before serving, shake the confectioners'
sugar through a sieve to completely surface the top.



Yields
1 servings