Tarta de Ricota

Some weeks ago, I was craving some Torta de Ricota, so I had to figure out how to make it!!! Was terrified, as I thought it would be crazy difficult. Let me tell you, it was a piece of cake ^^. The most difficult part was to find the Ricotta in Austria (Merkur!). Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

Dough:

Butter 200g

Powdered sugar 120g

Salt 5g

Eggs 2

Flour 400g

Baking powder 1tsp

Filling:

Ricotta 600g

Sugar 120g

Egg yolk 3

Vanilla essence 1tsp

Starch 10g

-Mix the butter, the powdered sugar and the sugar. Add the eggs.

-Mix the flour with the baking powder.  And add in the first mix. 

-Make a dough ball and wrap it in plastic film. Let it rest in the fridge.

-Mix the Ricota with the sugar and then add the yolks and the vailla essence. 

-Stretch the dough till it is 5mm. 

-Butter a pie pan and add half dough in a base layer. 

(Note: The good thing about this dough is that you can do it in parts and then stick them together!)

-Add the filling and then cover with a disk of dough.

-Bake at 170ºC for 40/45 minutes. 

-Serve with powdered sugar on top :)

El link para la receta en español esta aqui. 

Hope you like it! And let me know if you make it :)