Italian · Dessert

Budino Di Ricotta

Name: Budino Di Ricotta
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 500g Ricotta; 4 large Eggs; 3 tbs Flour; 250g Sugar; 1 tsp Cinnamon; Grated Zest of 2 Lemons; 5 tbs Dark Rum; sprinking Icing Sugar

Servings

Ingredients

Ricotta500g
Eggs4 large
Flour3 tbs
Sugar250g
Cinnamon1 tsp
LemonsGrated Zest of 2
Dark Rum5 tbs
Icing Sugarsprinking

Original recipe serves about 4.

Method

1
Mash the ricotta and beat well with the egg yolks, stir in the flour, sugar, cinnamon, grated lemon rind and the rum and mix well. You can do this in a food processor. Beat the egg whites until stiff, fold in and pour into a buttered and floured 25cm cake tin. Bake in the oven at 180ºC/160ºC fan/gas 4 for about 40 minutes, or until it is firm.
2
Serve hot or cold dusted with icing sugar.

Recipe source: TheMealDB