Italian Cheesecake Recipe Video

Easy - REALLY easy - homemade cheesecake, no crust, less sugar and lower fat than a traditional one...but very good

Summary

Prepration Time10 MinutesCooking Time100 Minutes

Difficulty LevelVery EasyHealth IndexHealthy

Servings8CuisineItalian

CourseDessertSpecialityKids

Main IngredientCheese

Fun Food With Monica | Just Desserts | Italian Cuisine

Ingredients

2 lbs whole milk ricotta cheese

2/3 cup super fine sugar

1/3 cup all purpose flour

6 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

zest from two lemons

juice from 1 lemon

1 tsp salt

a buttered and floured 9.5 inch springform pan

How to make Italian Cheesecake

beat ricotta until smooth, add sugar and flour, vanilla, salt, lemon zest and juice and beat.
add eggs, one at a time and beat until smooth
pour into prepared pan and bake on middle rack in oven at 300 F for 1.5-1.75 hours or until set. Cool on a wire rack. Remove
from pan and chill. Dust with confectioners sugar and serve.
( a fresh berry puree is a nice addition to this as a sauce)

Comments

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Radzie says :

I was looking for a perfect cheesecake recipe for the last couple of days and this seems perfect. And i liked the sub-heading up there, "less sugar and lower fat" - now that means I have gotta try this one! Thanks.

Posted on: 11 December 2008 - 6:11am