Recipe - Ginas Sweet Italian Cheesecake

PASTRY
1 One half cup Flour
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Butter or margarine
1 Egg yolk
2 tablespoon Milk

FILLING
3 cup (1 One half lbs.) ricotta cheese
2 tablespoon Cornstarch
1 tablespoon Orange rind
1 tablespoon Lemon rind
1 tablespoon Vanilla
1/8 teaspoon Salt
One half cup Heavy cream
1 cup Sugar
4 Eggs + egg white leftover
from pastry

Mix flour, salt and butter until coarse cornmeal consistency. Add egg yolk
and milk just until mixture holds together. Roll out and place in bottom of
springform pan. To prepare filling, beat eggs until foamy. Add sugar and
beat until smooth. Add rest of ingredients and beat until smooth. Pour into
pan and bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until knife inserted
into center comes out clean.

Recipe by: =20

Posted to BakeryShoppe Digest by Becky Kivak bkivak@bellsouth.net on
Apriday,, l 11, 1998