Recipe - Italian Chocolate Cheesecake

1 tablespoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Dry unseasoned bread crumbs
16 ounce Ricotta cheese
One half cup Sugar
2 teaspoon Grated lemon peel
6 Egg yolks
One half cup Allpurpose flour
One half cup Finely chopped candied fruit
1 One half ounce Semisweet chocolate; grated
3 Egg whites
Fresh fruit; if desired

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease round pan, 9x11/2". Mix 1 tablespoon
sugar and the bread crumbs. Coat pan with sugar mixture. Mix cheese, 1/2
cup sugar and the lemon peel in medium bowl. Stir in egg yolks, one at a
time. Stir in flour, candied fruit and chocolate. Beat egg whites on high
speed in medium bowl until stiff. Fold cheese mixture into egg whites. Pour
into pan. Bake about 45 minutes or until set and edge is light brown.
Refrigerate until cool. Loosen edge; remove cake from pan. Cover and
refrigerate until chilled. Garnish with fresh fruit.

Recipe by: Summer Desserts

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