Serves a Crowd

Lemon Curd Ricotta Pie

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March 13, 2011
4.5
4 Ratings
  • Serves 8 small servings
Author Notes

I made this to bring for a get together with my Aunts while going over our geneolgy chart. It is loosely based on a pineapple ricotta pie my Mom made when I was young. I happened to have a cup of homemade lemon urd left over from another recipe. It was sitting in the fridge and i wanted to bake something to bring on my visit. I also had about 1 1/2 cups of ricotta and a package of lowfat cream cheese handy. I decided to make a lemon swirl ricotta pie. I made it up as i wemt along and it came out really good. Everyone loved it. —kristy49

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • Pie Crust
  • 1 packet lowfat cinnamon graham crackers
  • 6 tablespoons melted butter
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • Filling
  • 1 cup lowfat cream cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon fresh or dried lemon rind
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 1 cup lemon curd (jar or homemade)
  • 1 dash salt
Directions
  1. Crust: Pulverize the whole sleeve of lowfat cinnamon graham crackers in food processor, add sugar and butter and press into an 8 inch springform fluted pan. Make sure the crust comes up the sides of the pan almost all the way. Set aside. Filling: Combine cream cheese and ricotta and cream, eggs, sugar, lemon rind, extract and salt in processor or whip with hand mixer. Spoon into crust and gently add lemon curd, swirling with a spoon or knife into the top like a marble cake. Bake at 350 degrees until knife comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool in oven with door ajar and heat off. Refrigerate until cold and serve with whipped cream.

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1 Review

IthacaNancy January 19, 2013
I made this as a custard without the crust. It was very nice, although I left it in the oven too long, and could only eat the inner part that didn't get too dark. : ( But that was my fault for not setting the timer and for starting a movie.