Strawberry-Ricotta Roulade with Pistachios

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line the bottom of a 16 x 11-inch jellyroll pan with parchment. Grease the parchment and the sides of the pan.
2. Beat the eggs and the egg white until light and fluffy.
3. Mix the flour with the baking powder and the salt and sift into the eggs. Fold it into the eggs lightly but thoroughly until no more flour pockets remain.
4. Pour the dough into the jellyroll pan and smoothen it with a spatula.
5. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until golden and springy to the touch.
6. Lift the parchment with the sponge cake onto the kitchen counter or a baking sheet and cover immediately with a clean dry kitchen towel. Let cool.
7. Lightly toast the pistachios. Cool, then chop and set aside.
8. Beat the ricotta with the vanilla extract and the confectioner’s sugar until smooth and creamy.
9. Wash, hull and slice the strawberries.
10. Flip the parchment with the sponge cake over and place it on a large baking sheet lined with the kitchen towel or with parchment. Carefully remove the parchment from the baking of the sponge cake.
11. Spread the ricotta evenly over the sponge cake, leaving about ½ inch uncovered on the long sides. Spread the sliced strawberries on top and sprinkle with the pistachios.
12. Using the towel as a lifter, roll up the cake from the long side. Place the roulade with the seam-side down on a serving platter. If you are making this just en famille, and not for fancy presentation, or if you don’t. have a platter long enough, cut it in half to fit, (that’s what I did). Chill for 1 hour. Dust with confectioner’s sugar before serving.