Budino Di Ricotta

Dessert · Italian classic.

Ingredients

• 500g Ricotta
• 4 large Eggs
• 3 tbs Flour
• 250g Sugar
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• Grated Zest of 2 Lemons
• 5 tbs Dark Rum
• sprinking Icing Sugar

Method

1. Mix together — Mash the ricotta and beat well with the egg yolks, stir in the flour, sugar, cinnamon, grated lemon rind and the rum and mix well.
2. Continue cooking — You can do this in a food processor. Beat the egg whites until stiff, fold in and pour into a buttered and floured 25cm cake tin.
3. Bake — Bake in the oven at 180ºC/160ºC fan/gas 4 for about 40 minutes, or until it is firm.
4. Serve — Serve hot or cold dusted with icing sugar.

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