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Ricotta cheese eggs vanilla beans cinnamon sugar fresh berries blackberry jam orange liqueur orange rind icing sugar
Viewed: 47 - Published at: 2 years agoIngredients
- 2 lbs ricotta cheese
- 3 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 vanilla beans or 12 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 14 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 14 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 cups fresh berries
- 13 cup seedless blackberry jam
- 2 tablespoons orange liqueur or 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
- icing sugar (confectioners)
Method
- Day before serving.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the ricotta and the eggs.
- Split the vanilla bean and scrape in the seeds and cinnamon.
- Sift in the icing sugar and mix in thoroughly.
- Spray a loaf pan and place parchment paper in pan.
- Spoon the ricotta mixture into the loaf pan and cover with aluminum kitchen foil.
- Place the pan into a slightly larger baking pan.
- Carefully place the baking pan in the oven.
- Then pour in enough boiling water to come about half-way up the side of the loaf pan.
- Bake the ricotta for 45-60 minutes, or until firm.
- Remove the loaf pan from the water bath and remove the foil.
- Let the ricotta cool, then cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
- When it is thoroughly cold you can turn it out of the pan remove parchment paper and slice, arrange ricotta slices on a plate.
- While bringing to room temperature.
- Make the Glazed berries:.Unless you want the glaze chilled make from a couple hours to the day before.
- Cook all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring until jam melts.
- Makes about 2 cups.
- Spoon glazed berries over sliced cheese loaf and dust with powdered sugar.
