italian holiday pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
• 8 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups cooked white rice
• 2 pounds ricotta cheese
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/4 cup candied orange peel
• 1/4 cup candied lemon peel
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• in a large bowl, beat eggs until light and fluffy. add rice, ricotta, sugar, orange rind, lemon rind, cinnamon, and vanilla extract. mix until thoroughly combined.
• roll out half of pastry to fit 10 inch deep-dish pie pan. place pastry in pan, and fill with ricotta mixture. roll out remaining pastry and cut 12 1-inch wide strips. lay strips in a lattice pattern on top of filling. brush pastry with milk.
• bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, until toothpick inserted in filling comes out clean.