Category: Dessert
Area: Italian
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
Instructions:
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. 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. Bake in the oven at 180ºC/160ºC fan/gas 4 for about 40 minutes, or until it is firm.
Serve hot or cold dusted with icing sugar.
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