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      Title: CROSTATA DI RICOTTA
 Categories: Pies, Desserts, Italian
      Yield: 2 Servings
 
           -Gourmet, 9/92
           -Article by Michele
           -Scicolone
           -(Ricotta Tart with
           -Chocolate and Raisins)
      1    Recipe double-crust
           -pasta frolla (recipe
           -precedes), with orange
           -zest
    1/3 c  Raisins
      2 tb Grappa or brandy
      2 lg Eggs
           A 15-ounce container
           -whole-milk ricotta
    1/2 c  Granulated sugar
      1 ts Vanilla
      1 ts Freshly grated orange zest
      2 oz Fine-quality bittersweet
           -(not unsweetened)
           -chocolate,
           Chopped fine
           An egg wash made by
           -beating 1 large egg yolk
           -with 1 teaspoon water
           Confectioners' sugar for
           -dusting the tart if
           -desired
 
  Roll out the larger disk of dough 1/8 inch thick on a floured
  surface, fit it into a 9-inch tart pan with a removable fluted rim,
  and crimp the edge. Chill the shell for 30 minutes.
  
  In a small bowl combine the raisins and the grappa and let the raisins
  macerate for 30 minutes. In a bowl whisk together the eggs, the
  ricotta, the granulated sugar, the vanilla, and the zest, stir in the
  chocolate and the raisin mixture, and pour the filling into the shell.
  
  Roll out the remaining disk of dough 1/8 inch thick on a floured
  surface, cut it into 1/2-inch-wide strips with a fluted pastry wheel,
  and arrange some of the strips, about 1 inch apart, over the filling.
  (If desired, arrange the remaining strips, about 1 inch apart,
  perpendicular to the others, forming a lattice, but do not weave the
  strips.) Trim all the strips, press them against the inside of the
  shell, and brush them with the egg wash. Bake the tart in the middle
  of a preheated 350 degree oven for 50 minutes, or until the pastry is
  golden and a knife inserted in the center of the filling comes out
  clean, and let it cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Remove
  the rim, let the tart cool completely on the rack, and dust it with
  the confectioners' sugar.
  
  Source: article by Michele Scicolone in the September
     1992    issue of Gourmet.
 
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