Ricotta and raspberry cake . Ricotta is a cheese that goes well with cakes, just think, as an illustrious example of its use in confectionery, of the Neapolitan pastiera.

This ricotta and raspberry cake that we are about to offer you is a fairly simple dessert to prepare, made of shortcrust pastry and a very soft “filling” of jam and ricotta.

In the recipe below, the shortcrust pastry is made with oil, to make the base lighter, but if you wish you can opt for the more “robust” version.

But let’s get to the recipe.

The ingredients

For the base these are: 220 grams of double zero type flour; a sachet of baking powder; vanillin; 100 grams of granulated sugar; 80 grams of oil; one medium-sized egg.

For the filling: two medium eggs; 120 grams of granulated sugar; vanillin; 400 grams of cottage cheese; 200 grams of raspberry jam (or apricot or as you like).

The preparation

We start with the shortcrust pastry, which we prepare in the version without butter. You take a bowl and pour the powders: flour, sugar and yeast. Then add the oil and start mixing everything until the ingredients blend well.

Eggs and vanillin are then added, kneading with moderate energy so as to have a velvety and homogeneous dough. When it reaches that consistency, it should be covered with plastic wrap and then left to rest in the fridge.

While the pastry is resting, we move on to the preparation of the filling. Put the ricotta, sugar, vanillin and two eggs in a bowl and mix until creamy.

At this point, take the shortcrust pastry from the fridge, roll it out with a rolling pin and place it on the bottom and sides of a cake tin that has been buttered and floured.

Once the shortcrust pastry has been arranged, we pour the ricotta cream over it, after which we put everything in the oven at 170 degrees for about fifty minutes.

When the cake is cooked (you can do the classic toothpick test), take it out of the oven, let it cool and then sprinkle it with a cloud of icing sugar. Before serving, add the blueberry and blackberry jam.

Enjoy your meal!

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