Ricotta and pear pie layered ricotnik

The most tender, beautiful, appetizing, melts in your mouth! Ricotta and pear pie is one of the variants of the pie—shifter, when the filling is laid first, and the dough is poured on top. Adding ricotta to the dough makes it very soft and fragrant, lemon zest complements the taste of pears well.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 8 % 4 g
Fats 27 % 13 g
Carbohydrates 65 % 32 g
265 kcal
GI: 13 / 3 / 84

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 50 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make a pie with ricotta and pear — layered ricotnik? Prepare the products. Take high-quality, natural butter, without vegetable fats. Take it out of the refrigerator in advance so that it becomes soft. Instead of ricotta, you can take cottage cheese.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Put the soft butter in a bowl, add sugar. Beat them with a mixer until a light fluffy mass is obtained.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Without stopping beating, add the egg. Be sure to wash the eggs before use, as even the seemingly clean shell may contain harmful bacteria. It is best to use food detergents and a brush. Whisk further.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Add the ricotta in the same way.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    And then lemon zest and vanilla sugar. Do not stop whipping all this time. Next, pour in the sifted flour and baking powder. It is important to sift the flour to saturate it with oxygen. Then the baking will turn out to be airy and will rise well when baking. Mix everything together. The dough is ready.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Wash the pears well, dry and clean.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Cut them in half, remove the seeds. Cut the pears into plates.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Take the 24cm shape. Cover it with baking paper. Place the pears nicely on the bottom in a circle.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Put the dough on the pears, smooth it out. Place the cake pan in a preheated 180 degree oven for 35 minutes. Check the readiness with a wooden stick — it should come out dry from the middle of the pie. The pie itself will brown well.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Take out the pie and let it cool.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    When the cake has cooled, remove it from the mold and turn it over.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Sprinkle brown sugar on top of the pie and lightly burn with a cooking torch. Or just sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13.

    Serve the pie to the table. Enjoy your meal!

Be prepared for the fact that flour may need more or less than indicated in the recipe. Focus not on the amount of flour, but on the desired consistency of the dough. To avoid mistakes, read about flour and its properties!

Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of ovens !

Is it possible to replace baking powder with soda, how to add them correctly so that the baking is lush, how to avoid an unpleasant soda taste and much more, read the article "Baking powder or baking soda - which is better?"   

Calorie content of the products possible in the dish

  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Pear - 42   kcal/100g
  • Dried pear - 246   kcal/100g
  • Canned pears - 76   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour, universal - 364   kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348   kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Baking powder - 79   kcal/100g
  • Brown sugar - 394   kcal/100g
  • Lemon zest - 47   kcal/100g
  • Vanilla sugar - 379   kcal/100g
  • Ricotta - 174   kcal/100g

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