Baked cheesecake with ricotta

I like a ricotta cheese. It is not so heavy and has less calories than other cheeses...

















"Baked cheesecake with ricotta "

For the dough:

-200g white flour                                    
- 100g butter
-pinch of salt
- 2 tsp sugar

for the filling:

- 500g ricotta cheese
- 100ml cream /36%/
- 3 eggs
- 130g sugar
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 30ml liqueur /orange is the best ;)/

Mix the flour, salt, sugar and butter together. Add cold water to form a dough. Chill for 1 hour in plastic wrap in a fridge.

Heat the oven to 200stC and grease a springform tart tin. Roll out the dough and line the base and sides of the tin.

Mix the ricotta cheese with sugar, egg yolks, cornflour and liqueur.  Whisk the egg whites and gently fold into the cheese mixture.

Pour cheese into the pastry case and bake for 45 min. You may decorate with icing sugar.