Monday, September 19, 2011

Maltese Cheese Pie (Torta tal-Rikotta)


I decided to make a traditional Maltese dish the other night, Maltese Cheese Pie. Delicious with a small salad or by itself.

Ingredients:

600 gms  ricotta cheese.
2 sheets puff pastry
1/3 cup chopped parsley
3 eggs beaten.

Method

Add most of   the 3 beaten eggs and the parsley  to the cheese  but save about a teaspoon of the eggs for latter. Mix all together. Season with salt and lots of pepper.  Place a sheet of pastry  in a greased pie dish to form the bottom. Fill with the cheese mixture. Cover the top with the second pastry sheet. Fold over the edges and close with a fork.  Paint the pie with the remaining beaten eggs so it will brown. Cut a few vents in the top to allow steam to escape. Bake at 180C  for about 45 minutes or until golden brown.

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