Tuscan Cheesecake
- 3 pounds ricotta cheese
- 8 large eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 2 each oranges grated zest only
- 2 each lemons grated zest only
- 223 ounces liqueur grand marnier or cointreau, orange flavor
- 1 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter)
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs plain
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- Beat ricotta cheese with blender until smooth.
- Add eggs, sugar, and milk.
- Blend until well-mixed and smooth.
- Add orange and lemon zest and Grand Mariner.
- Mix well.
- Grease one cheesecake pan with butter and coat lightly with bread crumbs.
- Fill pan 3/4 of the way with cheesecake mixture.
- Set pan in a larger pan filled half full with water and bake 1 1/4 hours.
- Turn oven off, leaving the cake within.
- Let stand for one hour.
- Remove, let cool, and refrigerate.
ricotta cheese, eggs, sugar, milk, oranges, lemons, liqueur grand marnier, ghee, bread crumbs plain
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/tuscan-cheesecake-35065 (may not work)