Pastiera
- 1 kg ricotta 800 grams 'grain flour' cooked
- 16 eggs 1 to 1 1/2 liters milk
- 1 little box chopped citron
- about 1 kg sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- crema gialla*
- 3 Tablespoons Cointreau
- 1 teaspoon aqua millefiore
- 1 stick cinnamon
- *Crema gialla:
- 1/2 liter milk
- 2 teaspoons flour
- zest of lemon
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- In a pan mix flour and sugar, mix well off flame. Add yolks and peels, then put pan on low flame. When it boils, turn off flame.
- Two Days Before preparing: Put 'il grano' in a pan with enough milk to cover it. Boil, then turn off flame.
- One Day before preparing: put ricotta in a bowl with 1/4 cup sugar. Mix well, set in refrigerator.
- Put boiled grano in pan with enough milk to cover it. Add a peel of lemon and 2 Tablespoons sugar. Cook until boiling. Cook cinnamon in one finger of milk, then refrigerate.
- Day of preparation: Make crema gialla and pasta frolla (or buy it.)
eggs, citron, sugar, vanilla, gialla, cinnamon, gialla, milk, flour, zest of lemon, sugar, egg yolks
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/pastiera-50007637 (may not work)