Sunday, April 21, 2013

My Italian Ricotta Cheesecake


I am not Italian but sometimes I get this feeling that somewhere, sometime, and maybe in another life, I was Italian.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Lightly grease a springform pan

Ingredients:
1 lb of Ricotta cheese
1 lb of Philadelphia cream cheese
1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar
6 eggs
6 TB all purpose flour
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 TB freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 pint of sour cream
3/4 cup of white raisins

Mix Ricotta and Philadelphia cream cheese together at room temperature
Stir in sugar, eggs, flour, lemon juice and vanilla
Fold in sour cream and then white raisins

Pour into springform pan and

Bake in preheated oven for one hour, turn oven off and leave in oven for 1 hour.

Cool completely in refrigerator before serving.

Bon Appetit!