The "cherry & ricotta crumble pie" is combinationf of 3 American sweet: cheesecake, crumble and cherry pie.

Ingredients

For the tart:

- 180g flour 00

- 90g cool butter

- 40g sugar

- a pinch of salt

- 30-35ml frozen water

For the filling:

- 450g ricotta

- 80g sugar

- grated rind of one lemon

- 1 spoon of vanilla

- 350g cherries "Natura e Tradizione" Vis jam

For the crumble:

- 150g flour

- 100g butter

- 50g cane sugar

- 5g yeast

- a pinch of salt

- 30g slivered almonds (no obbligatory)

Preparation

Preparation of the tart

In a bowl mix the flour with a pich of salt and the sugar, then add the butter and start to mix. Pour the water and work all until you obtain a soft ball. Wrap in into a saran wrap and store in fridge for about 30 minutes.

Preparation of the crumble

Mix the flour with the salt, the cane sugar and the slivered almonds, then ad the butter and work all until you obtain  a crumbled dough.

Assembling

Cover with the first dough a baking-pan (diameter 24cm) previously buttered and floured, the spread over it a layer of ricotta cream (previously prepared mixing the ricotta with the sugar, the lemon and the vanilla). Then pour over it the cherries jam and finally cover all with the crumbled dough.

Cook in a pre-heated oven to 180°C for about 45 minutes.

 

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