Saint Valentine's Cake

A cake with ricotta cheese and chocolate and a large heart to celebrate Saint Valentin

CROSTATA DI RICOTTA

For the shortcrust pastry:     

• 300g flour                             
• 150g butter                            
• 150g sugar                            
• 2 egg yolks                           
• 1 egg                                     
• a pinch of salt                                     
• a pinch of cinnamon

For the cream:

•  400 gr Ricotta cheese
• 150 gr  sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 yolks
• 50g sultanas or 2 ebs. cocoa powder 
• 2 tbs. rhum or cognac 

Prepare the shortcrust  pastry: mix the butter and the sugar  then pour in the flour.

Add the egg yolks ,the egg , the cinnamon and the salt. Knead quickly. 

Form the dough into a ball and leave aside for one hour. 

Then,roll out 2/3 of the pastry and line the cake mold with it.

Place in a  preheated oven at 180 - 200 °C and bake for approximately 10  minutes. .

Meanwhile prepare the cream:mix the ricotta cheese with sugar,add the eggs, yolks and sultanas and rhum. 

Then pour it on the shortcrust pastry. Level  the surface .   

Use the remaining pastry for decorating the cake. 

Then cook in the oven for 20 minutes at 180°C

….AL CIOCCOLATO  add two tablespoons cocoa powder to the ricotta cheese