Cheese Cake(Crostata) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lb. Ricotta cheese
2 c. sugar
8 egg yolks
1/2 c. flour
1 lemon rind, grated
1 tsp. lemon extract
8 egg whites
1/2 c. heavy cream, whipped
1 c. graham cracker crumbs

Preparation

Preheat
oven
to
425\u00b0.
Drain Ricotta cheese and beat until smooth.
Slowly
add
1
1/2
cups sugar and egg yolks, beating after
each
addition.
Beat in flour, lemon rind and lemon extract.
Beat
egg
whites
with remaining sugar until stiff. Blend
with
whipped
cream and fold in Ricotta cheese mixture. Butter
heavily a 12-inch spring-form pan and sprinkle
with graham
cracker crumbs.
Pour filling into prepared pan
and
bake for 10 minutes.
Lower temperature to 350\u00b0 and bake
1
hour. Turn off heat and allow to cool in oven.
Keep refrigerated.