| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Grains, Dairy, Eggs |
|
Desserts, Pies |
12 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1/4 |
c |
1/2 stick unsalted butter |
| 2 |
T |
Honey |
| 35 |
|
Vanilla wafer cookies |
| 3/4 |
c |
Whole almonds |
| 3/4 |
c |
Walnuts |
| 1/4 |
t |
Salt |
| 2 |
|
8-oz cream cheese room |
|
|
temperature |
| 1 |
|
15- to 16-oz container whole |
|
|
milk ricotta cheese |
| 1/2 |
c |
Plus 1 tablespoon sugar |
| 1/2 |
c |
Plus 1 tablespoon honey |
| 4 |
|
Extra-large eggs |
| 2 |
t |
Vanilla extract |
| 1/2 |
t |
Lemon extract |
| 3 |
|
12-ounce baskets small |
|
|
strawberries hulled |
|
|
quartered |
| 1/3 |
c |
Honey |
|
|
Additional honey |
|
|
Strawberry blossoms or other |
|
|
small nonpoisonous |
|
|
flowers |
|
|
optional |
INSTRUCTIONS
For Crust: Preheat oven to 350øF. Wrap outside of 10-inch-diameter
springform pan with 2 1/2-inch-high sides with foil. Bring butter and
honey to boil in heavy small saucepan, stirring occasionally. Remove
from heat. Finely grind vanilla wafers in processor. Add nuts and salt
to processor. Add butter mixture and process until nuts are finely
chopped. Press mixture onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of prepared
pan. Bake crust until golden, about 12 minutes. Transfer to rack and
cool. Reduce over temperature to 325øF. For Filling: Using electric
mixer, beat cream cheese and ricotta cheese in large bowl until
smooth. Mix in sugar and honey. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well
after each addition. Mix in vanilla and lemon extracts. Pour filling
into crust. Bake pie until puffed, golden and center moves only
slightly when pan is gently shaken, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer
to rack and cool completely. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and
chill.) For Compote: Mix quartered strawberries and 1/3 cup honey in
large bowl. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover; chill.) Run small
sharp knife around sides of pan to loosen pie. Release pan sides.
Drizzle additional honey over pie in zigzag pattern. Transfer pie to
serving platter. Using slotted spoon, transfer some of strawberry
compote to top of pie, if desired. Garnish pie with strawberry
blossoms, if desired. Cut pie into wedges and serve with remaining
strawberry compote. Bon Apptit April 1996 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest
by Julie Bertholf <jewel1@ix.netcom.com> on Mar 27, 1998
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