Italian in English: Torta di Ricotta, or Ricotta Cheesecake

It's time to start thinking about Easter, which is celebrated in many parts of Italy with cakes that either contain ricotta or are made primarily from it. They range from quite simple to tremendously elaborate, but always manage to capture the delicacy of spring.

A few recipes in Italian:

• Torta di Ricotta Laziale
  A traditional, elegant recipe from Lazio. They assume you're familiar with the cake.
• Crostata di Ricotta e Cioccolato
  This is a recipe from Fiori di Zucca (Zucchini Flowers), a beautiful blog whose author, an Italian software engineer, says it was from her Aunt Cenzina.
• Dolce di Ricotta E COnfettura di Pomodori
  This recipe by Fradefra, is something very different, a creamy cheese pudding with a sweet tomato jelly to top it.

On About.Com:

• Ricotta Cheesecake with Pomegranate Sauce
  A recipe from Mary Ann Esposito.
• Sienese Torta di Ricotta
  Delicate, and simple. Easy to do, too
• Neapolitan Torta di Ricotta
  A much more Voluptuous recipe.

Other Recipes in English:

• Ricotta Cheesecake
  A lemony, spicy version.
• Ricotta Cheesecake
  This looks very much like a NY cheesecake, but is made with ricotta. And in fact it is a NY cheesecake, from Ferrara, A NY Espresso bar.
• Joy Nash's Ricotta Cheesecake
  Is made from her mother's recipe, and looks very much like the Torta di Ricotta Laziale linked to above.

Today's Lenten Recipe again features rice: Alfonso's Risotto alla Marinara. Very tasty!

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