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Ricotta and jam tart

⏱ 60 min🍳 30 min👤 8 pp★★☆☆☆

Ricotta and blackberry jam tart is a delicious dessert inspired by a version from Anna Moroni on Italian TV. Delicate and soft, this tart is easy to prepare and will be loved by everyone, especially children! It is a dessert for anyone with a sweet tooth, but especially those who love the rich but at the same time delicate flavour of ricotta combined with the pastry and a delicious blackberry jam. To make your tart, you first make the pastry base and then continue with the wonderful filling. With just a few minutes work and a little patience you can create an appetizing and healthy dessert – and satisfy the cravings of all your guests! Are you ready to get your eggs, flour, sugar, cheese and blackberry jam, and to make this wonderful ricotta tart?

Ingredients

Nutritional values 380 kcal / serving
Protein
6g
Carbohydrates
52g
Fat
16g
Fiber
1g

* approximate values per serving

Information
60 minutes Total time
30 minutes Active time
Serves 8 persons
★★☆☆☆ Medium difficulty

Preparation

Prepare the pastry by mixing the flour with the sugar, baking powder, eggs and butter. Mix vigorously until you get a smooth dough and then leave in the fridge for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the creamed ricotta by mashing it with a fork and gradually incorporating the sifted icing sugar. Roll out the pastry to a thickness of 1/2 cm in the bottom of a 22cm cake tin and prick the bottom with a fork. Add a first layer of the creamed ricotta, then the second with jam and finish with strips made from the leftover pastry. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 30 minutes. Let it cool completely and sprinkle with a little icing sugar.

Tips
Do you fancy a lovely fresh jam tart? Use your favourite jam, perhaps opting for raspberry or strawberry instead of blackberry.
Trivia
Did you know that ‘ricotta’ is so named because it is made from ‘re-cooked’ caciotta or pecorino cheese?

Step by step

Make the sweet shortcrust pastry
Make the sweet shortcrust pastry
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Additional information

Ricotta and Cherry, Strawberry, or Berry Jam Tart

The ricotta and cherry jam tart, strawberry or berry jam is prepared exactly following the recipe you find at the top of this page. In fact, you just need to change the jam to get your ricotta and cherry jam tart, strawberry or berry jam. Similarly, in winter you might consider replacing the jam with some nice sliced pear or apple. Even in that case, the result will be truly delicious. If strawberries are in season, you can buy a few containers of these delightful fruits and prepare your strawberry jam on the spot, perhaps leaving the fruit slightly chunkier. This way, your ricotta and strawberry jam tart will have an even fresher taste and texture.

Crumble with Ricotta and Jam

Crumble tarts are "cousins" of tarts that are loved by everyone. Basically, the ingredients are the same as the ricotta and jam tart, but the difference is that while the base remains more or less compact, the top of the dessert is casually closed by hand, dropping real crumbs of pastry over the filling. The result is very tasty and also very appealing to children. The final touch that cannot be missed is a dusting of powdered sugar.

Closed Ricotta and Jam Tart

Another variant is the closed ricotta and jam tart. To prepare it, you just need to follow the recipe we propose on this page, but prepare a bit more shortcrust pastry. For safety, we recommend doubling the amount. In fact, make sure that the top shortcrust shell is slightly thinner than the one underneath. The result will be much more pleasant.

No-Bake Ricotta and Jam Tart

If you are interested in preparing the no-bake ricotta and jam tart, then it is probably because it is summer and you want a fresh dessert that does not require turning on the oven or simply because you love cold desserts. In any case, you should know that this dessert you have in mind to prepare is nothing more than a cheesecake. To give substance to your ricotta cream in this case, you will need to add some sheets of gelatin. We also recommend using half ricotta and half mascarpone to make the result even more delicious.

Bimby Ricotta and Jam Tart

If you own a Bimby kitchen robot, you can prepare your Bimby ricotta and jam tart quite quickly and easily. First, prepare the shortcrust using the basic Bimby recipe or the one from our recipe. Wrap it in plastic wrap. Meanwhile, prepare the ricotta cream with the Bimby. The rest is the same, you will need to assemble and bake!

Butter-Free Ricotta and Jam Tart

Preparing a ricotta and jam tart without butter is not always easy, but we want to propose a truly winning butter-free shortcrust pastry. To prepare it, you will need to work together one egg, 120 grams of oil, 100 grams of sugar, and 300 grams of all-purpose flour. The flour should be well sifted. To prepare the butter-free shortcrust pastry, start by thoroughly mixing the egg, oil, and sugar, and only then add the sifted flour. After that, proceed as usual, fill, and bake.