Easy Italian Dessert Recipes
Italian Bread Dessert Recipe2 small apples, peeled,cored,and sliced into rings
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons white wine
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
4 slices thick bread, crusts removed
1 1/4 cups light cream
1 orange, cut into short thin sticks
1/2 cup sugar
Lightly grease a 5 cup deep casserole with the butter.
Arrange the apple rings in the bottom of the dish.
Sprinkle half of the sugar over the apples.
Pour the wine over the apples.
Add the bread slices, pushing them down with your hands to flatten them slightly.
Mix the cream with the eggs, the remaining sugar, and the orange rind and pour the mixture over the bread.
Set aside to soak for 30 minutes.
Transfer the dessert to an oven preheated to 350 degree and bake for 25 minutes, until golden and set.
Remove from the oven, set aside to cool slightly, and serve warm.
Italian Cheesecake1 pound cream cheese
3 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 lbs butter, melted
1 pound ricotta cheese
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs, beaten lightly
3 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 16 oz container sour cream
1 vanilla
Beat cream cheese until fluffy. If ricotta is coarse-textured, press it through a fine sieve twice. Mix ricotta with cream cheese.
Beat in sugar gradually. Add beaten eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla. Stir together the flour and cornstarch. Gradually beat into cheese mixture.
Add melted butter and sour cream. Pour into greased 10" springform pan. Bake at 320-350 degree for 1 hour or until set in center. Turn oven off and let cool in oven for 2 hours. Remove from oven and cool until room temperature. Chill thoroughly before removing sides and serving.
