Manual

Ricotta and Pine NutTart
with Balsamic Strawberries
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Pastry Crust
2 cups all purpose flour
lJ? cup sugar
14 cups pine nuts, toasted and finely chopped
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Filling
11"?cups sugar
1 cup water
6 ounces cream cheese
1 cup ricotta cheese
3 egg yolks
2 whole e_s
14 cup pine nuts, whole
Balsamic Strawberries
2 pints fl'esh strawberries
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon top quality balsamic vinegar
Pastry Crust
In a small bowl, mix flour, sugar and chopped pine nuts. Add melted butter and
mix gently.
Press mixture into bottom and about 1" up the sides of a 10" spring form pan.
Chill tor 10 minutes. Begin making the sugar/water mixture tor the filling. Place
aluminum toil over the pastry and fill with pie weights, dry beans or rice. Bake at
375 ° F (( onvect Bake 350° F) tor 15 minutes. Remove toil and pie weights, then
bake an additional 10 minutes, or until golden brown. (ool completely.
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