Recipe Italian Holiday Pie (Pie)

Required Ingredients:

• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
• 8 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups cooked white rice
• 2 pounds ricotta cheese
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/4 cup candied orange peel
• 1/4 cup candied lemon peel
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk

Preparing/Cooking:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and fluffy.
• Add rice, ricotta, sugar, orange rind, lemon rind, cinnamon, and vanilla extract.
• Mix until thoroughly combined.
• Roll out half of pastry to fit 10 inch deep-dish pie pan.
• Place pastry in pan, and fill with ricotta mixture.
• Roll out remaining pastry and cut 12 1-inch wide strips.
• Lay strips in a lattice pattern on top of filling.
• Brush pastry with milk.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, until toothpick inserted in filling comes out clean.

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