Sicilian Ricotta Cheesecake

You will love this rustic Sicilian Ricotta Cheesecake Recipe. This traditional Sicilian Cheesecake recipe uses ricotta cheese and grated orange zest, and garnished with chocolate chips and powdered sugar. Italians are famous for many things, especially their cooking. Their cuisine is often a treat to the taste buds, as evidenced by this Sicilian Ricotta Cheesecake. From amazing pasta recipes to rich, creamy dessert recipes, and so much more, there is an abundance of incredible recipes to try. This traditional cheesecake is lightly flavored with grated orange zest. It takes approximately 80 to 90 minutes to bake and 2 to 3 hours to set. You can top this cheesecake recipe off with seasonal fruit, chocolate chips, crushed nuts or powdered sugar. Whatever you do, it is sure to be a delightful way to indulge at the end of the day.

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Thank you to Rosella at the "Cooking With Nonna" recipe site for sharing this Sicilian Ricotta Cheesecake recipe. This is just one of the traditional cheesecake recipes you will find on the site. On this Italian recipe site, you will find all sorts of traditional authentic Italian recipes that have been passed down from generations of Italian grandmothers and Nonna's from all the regions of Italy. Rossella is the host of the all-new online cooking show and food webisode series, "Cooking with Nonna." Rossella was born into a family of food lovers and culinary aficionado. While she was growing up, there was always something on the stove. Rossella is a first generation Italian-American from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Her Italian roots are from Mola di Bari, a small fishing village known as Mola where her parents were born. For Rossella cooking was never really about the cooking, it was about being with family, community and spending quality time with each other. Rossella spent most of her childhood in the kitchen with her maternal Grandmother Roman, where she learned the long legacy of recipes that had been passed down through the generations. Some of the other Italian recipes you will find on the recipe site include three-cheese pasta recipe, arborio rice recipe, Arrabbiata sauce recipe, avocado pesto recipe, baked rigatoni recipe, and more. You will also find a baked rotini recipe, broccoli and shells recipe, butternut squash risotto recipe, and more. On the site, you will find dessert recipes, cookie recipes, main dish recipes, salad recipes and appetizer recipes from all the regions of Italy.