Rice Pudding Pie
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
For the pie crust:
  • 9 oz. plain flour
  • pinch salt
  • 6 oz. Kerrygold salted butter
  • 3 oz. ice cold water
For the filling:
  • ¾ cup short grain white rice
  • 2½ cups milk
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. lemon zest
  • 3 large eggs
  • 8 oz. (about 1 cup) fresh, whole milk ricotta, drained in cheesecloth (or coffee filter) lined sieve or colander about an hour
  • ¾ c. sugar
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • Instructions
Instructions
For the crust:
  1. Combine flour, salt and about ⅔ of the butter, cut into pieces, in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse about 9-10 times in short bursts, until the mixture resembles coarse, damp sand.
  2. Tip it into a bowl, and rub the rest of the butter in with your fingertips, pinching and flattening pieces of butter until it is incorporated.
  3. Add the water all at once, stir with a fork, and dump the whole mixture onto some plastic wrap. Flatten into a disk, and chill for about an hour.
  4. Roll the dough out between two pieces plastic wrap or parchment, making sure to roll from the center out.
  5. Being careful not to stretch the dough, transfer into a deep, 9" round pie plate, and carefully lift the dough into the corners.
  6. Form the pie crust and crimp the edges, according to the directions in this post. Prick with a fork all over, and chill for about 15 minutes.
  7. Preheat the oven to 350. Line the piecrust with greased foil, fill with pie weights, and bake until set, or about 8 minutes. Carefully remove the foil and weights, and bake the crust for another 6 minutes, or until pale gold and slightly dry looking. Cool the pie crust.
For the filling:
  1. Preheat oven to 350, or leave the oven on after prebaking the crust.
  2. Bring a pot of water with a pinch of salt in it to a boil. Boil the rice about 10 minutes, or until slightly underdone. Drain.
  3. Combine the drained rice with 2 cups of milk, the lemon zest and the salt, simmer over low heat until the rice is cooked through, about 20 minutes (most of the milk will be absorbed).
  4. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, milk, ricotta, sugar, cream and vanilla together until smooth. Add the cooked rice and milk and stir until combined. Pour into the cooled prebaked crust.
  5. Bake until the filling is firm, about 40 minutes. (it's OK for there to be a little wobble in the middle).
  6. Cool, chill in the refrigerator, and serve with a little cinnamon sprinkled over the top.
Recipe by The Domestic Front at http://www.thedomesticfront.com/rice-pudding-pie/