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Steamed Meyer Lemon Ricotta Cakes

Avatar photoNaomi Ross • Dec 22, 2015 (Updated: Aug 20, 2019)
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Steamed Meyer Lemon Ricotta Cakes Pg. 53

Steamed Meyer Lemon Ricotta Cakes

Steaming these Italian-style Steamed Meyer Lemon Ricotta Cakes adds necessary moisture to prevent cracking, while at the same time giving a gentle cooking to their delicate texture. Enjoy with lightly sweetened whipped cream and sugared berries.             

Steamed Meyer Lemon Ricotta Cakes Pg. 53

Steamed Meyer Lemon Ricotta Cakes

Prep Time 2 hours hrs
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 2 hours hrs 40 minutes mins
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Servings

8 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter or more as needed
  • 1/3 cup ground cookie amaretti, or graham cracker (or ground nuts)
  • 32 ounces 2 pounds whole-milk ricotta (drained of any excess liquid)
  • 8 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon grated Meyer lemon zest from about 2 lemons
  • 3 tablespoons Meyer lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • Pinch of salt

Instructions

  • Butter the sides and bottoms of 8-10 ramekins (3 1⁄2” diameter). Dust with ground crumbs to coat. Tap off excess. Set aside. 
  • Combine ricotta, cream cheese, and sugar in a large mixing bowl (or bowl of stand mixer with paddle attachment). Use electric beaters to mix until well-combined and smooth. Add eggs, zest, and lemon juice, beating on medium speed to blend. Add flour and salt. Mix until well-blended and smooth. 
  • Pour mixture into prepared ramekins. Fill pot fitted with steamer basket insert or large, deep saucepan fitted with rack with about 1-2 inches of water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Place ramekins in steamer basket (however many fit) or on rack – water should not touch ramekins. Cover and reduce to medium-low heat. Steam for about 40 minutes. Cakes are ready when knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. 
  • Transfer ramekins to a wire rack to cool completely, then refrigerate to chill for a minimum of 2 hours or overnight. Repeat steaming process with remaining ramekins. 
  • To remove from mold, insert a paring knife and/or thin spatula around perimeter of cake to gently loosen and turn out onto a plate. Invert onto serving plate (so that cake is right-side up again). Serve with lightly sweetened whipped cream and sugared berries.
  • Recipe originally published in JOY of KOSHER with Jamie Geller Magazine Winter 2014 SUBSCRIBE NOW
  • JOY of KOSHER with Jamie Geller Magazine Winter 2014
Category: RecipesDesserts
Cuisine: Italian
Holidays: HanukkahShavuot
Diets: Dairy
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About Naomi Ross

For Naomi Ross, her kitchen is her canvas. She believes in inspired kosher cooking, infusing meaning into the everyday kitchen experience. As a kosher cooking instructor, food writer, recipe developer, and personal chef, Naomi strives to integrate essential cooking basics with a love of good food and tradition. Cooking Concepts was founded by Naomi Ross in 2003. Originally “Cooking for Kallahs,” she created a 4-week course as a service for newly married Jewish women overwhelmed in the kitchen. Unique its invention, Cooking Concepts combined training in cooking and baking basics with integral kitchen management skills such as menu planning, shopping tips and Shabbat preparation – all the while providing students with encouragement and pride. Many students quipped that Cooking Concepts was the course they wished they had attended when they were first married, but no such thing existed at the time. As interest in the program grew, Naomi expanded her classes teaching a wide range of culinary topics to men, women and kids in all stages of life. Now after twelve years, Naomi continues to develop exciting new workshops and demonstrations. She teaches regularly at the Center for Kosher Culinary Arts (CKCA) and the Kosher Culinary Institute of the Five Towns JCC in addition to private lessons and demonstrations. Naomi writes articles and web content that connects a love of good cooking and food with spirituality. She is a regular contributor to Joy of Kosher Magazine, Binah Magazine, OU Jewish Action as well as other periodicals throughout the country.Naomi lives in Woodmere, NY with her husband and four children. You can follow her blog here.

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