Easy ricotta and jam tart recipe

If you like italian desserts you must try this easy ricotta & jam tart recipe. You’ll have a delicious authentic dessert in no time 🙂

Ingredients for a tart baked in a 7 cm cooking tray

For the dough:

For the tart composition:

Steps to follow:

Mix all the dough ingredients together, except for the flour which will be incorporated gradually
Work well the dough using your hands, until smooth enough and doesn’t stick to your fingers anymore
Let the dough aside and start working on the tart composition
Add the ricotta in a bowl, together with the sugar, and mix them well together
Take a third of the dough and put it apart
Take a layer of baking paper and spread the big part of the dough on it, using a rolling pin. The resulted layer should be around 1 cm thick.
Take a round cooking tray, grease it with oil and add the baking paper with the dough, inside out
Cut the edges with a knife
Add the ricotta
Add the jam (better if not very solid)
With the dough we put apart, make strips to be added on top of the tart
Add the resulted tart in the pre heated oven, at 180 degrees, for approx. 40 minutes
After fully baked, let it cool well before served

Watch the photos and video below for better understanding: