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If you are preparing for a Mother’s Day Brunch here is one dessert you want to include..light and healthy also easy to make so you can spend more time with Mom!
Cheesecake Torta with Fresh Strawberries and Oranges
8 ounces ricotta cheese (whole or part skim)
8 ounces plain Greek Yogurt
8 ounces (Regular or Light) Cream Cheese
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp grated orange zest
4 ounces of unsweetened dark chocolate
5 fresh strawberries hulled and sliced
1/2 orange, peeled, cut into slices
1 package of strawberry gelatine
Crust
16-20 Savoiardi or lady fingers or graham crackers-crushed
1 tablespoon butter melted
1 tablespoon sugar
Crush cookies, add in melted butter and sugar and place in bottom of spring form pan that has been covered with parchment paper. Press till the crust goes partly up the sides of pan
Place ricotta cheese, cream cheese, yogurt in bowl, add in sugar and then beat in eggs one at a time, add in vanilla, beat till well blended. Crush dark chocolate and stir pieces into.Add in orange zest. cream cheese mixture.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees for approximately 50 minutes or until firm. Let cool. When cool top with strawberry slices, orange slices. Brush gelatin on top of fruit and place in refrigerator till gelatin is set
For more recipes get your copy of The Basic Art of Italian Cooking series books now:
The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays and Special Occasions-Second Edition:
The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: DaVinci Style
The Basic Art of Italian Cooking
Want to learn to cook in the mountains of Abruzzo, Italy? Some spots available now for private and semi private cooking classes, including culinary market tours here In ABruzzo, Italy? If interested, email for my schedule and availability at
Have you ever dreamed of being a food blogger? Share your love of food with the world.. If so join me in my food blogging classes in the Philadelphia are in the month of June at:
Temple University- Ambler Campus in Ambler Pennsylvania http://noncredit.temple.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=3041214
Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, PA http://www.localwineevents.com/events/detail/585584/maria-liberatis-food-blogging-course-at-delaware-valley-university
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pa http://www.localwineevents.com/events/detail/585582/newtown-maria-liberatis-food-blogging-101-course-at-bucks-county-community-college
Burlington County Community College-Food Writing-http://www.localwineevents.com/events/detail/585588/mount-holly-maria-liberatis-food-writing-course-at-burlington-county-college
Private and Semi Private Food Blogging Classes also available in Abruzzo, Italy and Rome Italy at various venues upon my availability. Email for my schedule and information at : [email protected]
See you at Stratford Public Library in Stratford, NJ on June 11th, register here http://www.localwineevents.com/events/detail/585589/stratford-celebrity-chef-maria-liberati-cooking-demo-at-stratford-public-library
Other Events Info:
Sunday, June 7th, 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM, Secolari Artisan Oils and Vinegars, The Mall in Columbia, 10300 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044, cooking demo, sampling and book signing Secolari The gift of artisan oils, vinegars & other enrichments http://secolarievoo.com/ Thursday, June 11th, 2 PM to 3:30 PM, Stratford Public Library 303 Union Ave, Stratford, NJ 08084, cooking demo, sampling and book signing Stratford Public Library http://www.stratfordlibrarynj.org/
