

Recipes
Sweet Pastry Crust recipe by Nick Malgieri
Ingredients
Sweet Cheese Filling
- 1 cup Mascarpone cheese
- 1 cup Ricotta cheese
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp lime zest
- 1/2 tsp vanilla powder
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Sweet Pastry
- 4 cups flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 sticks (8 oz) unsalted butter very cold cut into pieces
- 2 oz ice water
- 4 large eggs
Preparation
Sweet Cheese Filling
- In a mixing bowl add ricotta, mascarpone, sugar, flour, egg, lime zest, vanilla powder, salt, and cinnamon and blend together
- Add in chocolate chips
- Refrigerate for two hours*
Sweet Pastry
- In the bowl of your food processor, add 2 cups of flour, baking powder, sugar and salt and pulse a few times to mix.
- Add the very cold butter slices to the food processor and pulse until all the butter has been incorporated
- Add the eggs and pulse until it begins to ball up on the blade of the food processor.
- If your dough looks too dry and a ice water a little at a time until it starts to come together.
- Place dough on floured surface and roll into two logs.
- Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until you are ready to use them.
Assembly
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Remove dough from refrigerator for at least 1/2 hour.
- Cut logs into 8 pieces each and roll them into small circles, on a floured surface, using a rolling pin.*
- Place a tablespoon of filling in the center of the dough and close to make a half moon.
- Use a fork to seal the edges, cutting off any excess dough.
- Repeat until all the pies are made.*
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the dough is a golden brown.