A ricotta cake baked and flavored with citrus and decorated with berries making this a light and healthy dessert.
I used lemon and lime for the flavours of this crustless pie but you could try it with orange too...or add a spice or two? Go crazy and make it your own! I love it when readers play around and create something delicious!
This is a delicious way to cook with Ricotta and gives you an lovely crustless "pie". Low carb and gluten fre delight for dessert! It is a lovely change to a cheesecake and I like to serve it with berries on the top. Mainly because I love the flavour combination of zesty citrus with berries. Yum!
Lemon & Lime Ricotta Pie
A light ricotta pie with lemon & lime
Ingredients
- 15 oz Ricotta cheese
- 3 Eggs
- 1 Lemon, zest & juice
- 1 Lime, zest & juice
- ⅔ cup erythritol/xylitol
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F degrees.
- Separate the eggs.
- Whisk the egg whites until firm.
- Combine the other ingredients and mix well.
- Fold in the egg whites
- Line a baking tin with parchment paper.
- Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 25 minutes until firm and golden on top.
- Chill for at least 90 minutes and serve with berries of choice on top. (optional).
- Eat and enjoy!
Notes
Serves 8 servings
Nutrition: Per serving: 133 Calories; 10g Fat; 9g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 3g Net Carb
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 133kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 9gFat: 10g
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator.
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Diane Archer
I don't understand what temperature to bake it at 180F/350F ?
Thanks for clarifying!
Angela Coleby
It should be 180C!
Robyn
Do you think this would freeze ok? I usually make baked cheesecakes, cut and wrap each piece and freeze them so that I can just pull out one for my dessert. I'm just not sure about ricotta.
Angela Coleby
I've never tried freezing ricotta and I believe that freezing a cooked dish with ricotta has better results.
Joanne
What size pan did you use?
Angela Coleby
An 8 inch spring form pan.
Harriet Weaver
This sounds delicious but how many carbs per serving?
Divalicious
I've updated the recipe with the nutritional detail Harriet. The net carbs are 3g per serving (based on 8 slices in total).
R Taylor
Yep I definitely will be playing around with this one! Your pie looks so awesome. I’ll be putting a touch of my own creativity when I make this one. Thanks for the idea!
Divalicious
Fabulous! Let me know what you did to it!
A Table in the Sun
I like simple desserts topped with fruit. Thanks for the reminder!
Divalicious
Thanks for stopping by! Glad you like the sound of it!
Guilt Free Foodie Cutie
I have been looking for something just like this! Great for summer and fall.
Divalicious
Fab! Glad you like the sound of it! And thanks for stopping by too!