# Nonna's pastiera di riso recipe

Nonna makes Italian rice pie every Easter.

- Total time: 105 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup cooked Arborio rice
- 1 kg ricotta
- 1 Litre full cream milk
- 400 g sugar
- 1 bsp vanilla sugar
- 2 tbsp Lemon essence
- 2 shots Strega liquor
- 7 full eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 500 g plain flour
- 3 eggs
- Orange zest
- 200 g butter

## Instructions

1. Put one cup of cooked Arborio rice in one litre of milk.
2. Boil in milky and stir all the time.
3. Crack 7 full eggs and 3 egg yolks.
4. Let the cooked rice cool down.
5. Beat eggs.
6. Add 400g sugar and stir.
7. Add 2 shots of Strega liquor.
8. Add 2 tbsp of lemon essence.
9. Add 1tbsp of vanilla sugar.
10. Mix.
11. Put 1 kilo of ricotta.
12. Mix.
13. Blend the rice to make it smooth.
14. Mix with the rest.
15. Mix it's best with your hands like this it's mixed properly.
16. Roll the pastry on baking paper.
17. Put the pastry in a nonstick pan.
18. Poke some holes with a tooth pick.
19. Pour the mix inside.
20. Put strips on the top for decoration.
21. Bake in oven at 180C for 1h and 45mins.

## Equipment

- pot
- bowl
- blender
- nonstick pan
- oven

## Tips

- Blend milk and rice then add to bowl and mix. Use your hands!
- Add pastry strips on top for decoration.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5NaYuqPGUY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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- Extracted: 2025-05-26

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