Cheese And Honey Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, chilled
• 1 lb ricotta cheese or 1 lb curd cheese
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2-2/3 cup clear honey

Recipe

• 1 -----------crust--------------.
• 2 sift the flour and salt together.
• 3 cut the chilled butter into tiny pieced and drop them into the flour.
• 4 work the butter into the flour very lightly with fingertips or a pastry blender.
• 5 gradually add just enough water to make the dough hold together in a soft ball (about 3 tbsp).
• 6 wrap the dough in plastic cling wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
• 7 heat oven to 350°f.
• 8 press the chilled dough into the bottom and sides of a 10-inch pie dish with your hands and bake for 10 minutes, cool completely.
• 9 ---------filling--------------.
• 10 mix together the cheese, eggs,1-tsp of the cinnamon and the honey and blend well.
• 11 turn the oven up to 375°f.
• 12 pour the cheese mixture gently int the pastry shell and place in oven for 35 minutes or until the pie is firm and the top is golden.
• 13 dust the pie with the rest of the cinnamon and let it cool at least 1 hour.