European Recipe — Italian Ricotta Cheesecake

This is my grandfather's recipe, it's a basic recipe for Italian cheesecake.

Ingredients

• 9 eggs
• 3 pounds ricotta cheese
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger whiskey, optional

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat two 9-inch pie pans with vegetable oil cooking spray.
2. Beat eggs in a large bowl. Mix in the ricotta cheese, vanilla, cinnamon, sugar, zest, and whiskey. Pour into prepared pans.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, until firm. Let cool, then refrigerate until cold.

Nutrition Facts

• calories213.9
• carbohydrateContent17.3 g
• cholesterolContent131 mg
• fatContent9.5 g
• fiberContent0.1 g
• proteinContent13.2 g
• saturatedFatContent5.1 g
• sodiumContent145.8 mg
• sugarContent13 g