Italian Breakfast Food like Crumb Cake Recipe Filled with Ricotta Cheese Recipe

Italian breakfast food can vary from numerous frittata recipes to pastries or sweet breads.

ITALIAN FRITTATA

• ½ Pound Italian sausage (chopped small pieces and cooked)


• 2 Large potatoes, sliced thin


• 1 medium onion, chopped


• 1 Large green pepper, chopped


• 2 Tablespoons butter


• 8 to 10 Beaten eggs


• Salt/ pepper to taste


• 2 Cups grated cheddar cheese

Cook sausage in a large skillet. Remove sausage to plate. Add potatoes, onion and green pepper and sauté until tender. (Remove any excess liquid) Return cooked sausage to skillet mixture. Add salt, pepper, butter and eggs. Stir to blend. Reduce heat to medium low. Top with cheese, cover with a lid and let cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until eggs have set. Cut in pie shape to serve.

RICOTTA CRUMB CAKE (Italian breakfast food)

Crust:

• 2/3 Cup toasted almonds, ground


• 3 ¼ Cups flour


• 1 Tablespoon baking powder


• 2/3 Cup firmly packed brown sugar


• 7/8 Cup cold butter


• 1 Beaten egg


• 1 Teaspoon vanilla

Mix in a bowl the almonds, flour, baking powder, brown sugar. Using a pastry cut in the cold butter with the dry ingredients. Pour the egg and vanilla over the butter mixture and toss together just until moistened. Spoon half of crumb mixture into a 10 inch springform pan, slightly higher on sides.

Filling:

• 1/3 Cup sugar


• 2/3 Cup slivered almonds


• 3 ½ Cups ricotta cheese


• 2 Tablespoons rum


• ¾ Cup sugar


• 4 Ounces chopped semi sweet chocolate

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

Put 1/3 cup sugar in a heavy pan over medium heat; cook until sugar liquefies and turns golden. Stir in slivered almonds and immediately turn out on a buttered shallow pan. Press mixture to flatten slightly. Let cool and break into pieces.

In a bowl mix together the ricotta, rum and ¾ cup sugar until blended. Stir in chocolate and almond brittle. Spoon ricotta mixture over crumb crust in springform pan. Spoon remaining crumb mixture over the ricotta filling and pat down to make top flat.

Bake for 45 minutes, Let cool and sprinkle top with powdered sugar.

Try More Delicious Italian Recipes

• Italian cheesecake


• Panna Cotta


• Italian cream puffs


• Panatone


• Tiramisu recipe

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