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Sweet Wheat Pie - (Great Nanny Monaco’s recipe) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup milk
¾ cups flour
¾ cup sugar
2 egg yolks

1 lb ricotta
1/4 lb Wheat
To prepare wheat, soak overnight - cook 1 hour slowly drain.
Grated Orange peel from 1 orange
Juice from 1 orange
4 large eggs beaten
Directions:
Directions:
Mix dough, by hand - add flour as needed till semi tacky.
Divide in ½
Roll ½ dough out on wax paper (the wax paper makes it easier to roll as the dough is tacky)
Layer pie plate with dough
Fill with filling
With other 1/2 of dough make the Lattice strips and place on top of pie

Bake 15 minutes @ 375°
Bake 30 minutes @ 350°
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Makes 2 - 9-inch pies

 

 

 

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