Pastiera (Easter ricotta pie)- Campania – Living a Life in Colour

Ingredients

• Pastry:
• 600 grams plain flour or "00" flour, plus 1 tablespoon
• 300 grams caster sugar
• 1 lemon , zested
• 300 grams butter , unsalted, cut up, plus more for greasing the pan
• 1 egg , beaten
• 1 egg white
• Filling:
• 200 grams of soft white wheat berries or 1 can of cooked wheat for pastiera
• 500 mls whole milk
• 200 grams sugar plus 1 tablespoon
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon plus 1 pinch
• 1 vanilla bean, sliced open and beans scraped out, bean reserved or 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 500 grams ricotta
• 6 eggs , carefully separate the white from the yolk and keep in separate containers covered with cling film until room temperature
• 30 mls orange flower water
• 1 orange zested
• 150 grams candied citrus peel
• 1 pinch of salt
• 8 grams (1 tablespoon) icing sugar