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Rice Pie for Easter

Ingredients

Crust

  • 3 cup flour
  • 6 Tablespoon shortening
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tea baking powder
  • ½ tea salt

Filling

  • 1 lb ricotta
  • 2 cups cooked cooled rice
  • 3 to 4 quarts milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tea vanilla

Steps

  1. For the crust, make into a dough adding enough dough to get a rolling consistency. Roll out between two sheets of wax paper. Turn out to line a 9 X 13 baking pan. Set aside.
  2. For the filling, re-cook rice in milk saving one cup of milk to use as needed. Let cool. Add ricotta, eggs, and vanilla, mixture will be somewhat thin.
  3. Pour into the cake pan lined with crust.
  4. Bake at 350°F for one hour or until all liquid is gone.