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BEST Strawberry Ricotta Tart Recipe

This strawberry and ricotta tart, also known as crostata di fragole e ricotta, is a classic Italian dessert made with a buttery crust and lightly sweet ricotta filling. Topped with fresh strawberries, it’s the perfect summer tart that’s elegant, simple, and not overly sweet.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Chill Time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: tart
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 80kcal
Author: Lora

Equipment

  •  (9 ½-inch) tart pan with removable bottom

Ingredients

Crust:

  • 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • Pinch fine sea salt
  • 1 stick ½ cup unsalted butter, cold, cut into small pieces, plus more for greasing pans

Filling:

  • 1 ¼ cups fresh whole-milk ricotta cheese
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon orange flower water
  • Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
  • ¾ pound strawberries sliced
  • Confectioners sugar for dusting

Instructions

  • Crust directions: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar and salt. Add butter and rub mixture between fingers until it resembles coarse meal. Make a well in center, add 2 tablespoons water and mix together to form a dough. Knead dough 3 to 4 times, flatten into a disc, wrap in plastic and chill at least 1 hour or overnight.
  • Butter a 9 ½-inch tart pan. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough to a 12-inch round. Fit dough into tart pan, pressing into edges; chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, heat oven to 400º with rack in middle. Line tart pan with parchment paper, leaving at least 1-inch overhang. Fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until edges are pale golden, about 10 minutes. Remove parchment and weights; continue to bake until bottom of crust is pale golden and edges are beginning to brown, about 5 minutes more. Cool shell completely on wire rack.
  • Filling directions: Reduce oven temperature to 350º. In a large bowl, whisk cheese until smooth. Add egg yolks, sugar, orange flower water and lemon zest; whisk together to combine.
  • Spread filling into cooled tart shell; bake, rotating once halfway through, until just set in center and a cake tester inserted in center of tart comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool completely.
  • Arrange strawberries in concentric circles atop tart; dust edge of crust with confectioners sugar. Remove tart from pan.

Nutrition

Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 65mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.2mg