Pastiera (Italian Easter Tart) Recipe

Combine cooked wheat berries milk butter and zest of 1 lemon in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook stirring often until creamy about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 11-inch springform pan or aluminum pan and line with one of the pastry crusts.

Combine ricotta cheese sugar eggs egg yolks 1 tablespoon orange flower water vanilla extract and cinnamon in the bowl of a food processor; mix until smooth. Mix in remaining lemon zest and orange peel. Fold in wheat berry mixture and pour over the bottom crust.

Roll out remaining pastry crust and cut into 1/2-inch wide strips. Place on top of the pie in a lattice pattern and brush with beaten egg.

Bake in the preheated oven until filling is cooked through and top is lightly browned about 1 hour. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack. Cool for about 30 minutes.

Remove pie carefully from the pan and place on a serving plate. Dust with confectioners' sugar.