By Lisa Zwirn
Eggs might be the most visible — and colorful — symbol of Easter, but for Italian cooks, ricotta is a close second. Italian holiday traditions bring both sweet and savory ricotta pies, cakes, and cannoli.
Leticia Farrice, manager of Lola's Italian Groceria in the center of town here, grew up in New York and remembers her grandmother's Easter pies, both a savory pizza rustica, with ricotta, eggs, diced meats, and cheeses, and sweet ricotta pie for dessert. The latter was Farrice's favorite, but sadly, she says, "I never got the recipe." Instead, she adapted one from a Natick Sons of Italy cookbook.
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