Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        Pastry:
  300            Grams  flour -- (10 1/2 oz.)
  150            Grams  butter -- (5 oz) softened at room temp.
  150            Grams  sugar
  4                     egg yolks
  1               Dash  salt
                        Filling:
  400            Grams  ricotta -- ( 7 oz)
  200            Grams  wheat (kept in cold water for 4 days -- (3 1/2 oz) changing water often 
  6                     egg yolks + 4 egg whites
  200            Grams  sugar
  150            Grams  candied orange and citron -- diced
     1/2                lt. (2 cups) milk (you don't need it if
                        you use canned wheat)
  1              Pinch  cinnamon
                        rind of 1/2 a lemon
  20             Grams  orange flower water -- (7 oz)
  1                     butternut
                        icing sugar
  1               Dash  salt

Preparation:

Drain wheat. Cook in milk with lemon rind, butternut, salt, cinnamon and 2 tbsp sugar. Cook covered over low heat till milk is completely soaked and the mixture gets thick and creamy. Remove lemon rind and let cool. Pastry: sift flour with salt and sugar, add diced butter and 3 egg yolks. Knead and let rest in a cool place for 30 minutes. Pour wheat mixture in a bowl and add ricotta, sugar, candied fruits and orange flower water. Blend and add egg yolks, one at a time, and egg whites, whisked with a dash salt. Preheat oven at 180°C. (356 F)Grease and flour a baking pan and spread in 2/3 of the pastry dough. Pour in the filling and level. With a rolling pin, make a sheet with the remaining pastry, cut in 1,5 cm (1/2 inch) wide stripes and put on the mixture in a crossed way. Beat 1 egg yolk with 1 tbsp milk and sread over. Bake for 1 hour or till pastry is golden. Let cool completely and spread with icing sugar. Enjoy!

Nutritional Information:

530333 Calories (kcal); 14249g Total Fat; (23% calories from fat); 4058g Protein; 98569g Carbohydrate; 38102mg Cholesterol; 142515mg Sodium