Sweet Italian Easter Pie

This Sweet Italian Easter Pie is light and creamy, with a sweet crunchy pie crust, almost like a sugar cookie! The ricotta filling is light and has a gentle orange zest that enhances the decadent chocolate chips. Such an elegant dessert, but honestly one of the easiest pies I've made in a long time.

There is no pie crust rolling involved! I've adapted the recipe (that makes two ricotta pies) to a tart pan, and then the second pie which is smaller, into a regular pie plate. You can adjust the sugar too. The original recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar in the filling, but I reduced it to 1/2 cup and it's just perfect! You can either halve the ingredients, or make both and freeze one! Which is what I did and then took it into work. Use the best dark chocolate chips you can find. I promise it's worth it.