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["In a small bowl, soak the raisins in the liqueur. Heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.", "Blend in a food processor the ricotta, sugar, flour, vanilla extract, lemon zest, egg yolks and buttermilk until thoroughly combined and smooth. It will take two or three minutes, during which time you should scrape down the sides three or four times.", "Pour the liqueur off the raisins, pressing down on them; then add the liqueur to the ricotta mixture. Buzz for another few seconds to incorporate.", "Slather the marmalade on the bottom of the blind-baked shell. If using candied orange peel instead, sprinkle it on now.", "Sprinkle on about a third of the chocolate shavings, and the soused raisins.", "Spread on the flavored ricotta. It works best just to drop some large globs of it on, and then gently smear it across the chocolate-covered marmalade. It's sort of like icing a cake. Don't worry if some of the marmalade sticks to your spatula and gets into the ricotta. Once it's baked, no one will ever know. When you've gotten the ricotta smooth, sprinkle on the nuts.", "Bake in the bottom third of your oven for about 25 minutes. (Frame the outer crust, with foil or whatever other device you use, to keep it from getting too dark, if necessary. That will depend on how dark the outer crust got when you blind baked it.)", "Sprinkle on the rest of the chocolate shavings, lower the heat to 325 degrees, cover the tart lightly with foil, and bake for another 10 minutes.", "Allow to cool for at least two hours before serving.", "This recipe was created by Food52 member AntoniaJames.", "N.B. I use this one - a nut-rich press in crust that smells and tastes like the pecan crescents we make during the December holiday season: https://food52.com/recipes/36349-nut-crescent-sweet-pastry-crust The ricotta filling has many of the same ingredients as the Crostata di Ricotta recipe in the old Time-Life ""Cooking of Italy"" recipe supplement, but I scaled down the amount of ricotta and altered the proportions to create the relatively thin layer of what is essentially a pound-cake flavored cheesecake. ;o)"]
