La Pizza Ricresciuta, a Roman Easter cake

La Pizza Ricresciuta is a "regrown pizza," meaning that its dough has risen again after having been tamped down, and is the classic Roman Easter cake. So why not try it this Easter?

Ingredients

• 2.2 pounds (1 k) flour, this will be about 8 1/2 cups
• 1 3/4 pounds (800 g) bread dough
• 1 tablespoon powdered cinnamon
• 8 whole eggs
• 2/3 pound (300 g) fresh ricotta
• A pinch of salt
• The grated zest from 2 lemons
• 2 1/2 cups sugar

Method

1. Begin by combining 8 cups of flour with sufficient warm water, a pinch of salt, and active dry yeast to make bread dough. Let it rise, covered, in a warm place, and then use it to make the pizza ricresciuta.
2. Beat the eggs. Make a mound of the flour on your work surface, scoop a well into it, and work all the remaining ingredients into it, kneading the dough until it is smooth, elastic and velvety.
3. Finally, remove it from the work surface and deposit it in the center of a large, oiled or greased pan (depending upon the size of your pans you might need to break the dough into two pieces).
4. Let the dough rise for about 10 hours, and then bake the pizza at the proper temperature until done. Dust with icing sugar.
    

(Source: italianfood.about.com)