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Cottage Cheese and Apple Pie
Baked goods made from cottage cheese are loved by almost all fans of sweetness. After all, they are not only fantastically delicious but also healthy. However, the most important thing is that children adore them. This is why recipes for various cottage cheese casseroles and cheesecakes are so popular. But the cottage cheese and apple pie is an exquisite dessert. The treat is so tasty and aromatic that it disappears from the table before it even cools down.
Preparation time: 100 minutes.
Caloric content: 239 kcal per 100 grams of the dish.
Ingredients
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To prepare a delicate pie, you will need the following ingredients:
- full-fat cottage cheese – 1 kg;
- butter – 100 g;
- sour cream (preferably homemade) – 100 g;
- eggs – 4 pcs;
- soda – 1 tsp;
- vodka – 1 tbsp;
- cinnamon – 2 tbsp;
- wheat flour – 3 cups;
- sugar – 1.5 cups;
- apples (juicy) – 3 pcs;
- olive oil – 1 tbsp.
Preparation
- The base of this pie is shortcrust pastry. To ensure the pastry is crumbly and tender after baking, it should be kept in the refrigerator for about half an hour. To prepare the shortcrust pastry, first place the butter in a deep bowl and melt it in the microwave.
- Watch that the butter does not boil; it should only melt. Add sour cream, half a glass of sugar, vodka, soda, and wheat flour to the bowl with the butter. Then take 2 eggs and carefully separate the whites from the yolks. Place the whites in a small deep plate and set them aside for a while, while adding the yolks to the bowl with the previously combined ingredients.
- Knead the shortcrust pastry. It is best to do this with a spoon. Remember that the dough should not be too stiff. During kneading, it should slightly stick to the spoon.
- Cover the bowl with the dough with plastic wrap, then send the dough to the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the cottage cheese filling. First, pass the cottage cheese through a sieve and place it in a clean, deep bowl. Rinse the apples, peel them, and grate them on a coarse grater. Add the apples and half a glass of sugar to the cottage cheese. Take the remaining eggs and also separate the whites from the yolks. Add the whites to the bowl with the previously prepared whites, and combine the yolks with the cottage cheese.
- Thoroughly mix the cottage cheese and apple filling with a spoon. You need to do this quickly, as the apples can darken.
- Prepare the top egg white layer of the future pie. To do this, add the remaining half a glass of sugar to the bowl with the egg whites. Beat the ingredients thoroughly at high speed with a mixer. As a result, you should have a stable egg white foam in the bowl.
- Proceed to assemble the pie. First, prepare the baking pan. By the way, for this quantity of ingredients, a rectangular pan measuring 40 cm long, 25 cm wide, and 10 cm high is suitable. Line the pan with greased parchment paper and place the cooled shortcrust pastry into it. Level it out with clean hands along the bottom of the pan, trying to form small borders.
- On top of the shortcrust pastry, spread the cottage cheese and apple filling, and then generously sprinkle it with cinnamon.
- The top layer is the egg whites, thoroughly beaten with sugar. Use a spoon to spread the egg white foam evenly over the entire surface of the pie. However, remember that you need to do this quickly, as the foam can settle.
- The cottage cheese and apple pie is baked in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for at least 1 hour. Its top will become brown about 15-20 minutes after placing the pan with the pie in the oven. To ensure the pie is well baked without the egg whites burning, closely monitor the dessert. As soon as you notice that the top of the pie has browned, immediately place foil on top and continue baking the dish at the same temperature.
- The cottage cheese and apple pie can be served both warm and cold. However, the baked goods turn out so delicious that they often do not have time to cool down.
The recipe for the original cottage cheese and apple pie is simple and straightforward. At the same time, the treat turns out to be fragrant and tender. Its taste will become richer if you drizzle raspberry jam over the pieces of pie before serving. Enjoy your meal!
