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Cottage cheese pie on shortbread crust
Cottage cheese pie on shortbread crust – is very easy to make and takes only 50 minutes. I recommend every hostess to prepare it. Why? Because all the ingredients will certainly be found in your kitchen. Moreover, the recipe for cottage cheese pie on shortbread crust will be a lifesaver for those who learned about unexpectedly arriving guests, as making the pie will take no more than an hour. Shall we begin?
Preparation time: 50 minutes.
Diameter of the mold 26 cm.
Ingredients
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For the dough:
- 120 g of cold butter;
- 140 g of flour;
- a pinch of salt.
For the filling:
- 2 eggs;
- 70 g of sugar;
- 1 g of vanillin;
- 450 g of cottage cheese.
Preparation
- Prepare the shortcrust pastry. In a deep bowl, add cold butter, cut into pieces or grated on a coarse grater, to the flour. Add salt and mix the ingredients by hand until homogeneous. The dough must absorb all the flour. Roll the dough into a ball and leave it in the refrigerator under a towel for 10 minutes.
- Mix the eggs with sugar and vanillin.
- Gradually add the cottage cheese and knead until homogeneous. It is optimal to choose not wet cottage cheese, or before adding it to the filling, squeeze out any excess moisture. Thanks to this technique, the pie will not be too watery and will keep its shape when cut.
- There is no need for special equipment, mash the filling with a fork. Lumps will remain anyway, but it is not necessary to get rid of them.
- Line the mold with parchment paper or grease the edges with butter. The diameter of my mold is 26 cm; if you want the pie to be high, it is worth taking a smaller size mold. Place the dough at the bottom and spread it out with your fingers, forming the sides.
- Add the filling, evenly distributing it in the pie mold. If desired, you can enhance the flavor with berries. If you have high sides, you can fold them in.
- Send the cottage cheese pie to the oven, preheated to 180 degrees. The baking time depends on the properties of your oven; aim for 25-30 minutes.
- Do not rush to take the baked cottage cheese pie out of the mold and cut it into portions. Give it time to cool and "set"; otherwise, it will not hold its shape and will crumble when trying to take a piece. Wait at least 15-20 minutes. I wish you a pleasant tea party!
