French cheese tart with meringue
Description
When we talk about French pastry, something very refined, delicate, and tasty always comes to mind. That's exactly the case, the French vatruška with meringue meets all these expectations. Try baking it; it's very simple if you follow the step‑by‑step recipe.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Place the cottage cheese, 70 g of sugar, a packet of vanilla sugar, 2 eggs and 1 yolk into a bowl (reserve the third egg white for the meringue).
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Step 3
Blend with a blender until smooth.
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Step 4
Stir the zest of one lemon into the filling.
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Step 5
Add baking powder to the sifted flour, and grate the chilled butter.
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Step 6
Rub the flour with butter into crumbs.
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Step 7
For baking it's best to use a removable pan, but you can also use a silicone one, pre‑lined with baking paper. Leave the free edges of the paper for easy removal of the pie from the pan. Spread the butter‑flour crumb into the pan, press it down, and form the edges.
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Step 8
Place the cottage cheese filling, bake in the oven at 180 °C for 25–30 minutes.
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Step 9
About 10 minutes before the baking time is up, beat the egg white with a pinch of salt into a soft foam, then, gradually adding the sugar, beat the egg white until stiff peaks form.
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Step 10
Take the pie out of the oven, spread meringue on top, use the flat side of a silicone spatula to form soft peaks, and return it to the oven for another 5–7 minutes.
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Step 11
Bake until a light color appears.
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Step 12
Before removing the “French pastry” from the pan, let it cool and carefully lift it out of the pan by pulling the free edges of the parchment paper. You can neatly trim the uneven edges with a knife; crumble the trimmed pieces over the pie.
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Step 13
If desired, the French tart with meringue can be garnished with fresh berries or fruit slices. It’s very tasty—try it yourself!