Cottage cheese pastry cups with berries
Description
The recipe won't take much time. You can make the cups not only from shortcrust pastry, but also from curd dough. By the way, they turn out even more delicate than those made with regular dough. To prepare curd dough cups with berries, you can use your favorite wild berries (either fresh or frozen). However, I recommend thawing the frozen ones beforehand, so that the juice and moisture drain from the berries; otherwise, the cups will become soggy and won't bake properly. The pastry is ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the cottage cheese dough: beat softened butter with sugar, then add sieved cottage cheese (you can also blend it in a blender), add egg, and mix. Then add vanilla essence, gradually add sifted flour, and knead the dough until it becomes smooth and soft. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for half an hour. Roll out the chilled dough thinly on a floured surface (up to 0.5 cm thick). Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 190°C.
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Step 2
Cut out circles from the dough using a glass, place them into tartlet molds, pressing the dough to form edges. Trim off excess dough from the edges. Reserve a little dough for further decoration of the tartlets.
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Step 3
Wash the berries, sprinkle with starch and sugar (approximately 3-4 tablespoons per 500 grams), gently mix, and let the berry juice thicken.
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Step 4
Place one or two teaspoons of filling into the baskets.
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Step 5
Cut strips from the remaining dough.
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Step 6
You can decorate the baskets like small pies by creating a lattice from sliced strips.
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Step 7
Or decorate the basket with a top like this, with a heart-shaped cutout.
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Step 8
Place the baskets in a preheated oven for 15–20 minutes. Then let them cool for about 10 minutes and carefully remove from the molds. Before serving, sprinkle the ready cottage cheese pastry baskets with berries with powdered sugar.