Tartlets with cottage cheese and cherries
Description
Perfect with tea and coffee. Very delicious homemade pastry — shortcrust tartlets with a delicate cottage cheese filling and cherries — can be made at any time of year, without waiting for berry season, using either fresh or frozen cherries. A simple step-by-step recipe will help you delight your loved ones with tasty baked goods. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Beat the sugar with softened butter until fluffy.
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Step 3
Add 2 eggs to the butter mixture and beat for another 3–5 minutes.
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Step 4
Mix the dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking powder, and vanilla sugar. Add them to the whipped butter mixture and knead the dough.
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Step 5
As soon as all the ingredients are combined, wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
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Step 6
While the dough is in the refrigerator, prepare the cottage cheese filling. Blend the cottage cheese together with the egg until smooth.
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Step 7
Add sour cream to the curd mixture and mix.
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Step 8
Add powdered sugar, 1/2 packet of vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, and starch to the curd mixture. Mix the curd mixture until smooth. For easier piping into the tartlets, you can transfer it to a pastry bag.
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Step 9
Prepare the molds, grease them with butter and lightly dust with flour, shaking off any excess flour. Divide the batter among the molds and place them in the freezer for 15–20 minutes.
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Step 10
Place the cherries on the bottom of the tartlets.
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Step 11
Spread the curd mixture over the cherries. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
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Step 12
Bake the tartlet shells at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes. Carefully remove the tartlet shells from the molds when they have cooled slightly. Thanks to the preliminary preparation of the molds, the tartlet shells came out of the molds very easily.
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Step 13
If desired, before serving you can lightly dust the tartlets with powdered sugar. The tartlets with cottage cheese and cherries turned out exceptionally delicious, with a crumbly shortcrust base and a tasty cottage cheese filling.