Easter Pie
Description
Perfectly pairs with tea and coffee. This cake will become a centerpiece of your Easter table alongside Easter bread, paskha, and painted eggs. Beautiful to look at, delicious and original in appearance when sliced, everyone will be delighted to see it. The hostess won't get tired during preparation, as we'll be using ready-made puff pastry, which is easy to work with. The filling won't cause any trouble either. I'll let you in on a secret: the most time-consuming part for me was braiding the little braids :) The pastry is ready. Serve it at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. First of all, take out the dough and let it thaw. Then we'll prepare the spinach. Put fresh spinach into boiling water and cook for just one minute after the water starts boiling. Then drain into a colander and let it cool.
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Step 2
2. Let the spinach cool, then squeeze out the moisture and chop it finely.
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Step 3
3. Press the cottage cheese through a sieve (if it's very wet, squeeze out the excess liquid), then mix in finely grated hard cheese, chopped spinach, egg, and spices.
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Step 4
4. Mix, adjust to taste. Optionally, add minced garlic. Peel the hard-boiled eggs.
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Step 5
5. I have two sheets of puff pastry; join them together, slightly overlapping one sheet over the other. Then run a fork along the seam to press it together. Gently roll out the pastry sheet wider (I ended up with a width of 28 cm). I recommend working with the pastry on parchment paper.
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Step 6
6. Leaving about 5-6 cm from the edge of the dough, place half of the filling and arrange the boiled eggs on top.
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Step 7
7. Fill the gaps, shaping the remaining cottage cheese-spinach mixture into a roll.
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Step 8
8. Now wrap the filling in the dough, leaving the opposite edge free (about 9 cm). Cut with a sharp knife into strips approximately 1 cm wide. The number of strips should be divisible by 3.
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Step 9
9. Do you know how to braid? :) Braid beautiful and neat braids, pinching their ends.
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Step 10
10. Mix the yolk with milk, brush the pie base with it. Then decorate with braids as shown in the photo.
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Step 11
11. Roll the pie into a ring, carefully seal the joint. Brush once more with yolk mixed with milk and place in a preheated oven at 180 degrees.
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Step 12
12. Bake for about 35 minutes until golden brown.
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Step 13
13. Serve warm, filled with whatever your heart desires :)
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Step 14
14. And this is what the pie looks like when sliced—beautiful and delicious!