Cherry and cottage cheese pie
Description
Just imagine: delicious shortcrust pastry, gentle sweet cottage cheese, and baked cherries... The dough is very easy to prepare! You can replace the cherries with any other seasonal berries or fruits—it will still taste great :) By the way, this recipe always saves me, both in summer and winter. Serve it warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1
Grease the baking pan (27 cm in diameter) with butter and coat with breadcrumbs, shaking off the excess.
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Step 2
Beat the butter with sugar until creamy.
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Step 3
Add the eggs and beat again.
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Step 4
Sift the flour with baking powder into a large bowl, add the oil mixture. Mix thoroughly.
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Step 5
For the filling, beat the cottage cheese, sugar, vanilla sugar, and eggs into a creamy mixture. It is convenient to do this using a food processor.
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Step 6
Place the dough into the pan; for convenience, you can wet your hands with water. Spread the dough evenly over the bottom and sides of the pan.
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Step 7
Place the cottage cheese on the dough. Remove the pits from the cherries, using a cherry pitter or a paperclip. Arrange the cherries on the filling. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar on top. Bake at 200°C for about 30 minutes.
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Step 8
Let the pie cool. You can decorate it with powdered sugar and mint leaves.