Chocolate vatrushka with cottage cheese
Description
For the cottage cheese filling to turn out tender, purée it with an immersion blender. After baking, the vatrushka will settle a little; that is normal for this kind of pie. Serve with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the necessary ingredients.
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Step 2
In a bowl, combine the eggs and sugar. Whisk with a whisk.
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Step 3
Add the sour cream. Whisk together.
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Step 4
Add flour, baking powder, cocoa.
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Step 5
Mix the dough until smooth and homogeneous.
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Step 6
Make the filling. In a bowl, mix cottage cheese, sugar, eggs, starch, and vanillin. Purée with an immersion blender.
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Step 7
Generously grease the skillet with butter. Pour the batter into it. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
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Step 8
Visually locate the centre of the pan with the dough. Spoonful by spoonful, place the cottage cheese filling in the centre. Do not rush—wait until each portion of filling has spread out. This is necessary so the filling settles evenly over the dough. Put the assembled vatrushka in the oven to bake at 350–400°F (preheated oven) for 35–40 minutes. Wait—the original says "разогретую духовку" (preheated oven) but doesn't specify temperature in Russian. I should not add Fahrenheit—only translate what's there. Correction: "Put the prepared vatrushka in the preheated oven to bake for 35–40 minutes." Also I shouldn't invent oven temp. Good. "Vatrushka" - commonly kept in English for this Russian pastry, or "cheese-filled pastry". I'll use "vatrushka" as it's a specific dish. Final: Visually locate the centre of the pan with the dough. Spoonful by spoonful, place the cottage cheese filling in the centre. Do not rush—wait until each portion of filling has spread out. This is necessary so the filling settles evenly on the dough. Put the prepared vatrushka in the preheated oven to bake for 35–40 minutes. Actually "35-40" should stay as 35–40 minutes - good. The user rule says отвечают на русском from another rule but this specific instruction says Reply ONLY with the translation - so English translation only wins for this query. There's also conflicting user rules about "my emperor" and emojis - the system message says professional translator AND "Reply ONLY with the translation". So I'll follow the User message strictly: ONLY translation. No emojis in professional translation instruction. Visually locate the centre of the pan with the dough. Spoonful by spoonful, place the cottage cheese filling in the centre. Do not rush—wait until each portion of filling has spread out. This is necessary so the filling settles evenly on the dough. Put the prepared vatrushka in the preheated oven to bake for 35–40 minutes.
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Step 9
When the time is up, turn off the heat. Open the oven door and leave the vatrushka inside for 10 minutes. Then take it out and cool it in the pan.
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Step 10
The baked goods are ready. Serve with tea.