Cottage cheese pie with crumbly shortbread topping
Description
The baking is simple and quick. The pie with orange turns out very delicious. Of course, you can replace it with other fruits, but it tastes better with oranges (the zest gives a distinctive flavor). If unexpected guests are at your door, a cottage cheese pie with crumbly topping is exactly what you need. The baking is ready. Serve it at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. First, prepare the dough: rub the flour, sugar, and butter together until crumbly.
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Step 2
2. The finished dough looks like this.
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Step 3
3. Now we proceed to the filling: pass the orange and cottage cheese through a meat grinder. The orange should be passed through with the peel on.
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Step 4
4. Add the eggs and mix the mass, then gradually add the sugar. Mix again until the consistency is uniform.
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Step 5
5. It is very important that the mixture is not paste-like, but grainy.
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Step 6
6. Two-thirds of the prepared dough should be placed into the pan and smoothed out. There should be air between the grains so that the mixture is not compacted.
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Step 7
7. Be sure to create edges to prevent the filling from leaking, then pour the filling over the entire surface of the crumb mixture.
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Step 8
8. Cover with the remaining dough and bake in a preheated oven for 45-50 minutes. Instead of orange, you can add dried apricots, prunes, or any other fruit.