Vatrushki with raspberries
Description
Perfect with tea and coffee. Cottage cheese vatrushki are already delicious, and if you add raspberries to them, they become twice as delicious. The recipe is simple and manageable for any homemaker. Follow the step-by-step recipe and delight your loved ones with tasty homemade pastries.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Pour flour, yeast, salt, and sugar (35 grams) into a bowl for mixing the dough, and stir.
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Step 3
Make a well in the flour, pour in the warm milk and the beaten egg, and add the softened butter.
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Step 4
Knead the dough; you can knead it by hand, working it for at least 7–10 minutes, or use a mixer, in which case the kneading time will be shorter, about 5 minutes. The dough should become soft, elastic, and not stick to your hands.
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Step 5
Roll the dough into a ball, cover it with plastic wrap, and leave it in a warm place for 40–45 minutes.
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Step 6
During fermentation, the dough increased in size by at least 1.5–2 times.
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Step 7
While the dough was rising, prepare the filling. To do this, mix the cottage cheese and sugar (35 grams), and add a packet of vanilla sugar. If the cottage cheese is not soft enough, it should first be rubbed through a sieve.
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Step 8
Beat the curd mixture with a mixer.
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Step 9
Separate the egg white and yolk of one egg.
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Step 10
Beat the egg white with 25 grams of sugar until stiff peaks form.
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Step 11
Add the whipped egg white to the curd mixture, gently fold it in, trying to preserve the egg white’s airy texture.
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Step 12
Divide the dough into 10 equal parts, and shape each part into a ball. Place them on a baking sheet and make an indentation (you can use a glass). Fill the indentation with cottage cheese filling.
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Step 13
Whisk the egg yolk with a tablespoon of sugar, then use a pastry brush to glaze the vatrushki.
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Step 14
Arrange raspberries on top of the cottage cheese filling.
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Step 15
Bake the vatrushki in the oven for 35–40 minutes at a temperature of 180–200 degrees. If desired, you can dust the vatrushki with powdered sugar before serving. I wholeheartedly recommend making them!