Homemade puff pastry pie with cottage cheese

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a pie from homemade puff pastry with cottage cheese? Prepare all products. The specified amount of ingredients makes four pies. Therefore, if you wish, you can reduce the amount of products by half, or leave half the dough for freezing. It keeps well in the freezer. The main secret to getting good puff pastry is using high-quality butter. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance to soften it.

2. STEP 2

   

   Dissolve sugar and salt in a glass of warm water (about 30 degrees).

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour the mixture into a bowl and crack the egg into it. Mix everything. Add a tablespoon of vinegar (9%). Stir the mixture again

4. STEP 4

   

   Add sifted flour into this mixture. Thanks to sifting, it will be saturated with oxygen, and the finished pie will turn out more tender. Knead the dough. Depending on the quality of flour, you may need a little more or a little less. You can read more about flour and its properties in a separate article, link at the end of the recipe.

5. STEP 5

   

   The dough should be elastic and soft, not stick to your hands. Roll it into a ball.

6. STEP 6

   

   Divide the softened butter into four equal pieces.

7. STEP 7

   

   Also divide the dough into four equal pieces.

8. STEP 8

   

   Roll out each piece of dough on a floured board into a thin rectangular layer about 3 mm thick.

9. STEP 9

   

   Spread the butter, spreading it evenly over the dough with a spatula. For each piece of dough, a piece of butter.

10. STEP 10

    

    Roll the dough onto a rolling pin greased with vegetable oil and cut it lengthwise, remove the rolling pin.

11. STEP 11

    

    Fold the dough crosswise again. Do this with all the pieces of dough. Wrap the finished puff pastry in cling film and refrigerate for a couple of hours. Meanwhile, prepare the pie filling.

12. STEP 12

    

    Take natural, high-quality cottage cheese. Read about how to choose cottage cheese for the filling in a separate article, the link is at the end of the recipe. Divide the egg into two parts, half will go into the cottage cheese, and the other will be used to grease the pie. This is enough. Add sugar and a pinch of salt, an egg and a pinch of vanillin to a bowl with cottage cheese. Grind everything into a homogeneous mass. Turn on the oven to 200 degrees in advance. Puff pastry products are baked at maximum temperature.

13. STEP 13

    

    Prepare the streusel immediately. In a small cup, combine chopped butter, sugar and flour and grind everything into crumbs. While you prepare the pie, put the streusel in the refrigerator to prevent the butter from melting. Roll out the chilled dough into a thin rectangular layer.

14. STEP 14

    

    Make cuts at both ends (on the long sides) at an angle, but not reaching the center. Place the curd filling in the center.

15. STEP 15

    

    Wrap the ends of the dough, braiding the dough with the filling.

16. STEP 16

    

    Brush the top of the pie with beaten egg.

17. STEP 17

    

    Sprinkle with streusel. Place the pie in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20-30 minutes. The exact time depends on your oven. You can learn about the operating features of ovens by reading a separate article, link at the end of the recipe.

18. STEP 18

    

    Remove the browned cottage cheese pie from the oven. Let it cool slightly and serve with tea. Enjoy your tea!

Comments on the recipe

Maystin

12.09.2023

4.9

I had some cottage cheese left and I was thinking about what to cook with it. Scrolling through the feed, I saw a recipe for a pie made from puff pastry with cottage cheese, and I decided on it. I took ready-made puff pastry, this greatly reduced the cooking time, I just had to defrost it. I formed the cake as described in the recipe, brushed the top with beaten egg and sprinkled with streusel. Bake the pie until golden brown. In my oven it took longer than the author's. I and the whole family really liked the pie. I served it with tea. Once again I was convinced that baking with cottage cheese is very tasty! Thanks to the author for such a simple, quick and fantastically delicious recipe!