Shortbread pie with cottage cheese in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 20 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make shortbread pie with cottage cheese? Measure out the required ingredients for the dough. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it becomes soft.

2. STEP 2

   

   Combine flour with baking powder. Sift the flour mixture to oxygenate it. Thanks to this, the dough will rise better and the finished pie will be more crumbly and tender.

3. STEP 3

   

   Grind soft butter with sugar and salt.

4. STEP 4

   

   Beat the egg into the resulting mixture.

5. STEP 5

   

   Mix everything well until smooth.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add flour sifted with baking powder. Stir first with a spoon, then knead the dough with your hands. Do this quickly so that the oil does not get too hot from the heat of your hands. It may take you more or less flour than it did for me. Focus on the consistency of the dough.

7. STEP 7

   

   The dough is soft, homogeneous, oily, and does not stick to your hands.

8. STEP 8

   

   Divide the dough into 2 unequal parts. Most of the dough (a little more than half) will be the base of the pie; wrap it in a bag or cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Place the rest of the dough (for the top of the pie) in the freezer. It should be well cooled so that it can be easily grated.

9. STEP 9

   

   Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Cottage cheese and sour cream are suitable for any fat content. It is desirable that the cottage cheese be soft. Rinse the raisins thoroughly and dry them first. You can add any berries or fruits to the filling, both fresh and canned. Or you don’t have to add anything.

10. STEP 10

    

    To make the filling more tender, grind the cottage cheese in a blender until smooth.

11. STEP 11

    

    Add egg, sugar, vanilla sugar and sour cream to the cottage cheese.

12. STEP 12

    

    Beat everything until you get a smooth, viscous mass.

13. STEP 13

    

    Add raisins to the curd mass and mix well.

14. STEP 14

    

    Line the bottom of the baking pan with parchment. I baked in a springform pan d=18 cm. I did not grease the walls of the pan with anything, since the dough contains a sufficient amount of oil. The finished cake easily moves away from the walls when the mold is opened. Remove the dough from the refrigerator, spread it with your hands along the bottom and sides of the mold, forming sides 3-4 cm high. If the diameter of the mold is larger, the height of the pie will be smaller.

15. STEP 15

    

    Place the filling on the dough.

16. STEP 16

    

    Grate the dough from the freezer on a coarse grater over the pie.

17. STEP 17

    

    Bake the pie with cottage cheese in an oven preheated to 180C for about 30 minutes until golden brown. Baking time may vary, as it depends on the operating characteristics of a particular oven. Focus on your technique.

18. STEP 18

    

    Cool the finished pie completely, cut into portions and serve. Bon appetit!