Cottage cheese and cheese pie

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a delicious cake with cottage cheese and cheese? Start by preparing the necessary ingredients for the filling. It is better to take cottage cheese not dry, with a fat content of 5% or higher. The fatter the cottage cheese, the tastier the pie will turn out. Cottage cheese in briquettes will do. Eggs need large selected ones. If the eggs are small, take 3 pieces. Cheese - any. You can use the usual type of Russian, Gouda or suluguni, mozzarella for pizza.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the dill, dry it and chop it finely. In addition to dill, you can take other herbs - parsley, cilantro, green onions or a mixture of different herbs.

3. Step 3:

   

   If you have cottage cheese not in briquettes, but in lumps, rub it through a sieve or rub it thoroughly with a fork.

4. Step 4:

   

   Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

5. Step 5:

   

   Combine cottage cheese, eggs and cheese in a bowl. Mix everything thoroughly.

6. Step 6:

   

   Add chopped dill and garlic cloves passed through the press. If you want the pie to have a milder taste, you can put less garlic or not add it at all. Add salt carefully and only after you taste the filling. Usually there is already enough salt in the cheese and additional salt can spoil the dish, especially since the dough will turn out to be salty anyway.

7. Step 7:

   

   Mix well again. It will turn out a fairly thick mass. The filling is ready.

9. Step 8:

   

   Now start preparing the dough. Take flour of the highest grade, eggs can be of the first category, you can also select. Butter should be at room temperature, so take it out of the refrigerator in advance.

10. Step 9:

    

    Combine eggs with soft butter and mix. Do not even try to beat until smooth - butter does not combine with liquid ingredients. It will still float on the surface in small droplets.

11. Step 10:

    

    Add the sifted flour, salt and baking powder.

12. Step 11:

    

    Knead a soft elastic dough. It is not necessary to knead the shortbread dough for a long time, it will come off quickly enough from both hands and dishes. Depending on the type of flour, the size of the eggs, you may need more or less flour. I added another 1 tbsp . l . The dough turns out to be soft, like fluff, and very pliable.

13. Step 12:

    

    Spread the dough on the bottom and walls of a parchment-lined and oiled split mold or baking ring (Ø 20-22 cm). I have a cooking ring with a diameter of 20 cm. There should be no damage on the dough through which the filling can flow.

14. Step 13:

    

    Put the cheese-curd filling on the dough and smooth it out. Bake the pie in a preheated 180 ° C oven for about 45 minutes. The exact baking time depends on the characteristics of your oven and the thickness of the pie. In the middle of the process, it is desirable to expand the pie with the other side so that it is baked evenly.

15. Step 14:

    

    Put the finished pie on a platter and serve it to the table hot or chilled. Enjoy your meal!