Shortbread cake with cottage cheese in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a shortbread pie with cottage cheese? Measure out the necessary 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 saturate it with oxygen. Thanks to this, the dough will rise better and the finished cake will be more crumbly and tender.

3. Step 3:

   

   Rub the soft butter with sugar and salt.

4. Step 4:

   

   Beat an egg into the resulting mixture.

5. Step 5:

   

   Mix everything well until smooth.

6. Step 6:

   

   Pour in the flour sifted with baking powder. Mix 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. You may take more or less flour than I do. Be guided by the consistency of the dough.

7. Step 7:

   

   The dough turns out soft, homogeneous, oily, not sticky to the hands.

8. Step 8:

   

   Divide the dough into 2 unequal parts. Most of the dough (a little more than half) will be the basis of the pie, wrap it in a bag or plastic wrap 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 cool well so that it can be easily grated.

9. Step 9:

   

   Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Cottage cheese and sour cream will suit any fat content. It is desirable that the cottage cheese is soft. Rinse the raisins thoroughly beforehand and dry them. You can add any berries or fruits to the filling, both fresh and canned. And you can not add anything.

11. Step 10:

    

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

12. Step 11:

    

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

13. Step 12:

    

    Whisk everything until you get a smooth, viscous mass.

14. Step 13:

    

    Add raisins to the curd mass, mix well.

15. Step 14:

    

    Cover the bottom of the baking dish with parchment. I baked in a split form d = 18 cm. I did not lubricate the walls of the mold 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. Take the dough out of the refrigerator, spread it with your hands on the bottom and walls of the mold, forming sides 3-4 cm high. If the diameter of the mold is larger, respectively, the height of the pie will be smaller.

16. Step 15:

    

    Put the filling on the dough.

17. Step 16:

    

    Grate the dough from the freezer on a coarse grater on top of the pie.

18. Step 17:

    

    Bake the cottage cheese pie in a preheated 180C oven for about 30 minutes until golden brown. The baking time may vary, as it depends on the specifics of the operation of a particular oven. Focus on your technique.

19. Step 18:

    

    Cool the finished cake completely, cut into portions and serve. Enjoy your meal!