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Ingredients

For the dough:

Flour 250 g

Butter 125 g

Icing sugar 100 g

Egg 1

Baking powder 1 tsp

For the filling:

Egg 3

Icing sugar 100 g

Vanilla sugar 15 g

Fat cottage cheese 600 g

Starch 30 g

Cream 33% 240 g



Chop the flour and chilled butter, cut into pieces, into crumbs with a knife. Add the icing sugar and baking powder, mix well, add the egg, and knead the dough.



Divide the dough into two unequal parts. The smaller part will be used for the bottom, and the larger part for the sides. Roll the dough out (between two sheets of parchment paper or two pieces of cling film), remove the top sheet/film, carefully transfer it to a 21 cm (8.5 in) pie pan, dough side down, and remove the second sheet/film. Roll out the second piece of dough in the same way, forming the edge of the pie. Refrigerate the pan with the dough.

Filling: Separate the yolks from the whites and beat with powdered sugar and vanilla sugar until pale. Use a mixer for this. Add the cottage cheese, previously strained through a sieve or blended, and the starch, and mix. Add the cream and mix again.

Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Place a third of the beaten whites on top of the cottage cheese-yolk mixture and fold in with a spatula. Fold in the remaining whites and gently fold, turning the bowl with your free hand.

 

Remove the pan from the refrigerator and pour the prepared filling into it. Tap the pan briefly on the counter a couple of times to remove any air trapped inside the filling while transferring it. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (350°F) for 65-75 minutes. Important! Do not open the oven for the first 40 minutes. It's equally important to let the pie cool completely before removing it from the pan and slicing.



Enjoy!