Poppyseed and cherry cottage cheese pie
BackDESCRIPTION OF THE DISH
Poppyseed and cherry cottage cheese pie is a light creamy dessert made of homemade cottage cheese, eggs and sour cream, which has long ago won over everyone who has a sweet tooth. A slice of poppy seed-crusted cottage cheese pie with sweat cherries is a great alternative to the desserts sold at stores.
This traditional fluffy dessert is extremely delicious and healthy. Cottage cheese, which is one of the pie’s ingredients, is an indispensable source of protein, healthy fats and calcium. Poppy seeds provide your body with fibres, improve sleep and relieve fatigue. And juicy cherries, ripened under the August sunshine and warmth, will add a pleasant sourness and ensure an explosion of vitamins on your plate.
Be sure to make this delicious cherry cottage cheese pie with a poppyseed crust, and you will be amazed by its unique creamy taste.
Delicate poppyseed and cherry cottage cheese pie
Made of wholemeal flour, homemade cottage cheese and fresh milk, poppyseed cheese pie combines all the tenderness of cream and benefits of summer nature’s offerings. A gorgeous cherry crown is a juicy final flourish that fills the dish with vitamins and pleases every foodie’s heart, making the cottage cheese pie a holiday staple. Be sure to try it. This flavourful cottage cheese pie simply melts in your mouth!
Ingredients
| Poppyseed layer | ||
| RudTM Volohodske Butter, 82.5 % | 200 g | |
| Poppy seeds | 150 g | |
| Sugar | 230 g | |
| Eggs | 3 | |
| Flour | 200 g | |
| Salt | 0.5 ts | |
| Baking powder | 2 ts | |
| Vanilla sugar | 8 g | |
| Cottage cheese layer | ||
| RudTM Cottage Cheese, 9% | 600 g | |
| Fat cream, 20% | 250 ml | |
| Eggs | 5 | |
| Starch | 3 tbs | |
| RudTM Volohodske Butter, 82,5 % | 50 g | |
| Sugar | 120 g | |
| Vanilla sugar | 16 g | |
| Cherry layer | ||
| RudTM Sour Cream, 21 % | 200 g | |
| Sugar | 180 g | |
| RudTM frozen cherries | 400 g | |
| Baking soda | 2 ts | |
| Rum | 50 ml | |
| Coconut flakes | 50 g |
Cooking
Poppyseed crust
Step one
Put the poppy seeds in milk and bring to a boil over lower heat. Remove from heat, let it cool and strain using a piece of gauze. Grind the steamed poppy seeds in a blender until homogeneous.
Pre-heat the oven to 180 °C.
Step two
Mix the eggs and vanilla sugar in a deep bowl, add a pinch of salt. Whip until smooth. Add small portions of butter while whipping. Next add flour, baking powder and poppy seeds with sugar. Mix all he ingredients thoroughly.
Step three
Grease a baking pan with butter and sprinkle it with breadcrumbs. Shake off the extra crumbs and pour the poppy seed mixture into the baking pan. Bake the crust layer in the oven for 30 minutes. How to know when your crust is done: a toothpick inserted into the centre of the crust should come out clean and dry. Take out the baking pan from the oven and let the poppy seed crust cool completely. In the meantime, let’s make our cottage cheese pie.
Cottage cheese pie
Step one
Preheat the oven to 170 °C.
Whip the cream cheese with the butter and eggs until smooth and fluffy. While whipping the mixture, pour small portions of cream, add sugar and starch. Do not to overdo it, because if you beat the eggs too hard, the cottage cheese pie will rise quickly but sink very soon.
Step two
Pour the cream cheese mixture onto the cool poppy seed crust. Place it in the oven, cover with foil and bake for one hour. Ensure that the cottage cheese pie is baked well, especially in the middle.
Let the baked pie cool in the oven, then leave it in the refrigerator for four hours.
Cherry layer
Step one
Defrost the cherries and put them with the juice and 100 g of sugar into a small saucepan. Simmer over medium heat for two or three minutes. Stir the cherry syrup all the time.
Step two
Thoroughly mix the starch with rum, add the mixture to the cherries and cook until thick. Remove from heat, let it cool completely.
Step three
Take out the cooled poppy seed cottage cheese pie from the baking pan. Whip the sour cream with sugar and put it evenly on top of the pie. Put the cherry sauce on top. You can also generously sprinkle the cake with coconut flakes to add a winter look to your pie.
Invite your close ones to the table and treat them with a piece of amazing poppy seed cottage cheese pie.
