Creamy Kefir and Cottage Cheese Pie

Lush, tender, very tasty — you just want another piece! Kefir pie with cottage cheese is made from the simplest and most affordable ingredients, but it turns out incredibly appetizing. Its delicate structure will leave few people indifferent. This pie will make any tea party festive.
cook time: 1h 30 min
Elijah Stroud
Creamy Kefir and Cottage Cheese Pie

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

281
Calories
11g
Fat
34g
Carbs
8g
Protein

Ingredients (5 portions)

Dough:

Wheat flour 150 g
Kefir 100 g
Sugar 100 g
Vegetable oil 50 ml
Eggs 1 pc
Baking powder 0.5 tsp
Soda 0.2 tsp

Filling:

Sugar 2 tbsp
Eggs 1 pc
Cottage cheese 150 g
Vanillin 1 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to bake a simple kefir pie with cottage cheese in the oven? First, prepare the necessary ingredients for the dough. Turn on the oven to 180 degrees in advance.

Step 2

Step 2
Pour the kefir into a separate container and add soda to it. Stir and leave for 5-7 minutes. During this time, the reaction between kefir and soda will begin. Read about all the nuances of working with soda in a separate article, link at the end of the recipe.

Step 3

Step 3
Beat the eggs into a separate bowl, add sugar and whisk until smooth.

Step 4

Step 4
Pour kefir into the egg mixture and stir.

Step 5

Step 5
Pour in the vegetable oil and mix everything well again.

Step 6

Step 6
Sift the flour with baking powder and add to the dough. Thanks to sifting, the flour will be saturated with oxygen, and the finished cake will turn out fluffier and airier.

Step 7

Step 7
Mix everything well. The dough should be quite thick.

Step 8

Step 8
Prepare the necessary ingredients for the filling. Take natural, high-quality cottage cheese, without milk fat substitutes. Read about how to choose cottage cheese for the filling in a separate article, link at the end of the recipe.

Step 9

Step 9
Grind cottage cheese with egg, sugar and vanilla. You should get a fairly dense mass. Vanillin can be replaced with vanilla sugar. Read how to do this correctly in a separate article at the link after the recipe.

Step 10

Step 10
Form small balls from the curd. The balls can be made colored by tinting them with juice. If the curd filling turns out to be runny and you either can’t make the balls at all or they fall apart, then you can add 1 tbsp. l. flour.

Step 11

Step 11
Pour the dough into the baking dish and smooth it out. Read about how to choose a baking dish in a separate article at the link at the end of the recipe. Place the curd balls on top, spaced apart. Bake the pie in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 40 minutes. The exact time depends on your oven. You can learn about the operating features of ovens by reading a separate article, link at the end of the recipe. Bon appetit!

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