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Shortbread Vatrushka with Cottage Cheese and Poppy Seed

A shortbread pie with two fillings: ready-made poppy seed filling and a soft cottage cheese layer with lemon juice. A satisfying homemade dessert for tea.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Chilling the dough 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Cottage cheese pies
Cuisine: Home cooking
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Dough
  • 100 g butter
  • 1 egg
  • 200 g flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 50 g sugar
  • vanilla
Cottage cheese filling
  • 250 g cottage cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 60 g sugar
  • vanilla
  • lemon juice
Poppy seed filling
  • 250 g ready-made poppy seed filling

Method
 

Dough
  1. Melt the butter, add the sugar and egg, and stir together.
  2. Add the flour, baking powder and vanilla. Knead the dough by hand.
  3. Press the dough into the pan (mine is 18 cm), forming an edge. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Fillings and Baking
  1. Take the base out and spread the poppy seed filling over it.
  2. Blend the cottage cheese with sugar, vanilla, lemon juice and egg into a smooth mixture. Spread the cottage cheese mixture over the poppy seed filling.
  3. Bake the vatrushka for 1 hour at 170-180 °C (340-355 °F).
  4. Remove and let cool. That's it - enjoy!