2020-08-13 / test@t

Italian pie

This Italian pie is a kind of pizza, but with crumbly dough, delicate curd and cheese filling and ham.

Ingredients

500 g dry fat cottage cheese
2-3 tbsp. l. sour cream
300 g ham
300 g hard cheese
1 tsp dried italian herbs
salt, freshly ground black pepper
additional 1 egg yolk for brushing
4 cups flour
350 g cold butter
150 g sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt

STEP-BY-STEP COOKING RECIPE

Step 1

Sift flour into the bowl of a food processor with a knife attachment, add salt, sugar and diced cold butter. Grind to a coarse crumb state, add sour cream and turn on the processor for another 3-4 seconds so that the dough gathers into a lump. Add 2 tbsp if needed. l. cold water.

Step 2

Transfer the dough to a work surface and knead quickly. Roll into a ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Step 3

For the filling, beat the cottage cheese with a mixer with sour cream, add salt, pepper and dried herbs. Cut the ham into small cubes, grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Combine the curd filling with ham and cheese.

Step 4

Separate some of the dough for decoration, divide the rest into two unequal pieces. Roll out most of the dough into a 3 mm thick layer and place in a round shape with low sides, 30 cm in diameter, or another of similar volume. The ends of the dough should hang slightly.

Step 5

Place the filling over the dough and flatten.

Step 6

Roll out the remaining dough, place on the cake, pinch and prick with a fork. Brush the surface of the pie with yolk.

Step 7

Roll out the dough for decoration and cut out three long, thin strips. Weave them into a braid. Lay the braid along the side of the pie, brush with yolk.

Step 8

Preheat oven to 180 ° C. Place the pie in the oven and bake for 40-50 minutes. Serve warm or cool completely.

Cooking time

1h 40m

Servings

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