For lovers of homemade baking, I propose to replenish the piggy bank of culinary recipes and add another successful version of curd and shortbread dough. It will be the basis for many baking options. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Delicate shortbread dough with cottage cheese is suitable for preparing a wide variety of pastries of open pies, tartlets, blanks for cakes-baskets, rolls, cakes, pies, cookies, etc. It can be called a universal hostess assistant, because absolutely any filling is acceptable, both sweet and salty. Be sure to try the delicious homemade shortcrust pastry dough. Because cottage cheese baked goods are not only tasty, but healthy. Cottage cheese is rich in protein and vitamins, which are not lost even after heat treatment. Even those who do not like cottage cheese in their own form love curd dough. Indeed, in the dough, its taste is not felt at all.
Any cottage cheese is suitable for baking. To make it more tender, before preparing the dough, you can additionally wipe it through a sieve, twist it in a meat grinder, beat with a blender, or simply mash it with a fork. It is very easy to prepare such a dough. Even a novice in the kitchen can make it quickly and easily. It is pliable in work, rolls out well, does not stick to hands and work surface. And if you cook it in a food processor, then in general it will take a few minutes.
See also how to make a curd casserole with cherries and semolina.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 503 kcal.
- Servings - 500 g
- Cooking time - 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Butter - 100 g
- Flour - 250 g
- Cottage cheese - 150 g
- Baking soda - 0.5 tsp
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Salt - a pinch
Step-by-step preparation of cottage cheese-shortbread dough, recipe with photo:
1. We will cook the dough in a food processor. Place the "cutting knife" attachment in the bowl of the appliance and place the butter in slices. It is unnecessary to melt the butter or use frozen. It should only be brought to softness so that it becomes plastic for mixing with curd. It is enough to take the oil from the refrigerator or keep it at room temperature for 15 minutes.
2. Next, put the cottage cheese without grains into the bowl of the food processor, otherwise the curd grains in the baked goods may turn into hard lumps. Choose a homogeneous cottage cheese or pre-grind it with a blender or meat grinder. This is especially true if the dough is kneaded by hand. The fat content of the curd does not matter, the main thing is that it is dry.
3. Pour flour to the food, which is desirable to sift through a fine sieve, so that it is enriched with oxygen, the dough is softer and the baked goods are softer.
4. Also add salt, sugar and baking soda.
5. Place the lid on the combine bowl and place it on the appliance.
6. Quickly replace the elastic and soft shortbread dough so that it does not stick to the sides of the dishes and hands. Store the baked goods from it in a closed container, then it will be soft. If left on a plate in the open air, it will become crumbly.
See also a video recipe on how to make shortbread curd dough.
