Cottage Cheese Cake || EASY & TASTY Cottage Tart! Recipe by Always Yummy!

cottage cheese

🥗Healthier: ricotta cheese

💰Cheaper: quark

Ricotta provides a similar texture with fewer calories.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds natural sweetness with a distinct flavor.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: almond flour

💰Cheaper: whole wheat flour

Almond flour is gluten-free and adds a nutty taste.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is dairy-free and adds a tropical flavor.

Heat the oven to 350°F | 180°C.

Grate the cold butter into a bowl.

Add 14 oz / 400 g of the sieved flour, 5 oz | 150 g of sugar, baking powder, ⅓ tsp of vanilla sugar and a pinch of salt, rub the mixture well with hands or in a blender until bread crumbs texture.

Into another bowl add 17,5 oz | 500 g of cottage cheese, 4 eggs, 5 oz | 150 g of sugar and ⅓ tsp of vanilla sugar and beat well the mixture with the blender until smooth.

Line a baking pan with a parchment paper, pour ⅔ of the shortbread pastry, even with a spatula and make small skirting out of it with hands.

Pour in the prepared cottage cheese filling.

Then spread evenly the rest of pastry through a sieve on the filling, so the tart is going to be fluffy and crispy, make the surface even with the spatula.

Bake the tart at 350°F | 180°C for 50 minutes.

Take it out of the oven and chill in a cold place for 2-3 hours.

Serve the cottage cheese tart as a dessert for your tea or coffee.

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