Giraffe Cottage Cheese Pie

Name: Giraffe Cottage Cheese Pie
Ingredients: 100 g butter; 100 g sugar; 1 egg; 250 g flour; 2 tbsp cocoa powder; 2 tsp baking powder (or 1 tsp baking soda); 400 g cottage cheese; 200 g sour cream; 2 eggs; 150 g sugar; 3 tbsp starch; 1/5 tsp vanilla powder

A truly delicious cottage cheese pie called "Giraffe"! The pie gets its name from its appearance — specifically its spotted top surface. The base is a crumbly shortcrust dough made with cocoa, and inside is the most wonderful cottage cheese filling!

Ingredients:

Dough:
100 g butter
100 g sugar
1 egg
250 g flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder (or 1 tsp baking soda)
Filling:
400 g cottage cheese
200 g sour cream
2 eggs
150 g sugar
3 tbsp starch
1/5 tsp vanilla powder

How to cook giraffe cottage cheese pie

Make the dough. Cream the softened butter with the sugar.

Add the egg and mix well.

Add the flour, cocoa, and baking powder (or baking soda), knead the dough, and shape it into a ball with your hands.

Break off a quarter of the dough ball and set it aside. Press the remaining dough into your pan (mine is 22 cm in diameter), spreading it across the bottom with your hands and forming fairly tall sides (at least 5–6 centimeters). Place the pan with the dough and the reserved piece of dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Make the filling. Place the cottage cheese, sour cream, sugar, starch, vanilla powder, and eggs into a deep bowl.

Beat with a mixer until smooth and uniform.

Pour the filling into the pan with the dough.

Tear the reserved piece of dough into small pieces. I shaped 7 of them into long, narrow strips and arranged them in a circle along the edge. I shaped the remaining 9 into flat rounds and placed them across the surface of the filling. Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for 1 hour.