The best of casseroles and cheesecakes: apricot curd pie according to Tetiana Lytvynova's recipe

Apricots are delicious, flavorful, and very healthy summer fruits. They are often used to make compotes, jams, preserves, pie fillings, and delicious ice cream and sauces.

Cook Tetiana Lytvynova shared on Instagram a recipe for a delicious apricot pie on cottage cheese dough that will be better than casseroles and cheesecakes.

Ingredients:

• Cottage cheese 9% – 600 g

• Eggs – 6 pcs

• Sugar – 360 g
• Butter – 140 g

• Vanilla sugar – 20 g
• Baking powder – 30

• Lemon zest – 1 pc

• Salt – 1 tsp
• Wheat flour – 440 g

• Cardamom – 1 tsp

Method of preparation:

1. Beat the cottage cheese into a paste with an immersion blender.

2. Beat the eggs with the sugar.

3. Add the lemon zest and cardamom to the butter at room temperature.

4. Sift the flour, and add the baking powder and salt.

5. Add the beaten cheese to the beaten eggs, then the butter and spices, then the flour, and mix gently.

6. Put the dough on a baking sheet covered with parchment.

7. Place the apricot halves tightly on top and bake for 1 hour at 160°C.

7. Spread the finished cake with apricot jam and sprinkle with toasted almonds and powdered sugar.

The pie will be very tasty and flavorful! You can serve the dessert hot with ice cream.