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Filo pastry with cheese

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Number of servings: 6Cooking time: 55 minDifficulty: MediumMeal: Lunch

Prepare for a flavorful journey with our stylish cheese pie using exquisite phyllo dough. This simple yet elegant recipe allows you to quickly create endless gastronomic delights in your kitchen. Phyllo dough acts as a sophisticated base for our pie, giving the dish a delicate lightness thanks to its multilayered structure. Easy to prepare, using available ingredients, it will become a true highlight of the day. The rich cheese filling, made from the tenderest cottage cheese and fragrant suluguni, is hard to resist. Combined with the tender texture of the dough, the pie becomes a refined treat that easily adapts to the diverse taste preferences of the family.

Variations

- Add green onions and eggs for a meatier pie

- Use a mixture of cottage cheese and suluguni for a richer flavor

- Garnish with sesame seeds before baking

Secrets of tenderness and taste

- Allow the dough to slowly defrost at room temperature for 30 minutes

- Carefully handle the sheets as they are fragile

- Brush each sheet with melted butter for tenderness

Ingredient tips

- Kefir can be replaced with milk or sour cream

- Suluguni is best grated on a coarse grater

- Cottage cheese should have a smooth consistency without lumps

Nuances

- Brush the top sheet with egg for a nice golden color

- The pie can be eaten hot or cold

- Allow to cool for 20 minutes in the mold before slicing


Ingredients

Novus Frozen Phyllo Dough 400g

400g

Ferma Kefir 2.5% 840g

400 ml

Yagotynskyi Cottage Cheese 5% 350g

350g

Chicken Egg С1 1pc

5 pscs

Yagotynskyi Suluguni Cheese 45% 200g

200g

Galychyna Extra Sweet Cream Butter 82.5% 180g

180g

Preparation steps

01

Defrost phyllo dough at room temperature for 30 minutes. Grease the baking dish with melted butter.

02

Crack 5 eggs into a bowl, add 400 ml kefir and 400 g cottage cheese, mix until smooth. Salt to taste.

03

Grate suluguni cheese on a coarse grater.

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Place the first phyllo sheet in the baking dish. Brush with melted butter. Repeat for three sheets.

05

Sprinkle grated suluguni over the first layer, then pour half of the egg mixture.

06

Add three more phyllo sheets, brushing each with butter. Sprinkle remaining cheese, pour remaining egg mixture.