This is one of my grandmother’s favorite pies. I used to eat it a lot during my childhood. It stays fresh 3-4 days. Soaking raisins in rum is optional, you don’t have to, but it is much better if you do. I didn’t count refrigerator time into preparation time.

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Name: Croatian cheese pie
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Croatian
Ingredients: 300 grams All purpose flour; 150 grams Butter; 2 Egg yolks; 2 tablespoons Bread crumbs; 120 grams Sour cream; 1 Lemon zest; 40 grams Sugar; 3 grams Salt; 400 grams Cottage cheese; 150 grams Sour cream; 100 grams Sugar; 20 grams Raisins; 20 grams sugar with vanilla flavor; 2 Egg yolks; 4 Egg whites; 1 Lemon zest

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INGREDIENTS

300 grams All purpose flour
150 grams Butter
2 Egg yolks
2 tablespoons Bread crumbs
120 grams Sour cream
1 Lemon zest
40 grams Sugar
3 grams Salt
400 grams Cottage cheese
150 grams Sour cream
100 grams Sugar
20 grams Raisins
20 grams sugar ; with vanilla flavor
2 Egg yolks
4 Egg whites
1 Lemon zest

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INSTRUCTIONS

Prepare the stuffing by mixing well cheese, sour cream, yolks, sugar, and vanilla sugar. Soak raisins in plum brandy or rum until swell up (usually 2 hours if you warm it). From egg white make “snow” and add into stuffing, and add raisins. At the end add grated lemon rinds. Roll the rest of dough into ½ cm thin sheet. Cover the bottom of 28cm low rim cake pan with butter, and put onto it a dough sheet. Make sure that the rim is also covered with dough from inside. Pour cheese stuffing on dough. Roll the rest of the dough into thin sheet and put over the cheese making sure that it is covered. Poke 10 holes with a fork on the cover. Put the pie into preheated oven on 170°C and bake 50-60 minutes or until it gets light golden.

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Croatian cheese pie

300 grams All purpose flour 
150 grams Butter 
2  Egg yolks 
2 tablespoons Bread crumbs 
120 grams Sour cream 
1  Lemon zest 
40 grams Sugar 
3 grams Salt 
400 grams Cottage cheese 
150 grams Sour cream 
100 grams Sugar 
20  grams Raisins 
20 grams sugar with vanilla flavor
2  Egg yolks 
4  Egg whites  
1  Lemon zest

Make dough following this schedule: flour, breadcrumbs, and lemon rinds, sugar, baking powder, salt, and vanilla flavored sugar and melted butter. Mix everything in a bowl and at the end add egg yolks. Mix some more and add sour cream. Mix more until you get nice greasy dough. If it is too greasy you can add some more flour. When done, put into refrigerator for 2 hours. After 2 hours, put the dough out and work a little to make it soft. Cut ¼ of the dough and put aside. 
Prepare the stuffing by mixing well cheese, sour cream, yolks, sugar, and vanilla sugar. Soak raisins in plum brandy or rum until swell up (usually 2 hours if you warm it). From egg white make “snow” and add into stuffing, and add raisins. At the end add grated lemon rinds. Roll the rest of dough into ½ cm thin sheet. Cover the bottom of 28cm low rim cake pan with butter, and put onto it a dough sheet. Make sure that the rim is also covered with dough from inside. Pour cheese stuffing on dough. Roll the rest of the dough into thin sheet and put over the cheese making sure that it is covered. Poke 10 holes with a fork on the cover. Put the pie into preheated oven on 170°C and bake 50-60 minutes or until it gets light golden.

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (159g)
Recipe Makes: 8 Servings

Calories: 362
Calories from Fat: 206 (57%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 22.9g	31 %
	Saturated Fat 13.7g	69 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 6.5g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 1.2g
Cholesterol 159mg		49 %
Sodium 379.2mg		13 %
Potassium 191mg		5 %
Total Carbohydrate 28.6g		8 %
	Dietary Fiber 1g	4 %
	Sugars, other 27.6g
Protein 12.3g		18 %
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Calories per serving: 362

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