Braided rings with cottage cheese
Origin of the recipe
Braided rings with cottage cheese are a traditional dish often found in Russian and Eastern European cuisine. They are sweet or savory pastries filled with cottage cheese and can be shaped into braided rings or other shapes.
What do you need for cooking?
Ingredients
Dough
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Milk
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Fresh yeast
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Eggs
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Vegetable oil
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Salt
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Sugar
Filling
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Cottage cheese
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Sugar
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Egg whites
Kitchen utensils
- Knife
- Bowls
- rolling pin
- Baking tray
- Whisk
- shoulder blade
- Paper
Making these beautiful braided curd rings requires precision and patience, but it's worth it! This unique pastry would even be a beautiful addition to your holiday table.
Step-by-step recipe
Step 1:
Pour warm milk into a bowl, add yeast, two eggs, vegetable oil, salt, and sugar. Whisk.
Step 2:
Add flour, mix with a spatula and knead with your hand.
Step 3:
Cover the dough with film and leave for an hour.
Step 4:
Place the cottage cheese in a clean bowl, sprinkle with sugar, and add the egg white. Mix.
Step 5:
Divide the dough into equal parts and roll into balls.
Step 6:
Dust the ball with flour, flatten it and roll it out into an elongated oval.
Step 7:
Make parallel cuts inside the oval, without reaching the edges.
Step 8:
Weave the resulting dough loops together in sequence.
Step 9:
Place the curd filling along the braid and join the edges.
Step 10:
Roll the pie into a ring with the braided side facing out and seal. Repeat the same steps with the remaining portions of dough.
Step 11:
Place the braids on a baking sheet lined with paper and brush with egg.
Step 12:
Bake for 20-25 minutes at 180 degrees.
Cooking tips
While you are working with one portion of dough, cover the remaining pieces with film.
Make the edges free from cuts wide enough to prevent the structure from falling apart.
