Cottage Cheese Pocket Tarts Czech Food

COTTAGE CHEESE POCKET TARTS - CZECH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Cream butter till fluffy. Add cottage cheese & blend VERY well.
• Work in flour & chill dough thoroughly.
• Roll on lightly floured surface into thin sheets & cut into squares.
• On ea square of dough, place 1 teaspoon of strawberry preserves. Fold over to make a triangle & press edges together w/tines of a fork.
• Place on baking sheet, bake for 15 min & serve warm.
• NOTE: Altho strawberry preserves are used in this recipe, more typically Czech fillings are suggested as well & include: prune, apricot or date-nut.

CZECH PASTRY COTTAGE CHEESE KOLACKY

Steps:

• Let butter soften in a bowl.
• When very soft mix butter and cottage cheese together.
• Add salt and sugar.
• Add flour last and mix by hand. To get dough to the consistency of pie dough.
• Put the dough in wax paper in the refrigerator overnight.
• If you want to bake it today leave the dough in the refrigerator at least for 3 hours.
• Then take it out and divide it into 3 parts.
• Take 1 part of the dough and put it on a floured table. Flatten the dough to a 1/8 of inch thick.
• Then take a small juice glass and cut round circle in the dough. (Put some flour on the rim of the glass if the dough start to stick). Take your thumb and make a dent in the middle of the dough. Fill it with apricot or any jam.
• Bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes or until lightly brown.

COTTAGE CHERRY TARTS

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350°F Mix flour and salt in a medium bowl. Cut shortening into flour mixture with pastry blender. Cut in cottage cheese and vanilla until a firm dough is formed.
• SPRINKLE counter with powdered sugar. Roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into 2-inch squares. Fill with 1/2 teaspoon preserves. Overlap opposite corners; seal tightly. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• BAKE 14 to 16 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely. Arrange on serving platter; sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.

TRADITIONAL CZECH COTTAGE CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Slightly mash cottage cheese.
• Stir in eggs, milk, sugar, and lemon juice; mix well.
• Stir in raisins.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Bake in 375 degree Fahrenheit oven for 40 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.