Ingredients
Dough:
- 200 gram Flour wheat / Flour
- 150 gram Butter
- 1 piece Chicken egg
- 1 teaspoon Lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon Tangerine zest
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
Cottage cheese filling:
- 250 gram Cottage cheese
- 1 piece Chicken egg
- 1 tablespoon Corn starch
- 4 tablespoons Lemon juice
- 5 tablespoons Tangerine juice
- 1 piece Tangerine
- 1 teaspoon Lemon zest
- 50 gram Sugar powder
Custard:
- 250 ml Milk
- 1 piece Chicken egg
- 100 gram Sugar
- 25 gram Butter
- 2 tablespoons Corn starch
- 2 teaspoons Lemon zest
- 1 gram Food coloring
Instructions
- Prepare the shortbread dough. - Add flour (flour may need a little more or less), butter (butter should be cooled), egg, baking powder, salt, lemon zest and tangerine to the bowl of the mixer and knead the dough.
- The finished dough is rolled out into a thin layer and transferred to the prepared mold (I covered the mold with parchment paper and greased with vegetable oil, the diameter of the mold is 25 cm), press the dough to the edges of the mold, form the sides. Put the dough form in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Prepare the custard. - In a saucepan with a thick bottom, mix starch, sugar, egg, add milk and put on a slow fire, stirring constantly to avoid the formation of lumps. As soon as the custard thickens and begins to boil, remove from the stove. Add the soft butter, lemon zest and dye (yellow) to the hot custard until completely dissolved. Cover the custard with cling film "in contact" and leave to cool at room temperature.
- We take the cooled dough out of the refrigerator with a fork and make punctures around the perimeter of the workpiece.
- From the remains of the dough we sculpt Christmas trees.
- Cover the blank with parchment paper and pour out the oppression — it can be a pack of beans, peas, nuts or special bones for baking. Place the Christmas trees on a baking tray. We put it to bake in a preheated 180 gr. oven for 15-20 minutes.
- We prepare the cottage cheese filling. - In a bowl, mix cottage cheese, egg, powdered sugar, corn starch, lemon and tangerine juices, lemon zest, whisk everything with a blender into a homogeneous mass. Then add one tangerine, cut into small pieces (the tangerine is peeled from the films).
- We take the base out of the oven and remove the parchment paper along with the yoke. And distribute the cooked curd filling, leveling it over the entire surface. Put in the oven at a temperature of 180 gr. for another 15 minutes.
- Remove the finished pie from the oven, let it cool down a little and cover with custard.
- The finished cake is transferred to a dish and decorated with Christmas trees.
- Enjoy your tea!