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INGREDIENTS
3 eggs;
60 ml (¼ cup) water;
1 tsp salt;
240g (2 cups) flour;
130 g (1 cup) shredded sharp cheese
160 g (1 cup) cottage cheese;
1 large sheet puff pastry, cut in half;
160 ml (⅔ cup) melted butter.
1 tbsp vegetable oil
METHOD
- Whisk eggs with salt and water. Add flour and knead until you left with totally non-sticky and a little bit hard to knead the dough.
- Form the dough into a log, cut into 8 pieces, roll them and set aside to rest for 1 hour.
- Dust your working surface with flour and roll out the dough into a disk. Add more flour on top, add another disk, more flour, one more disk of the dough and a final portion of flour.
- Roll out the stack of dough until you get 3 thinner layers. Separate the layer and roll each one of them individually until they are paper-thin and see-through.
- Repeat with leftover dough.
- Boil each sheet of dough in salted water with a little bit of vegetable oil for one minute, then transfer into a bowl with ice-cold water immediately. Make sure to add cold water to keep it cold all the time.
- Mix both types of cheese together until paste forms.
- Roll out each half of the pre-made puff pastry thinly to cover your baking sheet.
- Layer puff pastry to cover the bottom and the sides of the pan. Add a layer of cooked dough, drizzle with butter and repeat this process with another 3 layers of cooked dough.
- Spread cheese filling on top, add another layer of cooked dough, more butter and continue until you fill the pan with buttered layers of cooked dough.
- Cover with another thinly rolled sheet of puff pastry, tuck the sides, cut off the excess if needed.
- Brush the surface with leftover butter and bake at 190C/375F for 40 minutes. Leave to cool down before slicing.