Poppy cheese cake

Method

1. 01

   Ingredients for poppy cake with cottage cheese (see photo)

2. 02

   Prepare the poppy stuffing. To do this, wash the poppy with cold water, carefully drain the water. Pour the poppy with boiling water, tightly cover and leave to steam for 30 minutes. Then drain the excess water, and punch the poppy in a coffee grinder or blender until the white juice appears. The poppy mass should become obedient and in no case crumble. You can also use a submersible blender or a mechanical meat grinder. Scrolling the poppy at least 2-3 times, until it is completely softened.

3. 03

   Then you need to add sugar and a pinch of salt. It's good to stir the poppy stuffing. Many people add eggs or milk to it, I don’t mix tastes. Properly processed poppy should keep its shape without any additives and be dry.

4. 04

   Prepare the cheese filling. To do this, mix cottage cheese with eggs, sugar, vanillin and peel. The filling is quite liquid, and so it is necessary.

5. 05

   For the dough, mix flour, sugar, cut the butter, add vanillin and rub everything into a crumb.

6. 06

   The form is lined with bakery paper for easier extraction of the finished cake. Pour half the crumb to the bottom of the mold.

7. 07

   Then lay the poppy filling in a circle, so that it turns out 2 circles in the middle.

8. 08

   In the free space to lay out the curd filling. It's convenient to do it with a teaspoon.

9. 09

   Cover everything with the rest of the crumb. Sprinkle walnuts. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 180 degrees.

10. 10

    The finished cake is completely cooled in shape. Then pull the paper and release the form.

11. 11

    You can leave it alone, it is beautiful and self-sufficient.

12. 12

    But I decorated it with melted chocolate.

13. 13

    This poppy pie is very soft, literally melting in your mouth. Want to try it?