A custard pie made more delightful with the addition of cottage cheese It can be made in a pastry or graham cracker crust
Prep Time
3 hrs
Dificult
Medium
Servings
3 hrs 55 mins
Ingredients
Instructions
Place cottage cheese in a strainer and let drain for about 1 hour or until most of liquid has been drained.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
In a large bowl
combine cottage cheese
sugar
flour
lemon juice
salt
egg yolks
evaporated milk
and regular milk. Mix well.
In a separate clean bowl
beat egg whites until firm. Fold into cottage cheese mixture until smooth. Pour into pie crusts.
Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven; reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake for an additional 25 minutes
or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool pies on racks
then refrigerate for at least 2 hours (or up to 1 day for better flavor) before serving.