Middle Eastern · Dessert
High-Protein Sweet Cheese Pies
A Middle Eastern-leaning sweet cheese pie rebuilt around a protein-forward filling: a thin butter shortcrust holds a smooth baked custard of low-fat cottage cheese, Greek yogurt and whey isolate, lifted with honey, lemon zest and cardamom, finished with chopped pistachio.
$1
20 minsPrep
26 minsCook
91 minsTotal
MediumLevel
Nutrition per serving
305Calories
20gProtein
10.7gFat
32.8gCarbs
14.2gSugar
1.3gFiber
219mgSodium
77mgChol
5.2gSat Fat
182mgPotassium
123mgCalcium
1.7mgIron
0.5mcgVitamin B12
1.7mgVitamin C
0gPolyol
0gAllulose
0gAlcohol
Goes well with
Lebanese Wine (Château Musar Red)
local
Turkish Coffee
international
vegetarian
sweet-spot
Instructions
1
Pulse the flour and cold cubed butter together until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs, then stir in the iced water a teaspoon at a time until a shaggy dough just comes together.
2
Press the dough into a disc, wrap, and chill for 20 minutes while you make the filling.
3
Blend the drained low-fat cottage cheese until completely smooth, then whisk in the Greek yogurt, whey protein isolate, beaten egg, sugar, honey, lemon zest and ground cardamom until glossy and lump-free.
4
Divide the chilled dough in two and press each piece into a 8cm individual tart tin, pushing it up the sides to form a thin shell; prick the base lightly with a fork.
5
Pour the cheese filling evenly into the two tin shells, filling almost to the rim.
6
Bake at 170°C (340°F) for 24-28 minutes until the filling is just set with a slight wobble in the centre and the crust edges are golden.
7
Cool the pies in their tins on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then transfer to the fridge to chill for at least 45 minutes until fully set.
8
Scatter the chopped pistachios over the top just before serving.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 1.6 oz45g all purpose flour
- 0.4 oz12g cold, cubed butter
- 2.1 oz60g well-drained, blended smooth cottage cheese lowfat
- 2.1 oz60g greek yogurt
- 0.7 oz20g unflavoured or vanilla whey protein isolate
- 5/85/8 eggs, beaten (30g)
- 0.5 oz14g sugar white
- 0.4 oz10g honey
- 0.2 oz5g zested lemon
- 0 oz1g ground cardamom
- 0.3 oz8g iced water
- 0.3 oz8g chopped, for topping pistachio
