Cottage Cheese Pie


Course : Pies
Serves: 6
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Ingredients:


1 1/2 cups cream-style cottage cheese

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 cup heavy cream

2/3 cup sugar

2 tablespoons confectioners sugar

1 medium grated rind of 1 lemon

1 medium lemon -- juice of

3 large eggs -- separated

1/3 cup dried currants

1 crust pastry for unbaked 1-crust 9-inch pie
 

Preparation / Directions:


1. Force cheese through a fine sieve or food mill. 2. Blend in flour and salt; stir in cream, sugar, lemon rind and juice. 3. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry; beat yolks until thick and lemon-colored. 4. Stir egg yolks and currants into cheese mixture; fold in egg whites and pour into pie pan lined with pastry rolled 1/8 inch thick. 5. Bake in preheated 450 F. oven 10 minutes; reduce heat to 350 F. and bake for 45 minutes longer, or until pie is firm. 6. Cool; sprinkle with confectioners' suga


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