Sweet Cheese Slab Pie
Sweet Cheese Slab Pie is a traditional Romanian pie that is made with layers of phyllo dough sheets and farmer cheese(or ricotta). Easy to make, delicious and perfect for any occasion.
Servings: 15 servings
Calories: 371kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 ounces phyllo dough
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter melted
- 32 ounces ricotta or farmer cheese
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup raisins or to your taste
- ½ cup rum or hot water to hydrate the raisins
- powdered sugar for dusting the pie
- To pour over the pie:
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon sour cream
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and remove the phyllo dough from the fridge. If you kept it in the freezer, it needs to defrost in the refrigerator(better overnight)
- Soak raisins in a little bit of rum or hot water. Set aside.
- Melt the butter.
- Brush a 9x13 inch baking pan with melted butter.
- Place 4 sheets of phylo dough in the pan, one by one, brushing each one with butter.
- In a medium bowl, mix together farmer cheese, egg, sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla.
- Drain the raisins and add them to the cheese mixture.
- Spoon few tablespoons of cheese mixture over the sheets and spread it even.
- Place another 4 phyllo sheets on top of the cheese, making sure to butter each sheet.
- Place another layer of cheese on top of the sheets and continue the process until you finish the phyllo and the cheese mixture. The top layer should be phylloo sheets.
- Cut the pie in squares and bake at 350F for 40 minutes.
- Meanwhile mix milk, sour cream, egg and sugar together.
- When the pie is baked, remove it from the oven and pour the milk mixture over the entire surface.
- Return the dish to the oven and bake for another 10-15 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed and the surface is golden brown. Let it cool, refrigerate and serve.
- This pie can be served warm or cold, both ways are delicious.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 371kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 223mg | Potassium: 171mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 616IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 160mg | Iron: 2mg
