Shortcrust Pastry Cottage Cheese Pie

For best results, make sure all ingredients are chilled before you start. Mound the sifted flour onto a large cutting board.

Add the butter, cut into pieces, to the flour.

Chop the butter and flour together with a knife until crumbly.

Add the sugar and baking soda, then chop and mix everything together with the knife once more.

Chill the dough in the refrigerator.

Meanwhile, blend the cottage cheese with the eggs, sugar, and vanilla syrup using an immersion blender.

Fold in the raisins and mix well.

Take the crumbs out of the fridge and scatter most of them evenly across a baking sheet without packing down. Smooth it out, forming a slight edge around the borders.

Spread the cottage cheese filling evenly on top.

Cover with the remaining crumbs.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (350°F) for about 40-50 minutes.