Amish Custard Cottage Cheese Pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 (16 ounce) package small curd cottage cheese
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 egg whites
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 2 (9 inch) pie shell

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 30 mins


• place cottage cheese in strainer and let drain for about 1 hour or until most of liquid has been drained.
• preheat 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 batter until smooth. pour into pie crusts.
• bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees f (220 degrees c), then reduce oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) and bake for an additional 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• cool on racks, then refrigerate. flavor improves if served a day after baking.