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Cheese pie (Västerbotten paj)
Cheese pie (Västerbotten paj)
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Swedish Cheese pie often served coold as a side dish. Common to serve the pie together with fresh seafood, or to have it as part of an cold summer buffé.

Ingredient List :
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200 gr Strong creamy hard cheese (Grated västerbotten cheese)
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100 gr Margarine
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150 gr Flour
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200 ml Fluid Cream
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2 medium Eggs
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2 tablespoons Water
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1 pinch Salt
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1 pinch Black pepper

Oven temperature:
200 degrees Celsius
Instructions:
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Grate the cheese.
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Put the flour in a bowl.
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Divide the butter/margarine in small pieces and pour them down in the flour.
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Grind the butter with your fingertips or a fork until it forms a crumbly dough, until you don’t have any big butter lumps.
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Pour the water in the bowl and make a big ball.
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Divide the pie bottom in a round baking form with removable edges. Make sure you press out the dough even in the form and make a edge around the sides approx 5cm high.
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Put the form in the fridge for 30 minutes.
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Start the oven on 200 degrees Celsius on electrical heat.
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Take out the form and chop it evenly around the pie bottom with a fork.
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Put the form in the middle of the oven for 10 minutes.
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Mix the eggs together with the cream in a bowl and add the salt and the black pepper.
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Take out the form from the oven and pour in the cheese and add the cream and egg mix on top of the pie bottom.
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Put the pie in the middle of the oven for 30 more minutes.
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Take out the pie and let it cool down in room temperature, and then let the pie rest in the fridge before serving.
A selection of recipes from the same country.
This recipe is from Sweden , Västerbotten.
This is a soft cake with a coconut and butter frosting. The cake looks a bite pale but it melts in your mouth when you taste it. It will be a big hit with both children and adults. The recipe is for approx sixty pieces so it is perfect for a birthday party or a big gathering.
One of the Swedish classical small dry cookies. Easy to make and you can keep them in the freezer for a few month so you always have cookies at home for "fika" if you will get company. These cookies normally have raspberry or strawberry jam on top, but you can use any jam you like.
This Swedish casserole has been a classic on the Christmas tables from 1940. It is a salty dish made of a mixture of anchovies in brine, potatoes, heavy cream and bread crumbles. It is a perfect dish to on on a cold winter day.
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