Dessert for 2

Prune Jam Joulutorttu

Name: Prune Jam Joulutorttu
Total time: 72 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Eastern European
Ingredients: 2 sticks salted butter; 8 oz ricotta cheese; 2 cup unbleached all purpose flour; 1 egg; powdered sugar (optional)

$10.75for 472 minServes 2

Rich ricotta pastry folds around prune jam, then bakes until golden and finishes with optional powdered sugar.

Photo: curiouscuisiniere.com

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Butter, 8 oz$0.40/oz typical	8 oz	$3.20Typical price
	Cottage cheese, 8 oz$0.17/oz typical	8 oz	$1.36Typical price
	Eggs, 1$0.30 each typical	1	$0.30Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$5.38

Swaps

Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

FlourSyrups, molasses, powdered sugar

Not included in the cost.

72 minstart to table
Mediumdifficulty
2servings as written
$$typical cost tier

Eastern European Vegetarian Budget Desserts

Typical price

$2.69 per serving$10.75 for 4

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Ingredients

2 sticks salted butter
8 oz ricotta cheese
2 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1 egg
powdered sugar (optional)

Steps

Mix the butter, ricotta, and flour into a soft dough, then chill it for 30 minutes.
Heat the oven to 400 F and line a baking sheet with cooking oil or parchment if available.
Roll the dough out, cut it into four squares, and cut toward each center corner without separating the pieces.
Place prune jam in each center, fold alternating corners over the jam, and brush the pastry with beaten egg.
Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until golden and the egg is firm, then cool for 10 minutes and dust with powdered sugar if using.