🇭🇺 Easy Hungarian Cottage Cheese Strudel (Túrós Rétes)

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Ingredients

For the filling:

• 2 cups (500g) cottage cheese (well drained)
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 2 tablespoons semolina (or breadcrumbs)
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup raisins (optional)

For the pastry:

• 1 package phyllo dough (thawed)
• ½ cup melted butter

For topping:

• Powdered sugar

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a bowl, mix cottage cheese, sugar, vanilla, lemon zest, sour cream, semolina, egg, and raisins until smooth.
3. Place one sheet of phyllo on a clean surface and brush lightly with melted butter. Add another sheet on top and brush again.
4. Spoon half of the filling along one long edge of the pastry.
5. Roll up tightly into a log and place seam-side down on baking sheet. Repeat with remaining filling.
6. Brush tops with melted butter.
7. Bake 25–30 minutes until golden brown and crisp.
8. Cool slightly and dust with powdered sugar before slicing.

Creamy, lightly sweet, and beautifully flaky — perfect with coffee or tea 🇭🇺✨