From Fresh Cow Milk to Homemade Cheese & Rustic Cheese Pie | Village Life Cooking 🧀🌿
From fresh cow’s milk to a warm, homemade cheese pie — this is village cooking from start to finish 🧀🌿 In this video, we turn simple, fresh milk into soft, natural cheese, then use it to bake a rustic, flavorful pie.
The cheese comes out creamy and rich, made with care using traditional methods. Baked into the pie, it creates a soft, savory filling wrapped in a golden, slightly crispy crust.
This is true farm-to-table cooking — fresh ingredients, no shortcuts, and time-honored techniques. A beautiful process that shows how something simple can become a deeply satisfying, homemade meal.
🌿 For the dough:
Butter – 100 g
Sugar – 100 g
Vanilla powder – 1 packet
Baking powder (Haas) – 1 tsp
Egg – 1
Flour – 200 g
🌿 For the filling:
Eggs – 3
Sugar – 175 g (slightly less than 1 cup)
Süzme cheese – 400 g (about 1½ cups)
Flour – 75 g (3 heaping tbsp)
Cornstarch – 20 g (2 heaping tbsp)
Zest of 1 lemon
Juice of ½ lemon
Vanilla sugar – 1 packet
For topping:
Powdered sugar