Sift flour, add salt, sugar, softened butter and egg. Knead soft dough (it will be very soft), roll into a ball, wrap in cling film and put to chill for 30 minutes.

POPPY-SEED FILLING. Poppy pour a small amount of hot water, bring to boil and cook for 10 minutes on low heat. Drain in a fine sieve or cheesecloth. A little dry. Then mix with sugar and egg yolk.

Cook foods for the cheese toppings, so everything was at hand. Soft creamy cheese in the tub, I took the President.

Split shape with a diameter 24 cm to lay a circle of baking paper to grease with margarine. Chilled dough knead by hand to form (roll it is unlikely to succeed, if only between two sheets of parchment), having a high side. The bottom is repeatedly pierced with a fork

spread poppy seed filling and levelling.

Cheese spread in a deep bowl and beat with a mixer with sugar.

Continuing to whisk, add the eggs one by one, then lemon juice, zest and starch.

Pour the filling on the Mac.

The oven to preheat to 180*C, at the bottom put a fireproof bowl with hot water. In the middle of the oven to put the pie and bake for about an hour. I already after 30 minutes the top of the cake became quite dark, so I covered it with foil and lowered the temperature to 160*C. he Regretted that he had not looked before. After a time the oven off, the oven door slightly open and leave the cake there for another 30 minutes. Then remove the cake from the oven. After 5 minutes carefully remove the rim. Cool pie to room temperature and then refrigerate for 2-3 hours to have it strengthened.