Spinach Easter with lemon aroma
8 servings
60 minutes
The recipe is taken from Anna Kirillova's book "Red Easter".

1
Grate the lemon zest using a fine grater.
- Lemon zest: 0.5 teaspoon
2
Clean the pistachios, lightly roast them in a pan, and chop coarsely.
- Pistachios: 75 g
3
Blend the spinach (can be frozen) into a puree with an immersion blender.
- Spinach: 50 g
4
Sift until smooth. Measure the required amount.
- Spinach: 50 g
5
Blend the cottage cheese with an immersion blender until smooth or strain through a sieve. Mix the sugar with sour cream and lemon zest.
- Cottage cheese 9%: 600 g
- Sour cream 30%: 200 g
- Sugar: 150 g
- Lemon zest: 0.5 teaspoon
6
Let the mixture sit for 20 minutes for the sugar to fully dissolve and the mass to become creamy.
7
Combine the cottage cheese and the sugar-sour cream mixture. Mix, then blend with a blender. Add the spinach puree. Blend again.
- Cottage cheese 9%: 600 g
- Sour cream 30%: 200 g
- Sugar: 150 g
- Lemon zest: 0.5 teaspoon
- Spinach: 50 g
8
Add pistachios and mix thoroughly.
- Pistachios: 75 g
9
Line the mold with squeezed cheesecloth in 2 layers. Place the curd mixture, smooth it out, and cover with the ends of the cheesecloth. Set the mold in a deep plate so that it is suspended. Weigh it down. Send the Easter dish to the fridge for 12–24 hours.
10
After the time has passed, unfold the cheesecloth, place a flat plate on top where you will serve the Easter cake. Flip it over. Remove the mold, decorate with custard and chopped pistachios.
- Pistachios: 75 g
- Custard: to taste









