Easter cottage cheese

4 servings

120 minutes

Recipe taken from the magazine "1000 tips for the cook.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 760
• Proteins: 28.4g
• Fats: 47.5g
• Carbohydrates: 55.4g

Ingredients

• Cottage cheese: 500 g
• Sugar: 0.5 glass
• Vanillin: 1 g
• Sour cream 25%: 0.5 glass
• Raisin: 0.5 glass
• Butter: 100 g
• Almond: 0.5 glass
• Candied fruit: 0.5 glass

Cooking steps

1. Crush the nuts, but not too finely.

   Required ingredients:

   • Almond: 0.5 glass

2. Cut the candied fruits into pieces.

   Required ingredients:

   • Candied fruit: 0.5 glass

3. Soak the raisins in boiling water for 10 minutes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Raisin: 0.5 glass

4. Drain the water, squeeze, and dry with a towel.

5. Pass the cottage cheese through a fine sieve or grind it to make it airy.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cottage cheese: 500 g

6. Mix sour cream with vanillin and sugar (until the sugar dissolves).

   Required ingredients:

   • Sour cream 25%: 0.5 glass
   • Vanillin: 1 g
   • Sugar: 0.5 glass

7. Add the obtained mass and soft butter to the cottage cheese. Mix everything.

   Required ingredients:

   • Butter: 100 g
   • Cottage cheese: 500 g

8. Add candied fruits, nuts, and raisins to the cottage cheese mixture.

   Required ingredients:

   • Candied fruit: 0.5 glass
   • Almond: 0.5 glass
   • Raisin: 0.5 glass

9. Place the mold for Easter on a plate, put cheesecloth inside, and fill it with curd mass.

10. Carefully fold the remaining edges of the gauze over the mass, press down with a weight (weight of 3-4 kg), and leave in a cool place for 12 hours.

11. Periodically drain the whey from the plate.

12. Unload the cargo and put the Easter cake in the fridge overnight.

13. Remove the finished Easter from the mold, take off the cheesecloth, and decorate as you wish.