Baked curd cheesecake or zapekanka
Cuisine: Odessa
Author: Maria Kalenska
Prep time: 40 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 1 hr 10 mins


Ingredients
  • 450 g small curd cottage cheese, dry
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tbsp semolina
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp sour cream
  • seeds of 1 vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla paste
  • salt
  • butter for greasing
Cooking method
  1. Heat the oven to 180°C. Add cottage cheese, egg, sugar, salt, and vanilla to the bowl. Beat with a hand blender until smooth. Add semolina and mix well. Set aside for 20-30 minutes to make the semolina swell.
  2. Butter the ramekins. Spread the cheese mass evenly among the dishes, and top each with sour cream. Put the ramekins in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.
My tips and tricks
You can cook this cheesecake either in small dishes or in a large one. If your cottage cheese is too dry, add a small piece of butter to it. For a change you can add raisins or candied fruits to the cheesecake. If you need to get a ready-made cheesecake out of the dish, then after you butter the ramekins, sprinkle them a little with semolina. The cheesecake is delicious, both hot and cold. But if you need to warm it, place it in the ramekin in the oven and pour a little water on top. So that your cheesecake does not dry out while it is warming up.

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