You can make not only cheesecakes but also delicious casseroles and lazy dumplings from cottage cheese. The popular Lviv cheesecake is a very tasty dish made of cottage cheese, the basis of which is a delicate cottage cheese mass with citrus zest and dried fruits.

Culinarian Yulia shared on Instagram a recipe for a delicious Lviv cheesecake with semolina, orange zest and dried fruits.

Ingredients:

• sour milk curd - 1 kg
• eggs - 5 pcs.
• sugar - 160 g
• vanilla sugar - 2 packets
• sour cream 15% - 70 g
• room temperature butter - 100 g
• semolina - 50 g
• orange zest - 1 tbsp.
• dried fruit - 180 g

Glaze:

• butter - 60 g
• sour cream - 50 g
• sugar - 40 g
• cocoa - 40 g

Method of preparation:

1. Add eggs, sour cream, sugar, melted butter at room temperature, zest and semolina to the cheese, beat with a blender until completely homogeneous.

2. Add dried fruits, mix the mass with a spoon and place in a mold greased with butter and covered with parchment. Bake for 45-55 minutes at 180C.

3- Be sure to let it cool completely in the mold. Take it out and send to the refrigerator for 5-6 hours.

4. Put all the ingredients into a saucepan for the glaze. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly to bring the mixture to a homogeneous consistency. Let it cool to room temperature, cover and put back in the fridge for another hour and a half.

The finished cheesecake will be very tender and delicious, and the zest will give the dish a very pleasant taste and aroma!

Also on OBOZREVATEL you can read the recipes:

• Varenyky with cottage cheese
• Nalysnyky with cottage cheese in the oven
• Sochnyky with cottage cheese