Baked curd cheesecake or zapekanka. Cooking at home with step-by-step recipes.

Baked curd cheesecake or zapekanka

  • Prep time: 10 minutes + 30 minutes for semolina to swell
  • Cook time: 30 minutes
  • Serves: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Course: pastry
  • Cookware: 4 ramekins or 1 large baking dish, hand blender, silicone spatula
  • Cuisine: Odessa

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

Step 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.

Ingredients for baked curd cheesecake or zapekanka. Mass for baked curd cheesecake or zapekanka

Step 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.

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My tips and tricks:

Baked curd cheesecake or zapekanka.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.

Baked curd cheesecake or zapekanka. Cooking at home with step-by-step recipes.

Baked curd cheesecake or zapekanka
 
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Recipe type: pastry
Cuisine: Odessa
Serves: 4
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.