Easter simple cottage cheese

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a simple Easter? Prepare the ingredients. Pay special attention to cottage cheese: it should be fresh, preferably homemade. The fat content is better than 9%, but the cottage cheese should not be wet, choose a fat dry cottage cheese. Also with butter and sour cream - they must be fresh. Walnuts and raisins can be replaced and the amount can be changed to your liking. Sugar can also be varied depending on preferences, vanilla sugar can be used immediately.

2. Step 2:

   

   Rub the cottage cheese through a sieve or pass it through a meat grinder, preferably twice (it is better not to use a blender). I used a meat grinder, and to collect the remains of cottage cheese inside, I also skipped walnuts. You can also chop them, or you can just chop them finely with a knife. My option is simpler and faster.

3. Step 3:

   

   Steam the raisins with boiling water, then drain the water and rinse the raisins. Mix cottage cheese, chopped nuts, raisins, sour cream and butter in a deep bowl (soften it at room temperature, after taking it out of the refrigerator). Add sugar and vanilla, mix everything thoroughly.

5. Step 4:

   

   The mass should be dense and dry. Although my cottage cheese was 9%, it was not dry enough, so my mass turned out to be moist. This did not affect the final result, but a more dry form would hold better.

6. Step 5:

   

   Prepare the pasochnitsa. If it is collapsible, then it should be assembled. Cover the form with a clean gauze or bandage. Put the prepared curd mass inside, tamping it tightly. Fold the ends of the gauze inside. Put the Easter mold on a saucer or bowl so that liquid collects in it. Set a load on top for Easter (it can be a small cup with water). Put the Easter mold in the refrigerator for 8-12 hours.

7. Step 6:

   

   After the specified time, carefully turn Easter onto a dish, remove the gauze. Decorate Easter as desired - nuts, candied fruits, dried fruits, confectionery sprinkles, sweets. Keep it in the refrigerator for several days.