Custard Paskha (Easter Cheese Dessert) with Candied Fruit and Nuts

This recipe is sure to please you and your kids alike! Custard paskha will delight you and your children.

Recipe author

Servings:

Cottage cheese

500

Egg yolks

Sugar

0.5

Milk

2.5

Butter

100

Vanilla sugar

Candied fruit

100

Walnuts (chopped)

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 30 % 12 g

Fats 48 % 19 g

Carbohydrates 23 % 9 g

253 kcal

GI: 10 / 10 / 80

Cooking method

Cooking time: 40 min

Step 1:

Ingredients: cottage cheese, egg yolks, butter, milk, sugar, vanilla, nuts, candied fruit.
Step 2:

Whisk the yolks, add the sugar, and mix with the milk.
Step 3:

Set over a double boiler and stir until it thickens.
Step 4:

Press the cottage cheese through a sieve.
Step 5:

Pour the thickened liquid into another bowl.
Step 6:

Add the butter, vanilla, nuts, and candied fruit, then mix in the cottage cheese and stir thoroughly so there are no lumps.
Step 7:

Transfer the finished mixture into cheesecloth bags and leave it overnight.
Step 8:

Enjoy!

Press the cottage cheese through a double layer of cheesecloth, then pass it through a sieve. Meanwhile, whisk the yolks and stir in the sugar. Pour the yolks into the prepared milk. Set the container of milk and yolks into a large pot of boiling water—the water shouldn't reach the rim of the container, let alone get inside. Keep the water boiling without taking the pot off the stove. Stir the milk with a spoon until it thickens; it's very important that the milk itself doesn't boil. Pour the warm, thickened liquid into a new bowl. Add the butter and help it melt by stirring with a spoon. Do the same with the vanilla, nuts, and candied fruit. Stir the mixture and begin adding the cottage cheese in chunks, without slowing your stirring. Place the now even thicker mixture into a cheesecloth bag and hang it for half a day. Since it needs plenty of time, hang it overnight before bed. Once the mass has dried, simply shape it into a paskha and finish with decorations.