Curd Easter dessert
Description
If you love crème brûlée, you'll really enjoy this paskha too. It has a pronounced flavor and aroma of baked milk; such paskha used to be called "red." Preparing it isn't much more difficult than making regular paskha, though it will take more time, since you'll need to prepare the baked milk yourself. But the taste of this paskha is well worth it, believe me. I hope this recipe, which explains,
Instructions
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Step 1
If you don't have boiled condensed milk, prepare it yourself. Pour milk into a ceramic pot and place it in an oven heated to 170 degrees. Every 20 minutes, press the foam from the milk's surface down to the bottom. Cook for about 3 hours this way, until approximately 1 liter of milk remains.
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Step 2
Now pour the melted milk with the foam into a large saucepan, and add sour cream and buttermilk to it.
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Step 3
Now add the egg yolks and mix well.
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Step 4
Place the pot over low heat and wait for the curdled flakes to appear.
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Step 5
Keep the pot on the heat for another 5 minutes, then remove from the heat.
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Step 6
Line a colander with several layers of cheesecloth and pour the contents of the pot onto it.
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Step 7
When most of the whey has drained, tie the ends of the gauze and hang the bundle with the resulting cottage cheese overnight.
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Step 8
This is the beautiful cottage cheese we will end up with.
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Step 9
Add melted butter, regular sugar, and vanilla sugar to the cottage cheese. You can also add nuts or dried fruits. Mix well, then place in a mold and press for 8-12 hours.