Baked Cheesecake

Name: Baked Cheesecake (Zapekanka iz Tvoroga)
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 15 g/½ oz/1 tbsp butter; 45 ml/3 tbsp fresh white breadcrumbs; 4 eggs; 100 g/3¾ oz mixed (candied) peel; 500 g/1¼ lb/2 cups cottage or ricotta cheese; 500 g/1¼ lb/2 cups cottage or ricotta cheese; 90 g/3½ oz/½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 50 g/2 oz/scant ½ cup raisins; grated rind of 1 lemon; 45 ml/3 tbsp semolina; icing (confectioners’) sugar, for dusting; smetana, crème fraîche or whipped cream, and fresh berries, such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or redcurrants, to serve; smetana, crème fraîche or whipped cream, and fresh berries, such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or redcurrants, to serve; smetana, crème fraîche or whipped cream, and fresh berries, such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or redcurrants, to serve; smetana, crème fraîche or whipped cream, and fresh berries, such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or redcurrants, to serve; smetana, crème fraîche or whipped cream, and fresh berries, such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or redcurrants, to serve; smetana, crème fraîche or whipped cream, and fresh berries, such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or redcurrants, to serve; smetana, crème fraîche or whipped cream, and fresh berries, such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or redcurrants, to serve; smetana, crème fraîche or whipped cream, and fresh berries, such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or redcurrants, to serve

Zapekanka iz Tvoroga

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen

By Elena Makhonko

Published 2015

About

Russians love their tea and tea drinking is an ancient Russian tradition. It is popular to have parties where nothing but tea and sweet accompaniments are served. These include cherry jam, gooseberry jam and whole strawberry jam (put in the tea or eaten from special small plates), chocolates, fudge and soft spicy ginger cookies. The highlight of the tea is a cheesecake, flavoured with raisins, preserved peel and lemon.

Ingredients

Europe
Russia
Dessert
Vegetarian
Very low sodium
Low sodium

Method

Energy 297kcal/1239kJ; Protein 7.6g; Carbohydrate 27.2g, of which sugars 19g; Fat 18g, of which saturates 9g; Cholesterol 83mg; Calcium 56mg; Fibre 1.1g; Sodium 139mg.