Traditional Nalysnyky Cake with Meringue

Name: Traditional Nalysnyky Cake with Meringue
Cuisine: Ukraine
Ingredients: 2 cups cottage cheese; ¼ cup honey; 2 extra-large egg yolks; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 2 cups fresh fruit or berries (optional); 1 batch nalysnyky batter (Ukrainian Crepes); 4 extra-large egg whites; 2 cups fresh fruit or berries (optional); 6 tablespoons granulated sugar

Tradytsiyinyi tort z nalysnykiv ta pinoyu iz zbytykh bilkiv

Preparation info

Makes
6 to 8
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ukrainian Cookbook

By Annette Ogrodnik Corona

Published 2020

About

This easy-to-make dessert with its distinctive meringue topping has great rustic charm—it is just as you might find it in a quaint Ukrainian farmhouse. Sometimes fresh fruit is added to the recipe. Let the season, quality, and sense of color be your guide. Fruits that are ripe in the same season are usually good together.

Ingredients

2 cups cottage cheese
2 extra-large egg yolks
¼ cup honey</

Europe
Ukraine
Dessert
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe

Method

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease a 6x9-inch rectangular casserole dish with butter and set aside.

Put the cottage cheese in a large bowl and puree with a hand blender. Add the egg yolks, honey, nutmeg, and salt and mix well.

Brush the inside of an 8-inch crepe pan or s