Lviv cheesecake at home

The most famous delicacy from the city of Lviv! In every coffee shop of this glorious city you will be served a piece of cottage cheese dessert with a cup of scalding black coffee. This is not a casserole, not a cheesecake, this is exactly a cheesecake - Lviv cottage cheese miracle.

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Composition / ingredients

servings:

For cheesecake:

Cottage cheese (bold)

500

Eggs

Sugar

150

Butter

100

Semolina

Lemon zest (zest of one lemon)

Raisins

For glaze:

Sour cream

Cocoa powder

Sugar

Butter

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 22 % 10 g

Fats 36 % 16 g

Carbohydrates 42 % 19 g

265 kcal

GI: 5 / 15 / 80

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 9 h

Step 1:
Prepare the products for making cheesecake. Take the fattest cottage cheese, the fat-free one will not get the same taste. Grained varieties are not suitable, the best cheesecake will be made from homemade cottage cheese. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance, it should become soft. The amount of sugar can be slightly reduced, but this is for an amateur.
Step 2:
Cottage cheese for making cheesecake must be wiped through a sieve or punched with an immersion blender.
Step 3:
Divide the eggs into yolks and whites.
Step 4:
Beat the egg yolks with sugar with a mixer until a fluffy light mass.
Step 5:
Add semolina and soft butter.
Step 6:
Whisk again until smooth.
Step 7:
Put cottage cheese in the mass. Mix with a mixer at low speed, not whipping, but only stirring the mass. Add lemon zest and raisins. mix with a spatula.
Step 8:
Whisk the whites with a mixer until strong peaks. Remember that the proteins are well whipped, all dishes should be clean and not greasy.
Step 9:
Put the protein mass on top of the curd.
Step 10:
Gently stir in the whites with a spatula or whisk.
Step 11:
Take a baking dish, grease it with butter. Lay out the dough. Smooth the top with a spatula.
Step 12:
Bake the cheesecake for 40-50 minutes in the oven at 180 ° C until golden brown. At first it will rise strongly, and then it will fall. Remove the cheesecake from the mold and cool completely.
Step 13:
Prepare the products for making the glaze.
Step 14:
Put all the ingredients for the glaze in a saucepan, put on fire.
Step 15:
Make the heating minimal. With constant stirring, wait until the products are completely mixed.
Step 16:
Pour the hot glaze over the cheesecake. Be sure to let it brew for a few hours, or rather leave it in the refrigerator overnight.

The cheesecake turned out to be very tender, with a slight lemon flavor, it cut well and kept its shape. This is our favorite kind of cottage cheese baking.
Traditionally, Lviv cheesecake is baked in a rectangular shape - like a brick for bread. But it will turn out to be just as delicious in any other.
There are also many variations on the theme of the classic recipe - it is baked with blueberries, cherries, cocoa, and even potatoes!