Passover Cottage Cheese Cake Food

OMA'S COTTAGE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Melt butter in an 8 inch square pan. Stir in graham cracker crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Pat over bottom and onto sides of dish. Set aside.
• In a blender, combine cottage cheese, milk, eggs, flour, lemon juice, vanilla, 2/3 cup sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Blend until smooth. Pour into prepared crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until filling is firm. Allow to cool completely.

PASSOVER CHEESECAKE WITH STRAWBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Mix cookie crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of springform pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 12 min.
• Meanwhile, beat cream cheese and 1 cup sugar with mixer until well blended. Add zest; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour into crust.
• Bake 55 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate 4 hours.
• Blend strawberries in blender until smooth; strain. Stir in orange juice and remaining sugar. Serve spooned over cheesecake slices.

PASSOVER COTTAGE CHEESE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven rack at middle of oven; preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Prepare the crust:.
• In a small bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Add matzo meal, sugar and cinnamon; beat until it resembles coarse meal. Add wine, blend just until it holds together.
• Press onto bottom (and partly up the sides) of an ungreased 8 inch springform pan.
• Prepare the filling:.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the cottage cheese and cream cheese until smooth.
• Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in sugar. Add sour cream, potato starch, rind and vanilla; beat until combined well.
• In a separate bowl with clean beaters, beat egg whites until they just hold stiff peaks.
• Stir ½ cup of the beaten egg whites into the cheese mixture. Fold in remaining egg whites gently but thoroughly.
• Pour on top of prepared crust.
• Bake for 1 hour. Turn off oven; let cake cool in oven with door slightly open.
• Chill in the pan at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Run a thin knife around edge of pan; remove side of pan.

PASSOVER TWO-CHEESE MACAROON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F if using a 9-inch silver springform pan (or to 300°F if using a 9-inch dark nonstick springform pan). Mix cookie crumbs and margarine; press firmly onto bottom of pan.
• Beat cream cheese, cottage cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.
• Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until center is almost set. Run small knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Spread sour cream over top of cheesecake; top with strawberries just before serving. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.

COTTAGE CHEESE BATTER CAKE

Steps:

• Cake------------.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place all ingredients for cake in food processor.
• Pulse together until batter forms.
• Spoon into buttered 8 inch square cake pan.
• Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Topping------------.
• Combine berries.
• Melt red currant jelly with orange juice.
• Let cool slightly, stir into berries.
• Top cake with berry mixture and cut into squares to serve.
• Variation------------.
• If you don't have a food processor, you can use a blender to combine the ingredients for this cake.
• Process the eggs, cottage cheese and cream cheese until smoth, then add the remaining cake ingredients and process until combined.
• Proceed as directed above.
• (An electric mixer is not recommended for preparing this recipe as it changes the texture of the cake).

PASSOVER COTTAGE CHEESE PANCAKES

Steps:

• Lightly oil griddle or frying pan and heat the pan.
• Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
• Adjust thickness of batter by adding liquid (or matzo meal).
• Pour batter into hot pan and cook the pancakes on each side.
• These are great with strawberries and yogurt.
• For non-Passover use, you can substitute regular flour for the matzo meal.

PEACH AND COTTAGE CHEESE DESSERT

Steps:

• Mix Cool Whip and cottage cheese, add Jell-o to taste, stir in peaches. Refrigerate to set. I usually let it cool overnight in the fridge.