Recipe - Cirnaya Paska (Russian Easter Cheese)

3 pound Cottage cheese with out curs
1 cup Butter softened
1 cup Sugar
4 Egg yolks
1 teaspoon Vanilla
One half cup Dried apricots, raisens
Nuts and candied and dried
Fruits for decoration

To drain the whey off the cheese, the best solution is to use a clean,
scrubbed 6inch flowerpot thats completely dry. Or you can make do with a
large souffle dish and a tea towel, Have one of thes systems ready. Cream
the butter into the sugar, and the egg yolks, and mix well. stir in the
vanilla, cheese and fruits. Flowerpot method:Dampen 2 thicknesses of
cheesecloth and line the flowerpot with it. Add the cheese mixture and fold
the edges of the cheesecloth over the top. Cover with foil. Weigh down with
a heavy food can placed on a small plate. Set theflowerpot on a rack over a
shallow pan and place the whole assembly in the refrigerator to drain for
24 hours.

Souffle dish Method: Put the tea towel in the souffle dish and pour in the
cheese mixture. Fold the tea towel ovet the mixture and weigh down with a
heavy food can placed on a plate. Refrigerate for 24 hour to drain. Unmold
the cheesse onto a serving plate and decorate. Serve in very small slices.
Millie Ellis
Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Robert Ellis" rpearson@snowcrest.net on
Mar 22, 1998