It is interesting why the house dessert prepared from cottage cheese is called "cheesecakes"? It is considered that for the first time the dish began to be cooked in Ukraine, and in translation from Ukrainian "cottage cheese" sounds as "сир".
The recipe of cheesecakes with raisin
The classical option of cheesecakes with raisin will please the choosiest gourmet. A golden crust, gentle core and slightly crunchy edges – distinctive feature of correctly prepared house dessert.
To make cheesecakes with raisin, the following ingredients will be required: 250 g of quality cottage cheese, egg, 2-3 tablespoons of granulated sugar, 3-4 tablespoons of wheat flour, 50 g of raisin, salt to taste, vegetable oil.
Preparation of cheesecakes with raisin
Raisin should be steamed out previously in boiled water within 5-10 minutes. Otherwise dry highlights will spoil taste of a gentle dish. During this time it is possible to prepare dough. Use of ready cottage cheese or curds doesn't demand preliminary preparation as the product has rather gentle consistence. Home-made cottage cheese is recommended to be wiped through a small sieve. Drive in egg and granulated sugar into cottage cheese. The amount of sugar is defined by the culinary specialist. If cottage cheese has rather sour taste, it is possible to increase the volume of sugar a little. Ingredients are carefully shaken up. For obtaining uniform weight it is possible to use the blender. To taste add a salt pinch. Gradually add the sifted wheat flour to the prepared weight. It is very important point as the quality of a ready-to-eat meal in many respects depends on amount of flour. At the insufficient volume of flour cheesecakes during roasting will collapse. If to go too far in flour, the dish will turn out rather dense and will lose the originality. Therefore it is necessary to experiment, being guided by quality of cottage cheese. If it looks juicy, torments take more if cottage cheese is represented quite dry, it is necessary to reduce amount of flour. Add the steamed-out and slightly wrung out raisin which is previously rolled in in flour to ready weight. In this case it will evenly be distributed in curds. By the way, instead of raisin it is possible to use any dried fruits or pieces of fresh fruits. A cutting board sprinkle with flour and spread on it curds. Having created sausage and having rolled it in flour, dough is cut pieces, approximately identical by the size, which thickness shouldn't exceed the 2nd see. Each circle is rolled on both sides in flour. In a frying pan warm vegetable oil. It is recommended to fry cheesecakes on average fire as at very high temperature they easily burn. As soon as cheesecake is reddened, it should be turned on other party. Then, fried cheesecakes densely close a cover for a couple of minutes. Then they propechtsya surely core. It is possible to give a dessert to a table in a hot or cold look. Home-made jam or the sweet sauce prepared from sour cream will become excellent addition to a dish.