Passover Cottage Cheese Cake Recipes

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 LEMON SWIRLED HONEY CHEESECAKE WITH PISTACHIO CRUST

Steps:

• Make the lemon curd by placing the sugar, lemon zest and salt in a food processor and pulse process until the sugar is uniformly yellow. Pour the lemon sugar in a medium pot and add the lemon juice and eggs. Whisk together and place on the stove over medium-low heat. Add the butter and cook, whisking constantly, until the whisk holds marks as you stir, about 5 to 6 minutes. Pour the curd through a fine mesh sieve into a heatproof bowl and cover with wax paper. Let cool to room temperature as you prep the rest of the cheesecake ingredients.Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Turn the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan upside down so removal of the cheesecake from the bottom is easy to do. Smear a little softened butter on the bottom of the pan and place a 9-inch parchment paper round at the bottom of the pan. Place on a rimmed baking sheet.Make the crust by placing the pistachio nuts, matzo meal, sugar and salt in the food processor (don't bother cleaning the processor from the lemon sugar). Pulse process until the nuts are finely processed and the entire crust is uniform in color. With the processor on, drizzle the melted butter into the machine. Once all the butter has been added, turn the processor off and dump the wet crumbs into the bottom of the lined 9-inch spring form pan. Using the back of a spoon, press the crumbs evenly into the bottom and up the sides of the pan (it doesn't have to go all the way up, just as much as you can).Place the crust in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges of the crust start to brown a bit and smells fragrant. Remove crust from oven and turn the oven down to 300˚F.
• Make the filling by placing the cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat the cream cheese and sugar together on medium speed until fluffy (about a minute or two). Add the honey and beat to incorporate, about 30 seconds on medium speed. Add the eggs, one at a time, waiting for each to incorporate before adding the next one. Add the sour cream, lemon zest, and vanilla and beat to incorporate. Carefully spoon 2/3 of the filling into the prebaked crust and spread out evenly on the bottom. Spoon 2/3 of the curd over the filling and swirl with a butter knife. Cover the curd with the remaining cheesecake filling and drizzle the remaining curd over the top of the filling. Marble with a butter knife decoratively.
• Put the cheesecake in the oven (still on the baking sheet) for 50 to 60 minutes, or until the edges of the cheesecake start to puff up and look solid. The center of the cheesecake will be wobbly but don't worry, it'll firm up as it cools. Once the cheesecake is done, turn off the oven, prop the door of the oven open with a wooden spoon, and let the cheesecake cool in the oven for an hour. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack for an additional two hours or until the bottom of the cheesecake pan doesn't feel warm to the touch anymore. Cover the pan with aluminum foil (don't let it touch the top of the cheesecake!) and refrigerate overnight or at least for 8 hours. Serve from the fridge or let it sit out for about an hour before serving for a slightly less firm texture.

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 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.