Chocolate Easter is an essential attribute of the most important Christian holiday - Easter in our family. Traditionally, cottage cheese Easter is prepared in the form of a truncated cone, the Holy Sepulcher. But there are a lot of recipes for such an Easter, each housewife has her own way of preparing both Easter and Easter cake. In this article, I share with you my homemade recipe, which for several years has been liked by all our guests, and especially children.
Cottage cheese Easter is traditionally prepared in the form of a pyramid with a truncated sharp end, symbolizing Golgotha, on which Jesus of Nazareth climbed with a heavy cross, or the tomb in which Jesus was resurrected. Therefore, on the sides of the cottage cheese pyramid, the letters βΠ₯Πβ are placed, meaning the Christian greeting βChrist is Risen!β, As well as a cross, a spear or flowers, symbolizing the flowering of life after the resurrection of the Lord.
Cottage cheese Easter was originally prepared from sour milk. In the 18th century, this dish acquired another basis - cottage cheese. Later, other ingredients were added to it: butter, sugar, sour cream or cream, eggs. Particularly rich people could afford to add delicacies brought to Easter - vanillin, nuts, candied fruits, dried fruits, zest. Chocolate curd Easter includes such an original and tasty component as chocolate or cocoa powder.
Let's start with the preparation of the ingredients necessary for the Easter cake
Pour the cream into a saucepan with a thick bottom or place it in a water bath and start heating, and then add the chocolate broken into pieces into the saucepan
Chocolate should be dissolved in warm cream, but not brought to a boil, and then left to cool
Now let's deal with cottage cheese: it must be rubbed through a sieve or simply mashed with a blender. Mix the finished cottage cheese with warm butter and sugar and send to a bowl
It is now that all the products must be ground with a blender to a viscosity
Now combine the mashed cottage cheese with warm cream
Once again, mix everything with a blender
We prepare the form for Easter and close the grooves well, set it on the narrow end and cover it with gauze, which will be responsible for removing excess moisture
Fill the form with minced curd, close the gauze and put the load in the form of a jar of water. In this form, Easter should be placed in the refrigerator for 10 hours.
Liquid will form on the surface of the mold from time to time, which must be drained periodically
After the allotted time, Easter should be removed from the refrigerator and the form removed without damaging the pattern
You can decorate the cottage cheese cake as you like, to your liking. Bon appetit and Happy Easter to you
The benefits for those who fasted are undeniable - the elements phosphorus and calcium contained in cottage cheese, theobromine and caffeine contained in chocolate, as well as amino acids and vitamins give a boost of energy and strength to an organism depleted by diet. Well, the ancient Slavs believed that Easter protects from the evil eye, drives away evil spirits and attracts good luck to the house, so they always carried a piece of delicacy with them. Cottage cheese chocolate Easter helps to meet the bright holiday of Easter full of energy and joy. Such a seemingly simple dish will make the mood of your guests and family sunny in any weather.