Best Russian Zapekanka Recipes

Russian Cheesecake - Zapekanka image

Provided by nightfall20252

Categories Cheesecake

Time 50m

Yield 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 cups cottage cheese (small curd)
2 eggs
1/2 cup Splenda granular or 1/2 cup sugar
4 tablespoons butter (softened, divided)
2 tablespoons semolina
1 (1/3 ounce) envelope vanilla sugar or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup raisins
1 teaspoon flour
1 cup sour cream
1 (1/3 ounce) envelope vanilla sugar or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons Splenda granular or 3 tablespoons sugar

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Drain cottage cheese in a sieve.
Mix sugar and 2 Tbsp butter. Add eggs, semolina and 3 tsp vanilla sugar.
Gently stir in curds then fold in raisins.
Grease a 9-inch round pan with butter, coat with flour. Carefully pour mixture into pan, smooth evenly.
Bake on middle rack for 30 minutes.
Melt remaining butter. Pour on top, spreading evenly. Broil for 5 minites to brown top.
Mix sour cream with vanilla sugar and sugar. Serve like whipped cream. (Dollop on top or on side).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 296.7, Fat 20.6, SaturatedFat 12.4, Cholesterol 118.2, Sodium 383.1, Carbohydrate 16.1, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 7.5, Protein 13

Russian Breakfast Pudding (Tvorozhnaya Zapekanka) image

Provided by Yulyasha

Time 1h10m

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 8

butter for the oven proof dish
3 large eggs
50 g sugar
500 g Polish twarog (cottage cheese)
120 ml milk
50 g melted butter
4 tbsp semolina or plain flour
100 g blueberries or raisins

Steps:

Heat the oven to 180 C. Grease an oven proof dish with butter.
Beat eggs with sugar, add twarog, milk, mix well, then add melted butter, fold in semolina or flour, mix well again. Add blueberries or raisings, stir a little. Pour the mixture into the oven proof dish and bake in the oven for 60 min. Let it cool down a bit before serving.

RUSSIAN ZAPEKANKA image

Provided by Ellen Bales

Time 1h10m

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 1/2 c farmer's cheese
2 eggs, separated
5 Tbsp cream of wheat (not instant)
1/2 c sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 pinch salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp butter, melted
1/2 c toasted walnuts
1 c sliced strawberries
sour cream, optional

Steps:

1. In a large bowl, combine cheese and egg yolks. Mix in the cream of wheat and sugar.
2. Add baking soda, salt, vanilla and melted butter. Mix well.
3. In another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff; fold into other mixture. Fold in the walnuts.
4. Add most of the strawberries and mix in.
5. Pour mixture into a buttered 2-qt. baking dish. Spread a layer of sour cream on top and decorate with more sliced strawberries.
6. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven about 50 minutes, or until golden.
7. NOTE: You may also add about 1/2 cup raisins, if you like. Add them with the walnuts.