Baked cheesecakes
These cheesecakes are perfect: minimal flour, a thin golden crust and a tender, curd soufflé-like center. Immediately after cooking they melt in your mouth, but even after cooling down they don't become rubbery, but retain their tender, curd-like texture. Recipe by Moscow chef Mark Statsenko, published in «Eda.Ru» magazine.
Compost:
- 9% cottage cheese - 250g .
- flour - 30 g + for cutting
- egg - 1 piece
- sugar - 70 gr.
- cream butter for frying - 25 gr.
- vanilla pod - 0,5 pcs. (or vanilla sugar)
- salt - a pinch
- ground black pepper as desired
to serve:
- sour cream or jam
Cooking:
The curd should be taken soft, but not watery - this will allow you to use a minimum amount of flour, and the cheesecakes will be tender and very curd-like. If the cottage cheese has lumps, you should first rub it through a sieve.
Put the curd, egg, flour and sugar in a bowl, add a pinch of salt and the seeds from half a vanilla pod (you can substitute vanilla sugar).
Mix everything thoroughly with your hands until smooth. If necessary, add a little flour to get a consistency that allows you to form a ball.
Add a little flour.
Roll the curd mixture into a tight lump and toss it several times in a bowl from a low height to oxygenate it.
Sprinkle the work surface with flour, lightly moisten your hands with water so that the flour sticks to them, and mold the curd mass into 4-6 cheesecakes: first roll the piece like a snowball, and then flatten it to give the cheesecake a round shape.
Allow the curd mass to form a round shape.
In a heated skillet, melt butter and toss in half a stick of seedless vanilla. Place the cheesecakes in the skillet and fry in the buttery foam for 3 minutes on each side until golden, turning the skillet occasionally to prevent the cheesecakes from sticking to the skillet.
Then place the cheesecakes on a parchment-lined baking tray and send them to a preheated 180 degree oven for 7 minutes.
Sprinkle the finished cheesecakes with freshly ground black pepper, if desired.
Serve cheesniki with jam or sour cream.
Bon appetit!