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 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 TWO-CHEESE MACAROON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F if using a 9-inch silver springform pan (or to 300°F if using a 9-inch dark nonstick springform pan). Mix cookie crumbs and margarine; press firmly onto bottom of pan.
• Beat cream cheese, cottage cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.
• Bake 55 min. to 1 hour or until center is almost set. Run small knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Spread sour cream over top of cheesecake; top with strawberries just before serving. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.

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.