Paskha (Orthodox Easter Dessert)
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Prep30 min
Cook0 min
Total30 min
A Slavic Easter dessert of fresh curd cheese with vanilla, pressed under a weight for a day – a traditional treat in Orthodox homes.
Ingredients
Serves:10
Ingredients
- 500 g curd cheese or ricotta
- 100 g butter
- 150 g sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 sachet vanilla sugar
- 50 g raisins
- 50 g candied fruit
- 30 g almonds
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidence269kcal · per serving
7.2g
Protein
22.1g
Carbs
17.5g
Fat
Recipe total: 2691 kcal · P 72.3g · C 220.8g · F 175.1g
Estimated from 8 of 8 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Drain the curd cheese thoroughly in muslin or a sieve.
- 2Beat the softened butter with the sugar and egg yolks until light and fluffy.
- 3Mix in the curd cheese, vanilla sugar, raisins and candied fruit.
- 4Line a cone-shaped mould or a sieve with muslin and fill it with the mixture.
- 5Cover, weigh down and leave in the fridge for 24 hours.
- 6Turn out onto a plate, decorate with the almonds and serve.
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Questions and answers
How long does Paskha (Orthodox Easter Dessert) take to make?
About 30 minutes.
What ingredients do you need for Paskha (Orthodox Easter Dessert)?
8 ingredients: curd cheese or ricotta, butter, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla sugar, raisins, candied fruit, almonds.
How many servings does this Paskha (Orthodox Easter Dessert) recipe make?
10 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Paskha (Orthodox Easter Dessert)?
About 269 kcal, with 7.2 g protein, 22.1 g carbohydrate and 17.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
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