Cheese Cake From Grandma Or Sernik Babci |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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This is an old recipe and has been translated from Polish to English. I hope you like it. I had shared this recipe several years ago while with another recipe group so it has probably been passed around several times over. Ingredients:
dough |
1-1/4 cups flour |
3/4 tsp. baking powder |
1/4 tsp. salt |
1/4 cup butter or margarine |
1 egg |
3 tbsp. sour cream |
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar |
filling |
6 eggs |
2 cups confectioners sugar |
1-1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract |
1 lb. farmers cheese or ricotta |
2/3 cup melted butter |
1-1/2 cups mashed potatoes(do not add salt) |
note: save mashed potatoes from the night before. |
2 tsp. baking powder |
1/2 tsp. nutmeg |
1/2 tsp. salt |
1/4 cup grated orange or lemon peel |
Directions:
1. Dough:
2. Combine the flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl.
3. Cut in the butter with a fork.
4. Beat egg into the sour cream.
5. Stir into the flour mixture then stir in the sugar.
6. Knead the dough until well mixed and smooth.
7. Roll dough on a floured surface into a rectangle.
8. Line a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan with the dough and bring dough part the way up sides.
9. Note: Women often reserve some of the dough or make extra and crisscross it or lattice work over the top.
10. Filling:
11. Separate 1 egg and reserve the whites, beat remaining yolk and whole eggs with the the sugar for 5 minutes at high speed using an electric mixer.
12. Add vanilla and beat at high until the mixture is soft.
13. The original recipe suggests that you press the cheese through a sieve. You can wrap it in cheesecloth and squeeze the moisture out of it but I prefer to place the cheese in a small sieve over a measuring cup and keep it overnight in the fridge. Blend cheese with butter, add the mashed potatoes, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt.
14. Stir in orange peel.
15. Fold into the egg mixture.
16. Turn into prepared crust in pan.
17. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 45-55 min. or until set. Cool well before cutting.
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