Curd cheese bake with apples

Granny's recipe, just with less sugar. Soft, easy to chew and good for dinner too.

⏱ 50 min · serves 4 · Lithuanian home cooking · Not spicy at all

329kcal
25 gprotein
24 gcarbs
14 gfat
2 gfibre

Per serving, out of 4. Worked out from the grams of each ingredient using a food database – so it's approximate.

Allergens: Milk, Eggs and Gluten

Ingredients (serves 4)

  • Curd cheese (tvarog) 9%500 g
  • Egg (2 pcs)110 g
  • Semolina40 g
  • Apple200 g
  • Sugar30 g

Also: Vanilla, cinnamon, a pinch of salt

Method

  1. Turn the oven on to 180 °C – it'll heat up while you make the mixture (about 10 min). Line a baking dish (about 20×20 cm) with baking paper.
  2. Mash the curd cheese (tvarog) (500 g) with a fork in a large bowl. Crack in 2 eggs, add the sugar (30 g), semolina (40 g), vanilla and a pinch of salt, and mix well.
  3. Leave the mixture to stand for 10 min so the semolina can swell. Meanwhile, wash the apples (200 g), cut out the cores and grate them.
  4. Stir the grated apples and cinnamon into the mixture. Pour it into the dish and smooth the top.
  5. Bake in the oven at 180 °C for about 40 min, until the top is browned. The eggs must be fully cooked: a wooden skewer pushed in should come out dry.
  6. Let the bake cool in the dish for 10 min, then cut it. Cool any leftovers within 2 hours and keep them in the fridge in a closed container.

Tips

  • Bake until the top is browned and let it cool in the dish for 10 min – it'll be easier to cut.
  • Cold curd cheese bake makes a great snack at work.
  • Keeps for up to 3 days in the fridge in a closed container.
  • Want it lighter? Low-fat curd cheese – and the bake will still be fluffy.

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