Romanian Pasca Recipe
This is the recipe of the Romanian pasca, a delicious cheese based Easter dessert. This Romanian pasca recipe is very easy to make, just mix all the ingredients and bake.
Ingredients
- 500 gr cottage cheese well drained
- 300 ml sour cream with high fat content
- 100 gr sugar
- 75 gr butter
- 4 eggs
- 50 gr flour
- 1 tbsp vanilla essence
- 100-150 gr raisins optional
- semolina
Instructions
- Make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature and the butter is very soft.
- Drain the cottage cheese overnight if necessary, using a cheesecloth over a bowl.
- Start by mixing the eggs with the sugar and vanilla essence until creamy.
- Add the cottage cheese and incorporate well.
- Add the butter and mix well.
- Incorporate the flour and then add the sour cream.
- Add the raisins and mix well.
- Preheat the oven at 180 degrees.
- Butter the baking tin well to avoid the pasca sticking to it, and dust with semolina. This will take the moisture out of the cake.
- Add the composition into the baking tray, and bake for 40 minutes or so.
- You can check if the pasca is ready by pushing a toothpick into the middle of it. If it comes out clean, it is ready.
- Let it cool down in the baking tray for a couple of hours, then take it out. Mine came out beautifully.
- Put it in the fridge, and serve it on Easter day decorated with powdered sugar on top.