Easter with gelatin
Easter with gelatin is very unusual, beautiful, bright, truly festive. It is also good because after a night spent in the refrigerator, it keeps its shape perfectly even at room temperature. So, you won’t have to worry about it if, according to Orthodox custom, you take the dish to the church to consecrate. The taste of such Easter with gelatin is liked by everyone who has tried it, which is not at all surprising: it contains condensed milk, berry jam and chocolate. All in all, it's definitely worth a try!
Ingredients
Servings 12- cottage cheese (9%) - 1.3 kg
- cherry jam - 150 g
- condensed milk - 150 g
- milk chocolate - 200 g
- gelatin - 15 years
- cream (20-30%) - 500 ml
- turmeric - 1 tsp. l.
- cognac - 2 tbsp. l.
Cooking
Step 1
Prepare cottage cheese for Easter with gelatin. Fold it into cheesecloth, folded in half, and put in a colander. Place under the press and leave for 4 hours in a cool place.
Step 2
Put the cottage cheese out of cheesecloth, divide it into 3 parts and arrange in three bowls. Add strawberry or cherry jam to one of them, condensed milk to the other. Don't put anything in the third one yet.
Step 3
Finely chop the Easter chocolate with a knife or grate on a coarse grater. Pour gelatin into a bowl and pour 100 ml of cold water. Leave for 10 minutes at room temperature.
Step 4
Pour the cream into a ladle, put on fire and heat almost to a boil. Squeeze gelatin slightly and add to cream. Stir until a homogeneous liquid is obtained.
Step 5
Divide hot cream with gelatin into 3 parts. Pour chocolate into one immediately and mix until a mass of a homogeneous consistency is obtained. Pour turmeric into the second part and mix. Add to cottage cheese with condensed milk.
Step 6
Pour the chocolate cream into a bowl with pure cottage cheese. Add the rest of the hot cream to the cottage cheese with jam. Beat the masses alternately with an immersion blender.
Step 7
Line the form for Easter with gauze dipped in cognac and folded in half. Put the curd masses in it in layers, cover with the free edges of gauze on top. Place in refrigerator for 24 hours.
Step 8
Before serving, turn Easter with gelatin on a dish, remove the gauze. Garnish as desired (with grated chocolate, fresh berries, mint leaves or confectionery sprinkles).