I am trying to find a dessert?!
Answers: The dessert I am looking for has cottage cheese, wrapped in dough. It's baked. I am not sure what makes it sweet but I do know if made correctly it is sweet. I am sorry I don't have a lot of detail but I do know in my family we called it poweitsa (spelling I am sure is wrong, but that is how I would spell it with no knowledge). My mom thinks it's either a Danish or Austrian dessert. If you know what I am trying to find a link to a recipe would be great!!
Austrian Cheesecake
* 2 1/2 cups flour
* 2 egg yolks
* 2 teaspoons lemon rind, grated
* 4 egg yolks
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 4 egg whites
* 1/2 cup almonds, slivered & blanched
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1 cup butter, softened
* 1 1/2 cup cottage cheese, sieved
* 2 teaspoons lemon rind, grated
* 2 tablespoons flour
* 1/2 cup raisins
Method
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Sift flour directly onto a on pastry board or clean work surface. Make a well in the center of the flour and put into it the next four ingredients. Quickly work these ingredients into the flour to make a smooth dough. If you need to add flour, that is fine, but do so in small increments.
On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the dough into a 11 X 17" rectangle. Line a baking sheet with the dough and bake it in a preheated 350° F oven for about 15 minutes or until it is about half done. Reduce oven heat to 250°F when you remove the shell.
Set aside to cool. Stir the 4 egg yolks and lemon rind into the cottage cheese. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until very stiff. When they begin to stiffen, gradually add the sugar.
Gently fold the beaten egg whites into the cheese and spread into the cooled pastry shell. Sprinkle raisins and almonds over all.
Bake slowly, slowly in low, 250° F. oven for about 45 minutes. Let cool and cut into large squares.
This is an Italian recipe, but the ricotta cheese closely resembles cottage cheese. At any rate, these are delicious. You can also find the cannoli shells premade, and just put the filling in them.
http://www.recipezaar.com/95546
This is an Italian dessert.Hope you will give it a try....there different,but good.
I had to repost...the top one I like best.
Cannoli
SHELLS
2 cups flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg -- slightly beaten
1/4 cup white wine
FILLING
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup mascarpone cheese*
3/4 cup confectioner's sugar -- sifted
1 tablespoon amaretto -- optional
3 ounces semi-sweet -- grated
1/4 cup confectioner's sugar -- sifted
SHELLS:
Combine flour, salt and sugar in a medium bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in beaten egg. Gradually stir in wine, mixing well. Shape dough into a ball, cover and refrigerate 30 minutes. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll to 1/16-inch thickness. Cut into 3 1/2-inch circles, and roll circles into 5-inch ovals. Place a cannoli form, lengthwise, down the center of each oval and roll dough around form. Moisten seam with water to seal.
Pour oil to a depth of 3-inch into a Dutch oven and heat to 350 degrees. Fry cannoli shells one minutes, or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and cool about 5 seconds. Remove the form and cool cannoli shells completely.
FILLING:
Thoroughly drain ricotta in a strainer, discarding the liquid. Put ricotta in a processor and process until smooth.
Combine ricotta, mascarpone, powdered sugar and amaretto, if using, in a medium bowl and beat at medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy. Fold in two grated squares of chocolate. Place in the refrigerator and chill 4 hours.
Pipe, or spoon. filling into shells. Sprinkle shells with remaining powdered sugar and exposed filling with remaining chocolate.
* A substitute for mascarpone cheese may be mad by combining 16 ounces cream cheese, 1/3 cup sour cream and 1/4 cup whipping cream.
Cannoli with Cheese Filling
Serves 6-8
Dough
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour - sifted
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 egg - beaten
2/3 cup marsala wine or sherry or sweet w
1 egg white
oil for frying
Filling
1 pound ricotta cheese
2 cups confectioner's sugar -- sifted
1/3 cup candied fruit -- chopped fine *(I don't add)
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons amaretto or maraschino liqueu
* mixed with candied cherries.
Dough:
Mix flour and sugar and cut in butter. Add egg and wine gradually then form mixture into a ball. Knead dough until smooth, about 5 minutes. Cover and let stand for at least 1 hour.
Filling:
Press ricotta cheese through a sieve into a mixing bowl. Add sugar, reserving 2 tablespoons. Add candied fruits with cherries and chocolate chips. Chill in refrigerator.
Meanwhile on a floured surface, roll dough into paper-thin rounds approximately 4 inches in diameter. Wrap around cannoli tubes (* see below) which have been brushed with olive oil. Brush egg white on flap to seal. Heat oil to 380 F and deep fry dough. Drain on several layers of paper towels. Cool, then carefully slide out metal tubes. When ready to serve, and not before, as dough will become soggy, pipe in filling through the largest nozzle of a pastry bag. Place several chocolate chips in filling at each end. Dust with remaining confectioner s sugar and serve immediately.
* Cannoli tubes are metal cylinders 5 inches long and 1 inch in diameter. They can be purchased at most kitchen supply stores....or by pre-made shells.
I'm going to try making my own..this time.