Glazed curd is a delicacy familiar to many since childhood. Today it can be purchased in the store. However, the abundance of additives, vegetable fats deprive store-bought curds of the taste of childhood. A great option is to cook this dessert with your own hands.
To prepare simple glazed curd snacks at home, you will need the following products: 200 g of cottage cheese, 100 g of chocolate, 50 g of butter, 3 tbsp. l. condensed milk. It is better to take cottage cheese low-fat, dry and crumbly. Fatty curds tend to be wetter and softer, making them unsuitable for dense bases. Choose chocolate with a natural composition. A chocolate bar with vegetable fat, after melting into glaze, can change beyond recognition to taste, moreover, it does not reach the desired consistency. You can experiment with the type of chocolate, for example, choose white. Use butter of any fat content, but fatter is better. Condensed milk replaces sugar and gives the dessert a pleasant aftertaste.
Instead of condensed milk, you can also use cream with sugar.
Prepare the frosting first. Take the molds into which you will spread the curd mass. It is best to use silicone ones, since the ready-made curds will be easily and without damage removed from them. For this amount of food, four muffin tins are enough. Break open a chocolate bar and hold in a water bath until completely melted. Take a culinary brush and grease the molds with the first layer of chocolate, then refrigerate until solid. As it hardens, smear again, and so on 2-3 times. This will form a dense chocolate layer. Leave the molds in the refrigerator and start making the sweet curd mass.
You don't need to use molds when making glazed curd cheeses. Simply shape the mass into the desired shape by hand, elongated or round. Place on a spoon and pour over melted chocolate on all sides.
The oil must first sit at room temperature to soften. Place it along with the curd in a blender bowl and mix well. You should get a homogeneous mass without lumps. Add condensed milk to it and whisk again. The result is a very thick paste. If you want to soften it, add a little more condensed milk or a little cream. Arrange the curd mass in the tins so that the bottom of the future curds turns out to be flat. Brush it with chocolate several times and refrigerate for 20 minutes. After that, you can carefully remove the cheesecakes from the molds and serve.
This is a simple classic recipe for white curd cheese, which you can diversify if you wish. You can make the filling chocolate by adding instant cocoa powder or chocolate chips to it. You can add poppy seeds or nut crumbs, coconut flakes, instant coffee powder. Cheesecakes can also be made fruity by adding jam or berries to the cottage cheese. You can use your own icing instead of a store-bought chocolate bar. To do this, melt 5 tbsp in a water bath. l. insoluble cocoa powder, half a glass of sugar, 3 tbsp. l. milk and 50 g of butter. The chocolate mass will begin to acquire the desired consistency as it cools.
