I love farmers cheese (tvorog, in Russian) though it can sometimes be hard to find here.
It is a nostalgic taste for me, and it is so great when it is baked with fresh berries, in summer, or jam in winter, making for a wholesome dessert.
The Lifeway brand is the closest that I have found matching it in texture.
Tips: This dessert will rise while baking, like a soufflé, but will deflate quite a bit as it cools and, especially, after refrigeration – still very tasty! And it’s great for breakfast too.
Also, you can make this in a 6 inch springform, but I think it looks particularly sweet when served individually and baked in little 3 inch bundt tins.
Farmers cheese and berry “soufflé”
(Makes 4 individual servings or one large cake)
You’ll need:
– 2 eggs
– 1/3 cup raw sugar
-1/3 cup cornstarch
-1 packet vanilla sugar
– zest of 1/2 lemon
– 1 t lemon juice
– 200 g (about half a pack) of farmers cheese
– 4 T berry jam (I used blackberry)
– oil, for cake pan(s)
1. Preheat oven to 355F.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs and sugar with a hand or stand mixer until the mixture is light and a bit frothy, about 5 minutes.
2. On low speed, add in the lemon zest and lemon juice. Turn off mixer.
3. Crumble the farmers cheese with a fork. Using a spatula, gently fold in the farmers cheese into the egg and sugar mixture. Do the same with the cornstarch.
4. Butter or oil whichever pan you are using. Sprinkle pan(s) with vanilla sugar. You’ll get some nice caramelization on the sides.
5. Divide the mixture evenly among the four pans. Top each with a few dollops of jam. The jam will sink a bit into the “soufflés” as they bake, soaking it through with berry flavor.
Bake for 40-45 minutes until golden brown and “puffed” up. Serve warm or cold, later.
Ooh, I like the idea of adding jam!
Thank you! I’ve been trying it with a few and blackberry and raspberry seem to work best!
This looks soo good, interesting flavours, I hope to try this!
Thanks, Charisma 🙂
What a delicious looking souffle my friend 😀
Berries are awesome!
Cheers
CCU
Thank you, Uru! Fresh berries are even better but alas, it’s almost winter here…
This looks so delish! I love soufflé and don’t make it often enough. Definitely trying this one. How perfect for the holiday season too! 🙂
This “souffle” definitely deflates haha so may not have quite the WOW factor when you bring it to the table, but it is oh so delicious 🙂 xx
This looks nice! Tvorog, or probably more similar to the German version ‘quark’ is very common here, but I have not had many recipes to use it for. This recipe looks like it needs to be tried out using quark, very tempting 🙂
Yes, very similar to quark though a bit thicker, usually. Hope you give this a try!
That looks divine. Who would have thought to use Farmers cheese, which is so good. Lovely photos.
Thanks so much! 🙂 Hope you enjoy it.
I have had way too little time to look at recipes lately and I see I missed some amazing ones – this one looks fabulous!
Thanks so much! I think you would really enjoy it!