I could eat farmer cheese pancakes every day, no matter if they are sweet or not – I love all kind of farmer cheese pancakes 🙂 One of the best things about farmer cheese pancakes is that they are made very quickly. As with all pancakes – you just have to mix the batter, fry…
Tag: Curd cheese
Traditional Farmer’s Cheese Dumplings / Tradiciniai varškės virtinukai
That’s how my grandmother and mom used to make farmer’s cheese dumplings. Only they always eyeballed the quantities and the dumplings always used to come out perfectly! As I’ve often helped them both in the kitchen, I also prepare most of traditional Lithuanian dishes using eyeballing method. You will need only a few products to prepare…
Farmer’s Cheese Cookies with Apples / Varškės skarelės su obuoliais
Farmer’s cheese cookies with apple slices are very well known in every Lithuanian’s kitchen. I have no idea where this recipe came from, but even my grandmother used to bake them, so I suspect that the recipe is fairly old. Crunchy on the outside and soft inside – that kind of farmer’s cheese and apple…
Cacao Curd Cheesecake/Kakavinis varškės pyragas
Soft, simple and delicious curd ccheeseake with cocoa. You’ll make this cake easy, without much effort. If you don’t have time, it’s not necessary to grind curd cheese using the sieve, then just the filling will be with a very small curd cheese pieces, but this doesn’t change the taste. After baking, the cheesecake batter…
Lasagna with cottage cheese, spinach and homemade tomato sauce/Lazanija su varške, špinatais ir naminiu pomidorų padažu
Special lasagna with cottage cheese and spinach – when you want a day without meat! With this lasagna you can trick the stomach, instead of minced meat using cottage cheese and vegetables. Healthier and leaner version of lasagna for sure will be liked by everyone. I tried this lasagna in order to effectively utilize the…
Fluffy Curd Cheese Dumplings/Purūs varškės virtinukai
My childhood food – curd cheese dumplings, or also called “sloths“. Mostly, in our family, my grandmother used to make these “sloths“. She was very fond of such a light, simple curd cheese dumplings, and I, of course, loved those sweet, soft “sloths“. We usually eat curd cheese dumplings with sugar and butter, jam and sour…
Old-style curd cheese pie/Senovinis varškės pyragas
I made this pie for several times, so it’s tested and approved – great tasting curd cheese pie. It’s one of those, which I still want to bake time to time. This recipe I learned from my mother’s old friend, who has the big treasury of delicious, old-style recipes. Time to time she shares those…
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