Description
Creamy baked cottage cheese casserole with a tender, custard-like texture and lightly golden top.
Ingredients
Scale
- 26–27 ounces full-fat cottage cheese
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup semolina
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups sour cream
- Vanilla extract, to taste
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Blend cottage cheese and sour cream until smooth.
- Add eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt, then mix well.
- Stir in semolina and rest batter for 10 minutes.
- Pour batter into dish and smooth the top.
- Bake for 45–50 minutes until lightly golden and set.
- Cool slightly before slicing and serving.
Notes
- Use full-fat dairy for best texture.
- Optional add-ins include raisins, berries, or lemon zest.
- The casserole firms as it cools and slices cleanly when chilled.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Eastern European
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 310
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 380 mg
- Fat: 17 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 17 g
- Cholesterol: 165 mg