Min systers man är från Polen och jag bad henne höra med sin svärmor om vad det kunde vara... Det skulle kunna vara polsk ostkaka, som finns under många namn (Sernik Babci, Sernik m.fl.)och i lite olika varianter. Min systers svärmor lagar en variant av detta, fast utan russin. Hon lägger överbliven deg i rutmönster ovan på fyllningen. Det var det min systers svärmor kunde tänka sig, men hon skulle tänka vidare!
Hoppas ni hittar rätt, om inte mitt försök till hjälp skulle vara det rätta!
Poland
Grandmother's Cheese Cake (Sernik Babci)
Dough:
1-1/4 cups flour
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 egg
3 Tbps sour cream
1/3 cup confetioners sugar
Filling:
6 eggs
2 cups confectioners sugar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 lb. farmers cheese or ricotta
2/3 cup melted butter
1-1/2 cups mashed potatoes (not seasoned)
You can save the ones from the night before.
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup grated orange or lemon peel
For the dough, combine the flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl. Cut in the butter with a fork.
Beat egg into the sour cream. Stir into the flour mixture then stir in the sugar. Knead the dough until well mixed and smooth.
Roll dough on a floured surface into a rectangle. Line a 13x9x2 inch pan with the dough and bring dough part the way up sides.
For the filling, separate 1 egg and reserve the whites, beat remaining yolk and whole eggs with the the sugar for 5 minutes at hight speed of a electric mixer. Add the vanilla, beat at high until the mixture is soft.
Press cheese through a sieve, blend cheese with butter add the potatoes, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt. Stir in organge peel. Fold into the egg mixture. Turn into prepard crust in pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F for about 45-55 min. or until set. Cool well before cutting.
