How to Make Ricotta Cheese from Cottage Cheese
(from http://geniuscook.com/recipe-tiramisu-cake-cottage-cheese-cream/)
Beat regular cottage cheese (500g?) with 2-3 Tabs of sour cream or kefir in a blender.
BAKED CHEESE CAKE with cottage cheese
This tasty, baked cheese cake is not rich and can be eaten for breakfast, served as a dessert after lunch or dinner, or for morning coffee.
Makes 6-8 serves
2 cups cottage cheese
2/3 cup caster sugar
3 eggs, separated
1 cup flour
1 tsp BP
1 tsp lemon rind
1/3 cup seedless raisins
1/4 cup chopped almonds
2 Tab icing sugar
Place cheese, sugar, egg yolks, flour & BP in a bowl and beat together thoroughly.
Stir in lemon rind, raisins & almonds and mix well.
In a bowl beat egg-whites until stiff, then fold into cheese mixture.
Spoon into a greased, 20cm cake pan. Bake at 180 degrees C for 40-50 mins or until set. Leave in pan for 10 mins, then turn out onto a wire rack. Dust top lightly with icing sugar.