Tvorozhniky - Cottage Cheese Patties recipe

Ingredients:
1 lb Cottage cheese*
2 ea Eggs beaten
1 ts Lemon juice
1 ts Lemon zest
1 c Sour cream
1 1/2 tb Sugar
-OR-
-a sugar substitute
-such as:
-Sugar-Twin or Splenda
4 Tb Flour
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Cinnamon
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Method:
*NOTE: Squeeze all mositure from cottage cheese in a cheesecoth bag. Put cheese through a fine seive and mix with the eggs, sugar, flour, lemon zest, lemon juice & 3 Tb of sour cream. Add the flour by the spoonfull mixing continously and mix until it is very smooth & thick. Refrigerate covered for 1-hr. then using a melon scoop scop-out balls & place on a floured surface. Press these balls into flattened, oval patties approx. 3/4" thick and fry on bothsides in pre-heated butter. Serve immediately after placing dollops of sour cream over each serving. An excellent and delicious alternative is to use a chocolate or hot fudge sauce in place of the sour cream topping.

Cuisine: Russian, Ukrainian
Source: Dr. Donald Houston's collection. ORIGIN: Dr. Anya Bulvarinkova, Kyiv-Ukraine, circa
Recipe category: Breads-and-Pastry > Cookies, Breads-and-Pastry > Other