Cottage Cheese Strudel

Description

In Romanian: Strudel cu brinza de vaca

Ingredients

• strudel dough
• confectioner's sugar with vanilla flavor

Filling

• 1¾ lbs / 750 g cottage cheese
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
• salt
• 3 tablespoons melted butter or lard

Directions

1. Mix the cheese with the eggs, salt and sugar.
2. Knead with your hands.
3. Arrange the cheese mixture at one end of the greased strudel dough.
4. Cover with the edge of the dough and roll like a jelly roll.
5. Moisten the strudel dough with melted butter or lard.
6. You get a long roll which you can cut in 2 or 3, depending on the size of your baking pan.
7. Arrange in the greased pan, roll next to roll, with a little distance among them.
8. Grease the tops with melted butter or lard. Bake until golden brown.
9. Cut into serving size portions while still in the pan.
10. When it is done, cut and sprinkle with vanilla flavored sugar.