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Sirecz (Easter Cheese)

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"A traditional Slovak Easter Cheese served with the Easter meal. This is served sliced and cold. It tastes like a sweet custard."

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In an electric mixer, beat the eggs until mixed well.
Transfer the eggs to a double boiler and stir in milk, sugar, vanilla and nutmeg. Cook over a medium heat for 30 minutes. Use a metal slotted spoon and constantly stir the bottom of the pan to prevent scorching.
When the mixture looks just like cooked scrambled eggs, pour it carefully into a cheesecloth-lined colander. Carefully gather the ends of the cheesecloth in your hands and pull them together until the cheese forms into a ball. Tie the cheesecloth tightly at the top of the ball. Tie the cheesecloth ends over a faucet or to the handle of a kitchen cabinet (place a bowl under to catch the whey dripping down) and let hang for about 3 hours.
Untie the cleesecloth and wrap the cheesecloth ball in plastic wrap before refrigerating. The cheese will keep for about a week. Slice and serve.

Reviewed on Apr. 10, 2007 by KATERINAJB

This is the same recipe my family makes for Pascha; we call it hrudka. We have an additional... MORE

Reviewed on Apr. 14, 2005 by Mary

This is a very excellent recipe! It is also a very old recipe.I got it from my hungarian grand... MORE

Reviewed on Apr. 8, 2004 by AMELIABEDELIA101

aka THE MOON!! Thanks so much for posting this, my grandmother's recipe that I thought our... MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 11, 2004 by CASTLEHEART

After my mother showed me how to make Easter cheese last year, she passed away 3 months later.... MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 27, 2008 by sandybl

This is the same as what my Hungarian grandmother made, but she added golden raisins MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 19, 2008 by momof2boys

This is like the Easter cheese my Nonni used to make only she didn't put the sugar and nutmeg... MORE

Reviewed on Dec. 19, 2007 by joy kocher

this receipe has been in my family for years. but mine is quart of milk, tsp vannelilla,... MORE

Reviewed on Apr. 7, 2007 by Lee Ann

Thank you for posting this i too had a nanny who used to make this every easter and she is... MORE

Reviewed on Apr. 5, 2007 by njgiantsgirl

THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! This is the same recipe that my grandmother made when I was... MORE