Doughless Paska in Two Colors

Paska is an Ukrainian Easter bread tradition and particularly spread in countries with predominant Eastern Orthodox religious or cultural connections to the ancient Byzantine Empire. Paska breads are a traditional element in the Easter holidays of Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus, Romania, Russia, Georgia, Moldova and parts of Bulgaria, as well as Turkey, Iran and the Assyrian–Chaldean–Syriac diaspora.

Paska is made with milk, butter, eggs, flour, and sugar, except for the Romanian paska where the recipe most commonly includes sweet cream, cottage cheese, and/or sour cream along with eggs, sugar, raisins, and rum. Over time, people have created many recipes starting from the original Easter recipe, thus being invented Easter dough without dough which is one of the simplest and most delicious Easter recipes.

In my family we make paska every Easter, but because we are not big fans of clasic paska, we tried some alternatives which were a lot better than the classic paska. This doughless paska with chocolate

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 50

Course Dessert

Cuisine Romanian

Servings 10

Calories 320 kcal

Ingredients

Paska

700 g cottage cheese
100 g sour cream
3 eggs
100 g sugar
200 g dark chocolate
80 g flour
5 g baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 g salt

Topping

400 g strawberries
50 g sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch

Instructions

In a bowl, mix the eggs with the sugar and salt until the eggs double in volume. We add cottage cheese and incorporate it with the eggs. Add the cream and flour and mix until we have a homogeneous composition. Finally, add the baking powder and vanilla extract.
Melt the chocolate together with the butter in a steam bath.
Divide the composition into 2 halves, and in one half put the melted chocolate and mix until is well incorporated. Place the chocolate mixture in a tray lined with baking paper, and the simple mixture on top.
Bake the paska for 45 minutes in the preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius. Let the paska cool completely before removing it from the pan.
For the topping, cut the strawberries into cubes and cook them in a pan with the sugar. Leave everything on medium heat for 10 minutes. Add the starch to help the composition thicken. Put the jam over the paska and optionally you can also decorate using fresh fruit.