Snack · 90 min · scandinavian

Ostkaka

Cottage cheese does the heavy lifting here, with heavy cream rounding it out. A Scandinavian snack that takes 90 minutes, start to finish. At 507 calories and 21g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. Simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough to serve to guests — that is the whole idea.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 lb Cottage cheese
• 1 cup Heavy cream
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 1/2 cup Almonds
• 1/4 cup Flour
• 1/2 cup Cloudberry jam

Steps

1. Blend the cottage cheese until mostly smooth — a little texture is traditional.
2. Fold in the cream, sugar, eggs, ground almonds, and flour.
3. Bake at 350°F for 60 minutes until set with a golden top and a slight wobble.
4. Serve warm with cloudberry jam and cream; Småland's cheesecake predates the New York kind by centuries.
5. Serve warm, never hot — ostkaka needs 20 minutes out of the oven to settle into its texture.

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