Sernik (Cheesecake): Authentic recipe from Poland

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Sernik is an authentic Polish cheesecake, that is traditionally prepared with a farmer's cheese called twarog.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients
For the sernik
❒ 1½ lb twarog (Polish farmer's cheese, recipe below), or farmer's cheese or ricotta cheese
❒ 5 eggs
❒ 4 tablespoons flour
❒ 1 cup sugar
❒ 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
❒ ½ cup raisins
❒ ½ cup slivered almonds
❒ 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
❒ Zest of ½ orange
❒ Juice of a lemon

For the twarog (Polish farmer's cheese)
❒ 1½ gallon whole milk
❒ Juice of 8 lemons
❒ 4 teaspoons salt

Instructions
Sernik
❒ In a large bowl, mix the cheese with the sugar and eggs.
❒ Soak the raisins in warm water for 10 minutes. Drain and coat the raisins with flour. Add the raisins, flour, almonds, orange zest, lemon juice and vanilla to the mixture.
❒ Add the melted butter. Whisk well.
❒ Spread the mixture evenly into a greased springform pan.
❒ Bake the sernik in an oven preheated at 300 F (150˚C) for one hour (depending on the oven, add 10 to 15 minutes of baking if sernik is not fully cooked).
❒ Wait 10 minutes before unmolding. Enjoy the sernik at room temperature or after chilling in the refrigerator for an hour so it is a little firmer and easier to cut.

Twarog
❒ Pour the milk into a large pot. Add salt and simmer over medium heat. Once the milk starts to simmer and small bubbles appear on the sides, turn off the heat.
❒ Add the lemon juice. Stir slightly. Cover the pot and wait thirty minutes for the milk to curdle.
❒ Strain the milk through a clean white cloth or cheesecloth.
❒ The solids remaining in the cloth is the cheese. Press the cloth firmly to obtain a dense cheese. The liquid is called whey and can also be saved and used as a drink.
❒ The cheese used for the sernik needs not be flavored. However, if the cheese is used for other ❒ purposes, feel free to add herbs, spices, oil or nuts.

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