Two-Tone Cottage Cheese Casserole

Two-tone cottage cheese casserole with a chocolate layer is incredibly tasty and looks striking when sliced. The cottage cheese base with white chocolate bakes for 40 minutes at 150°C, then it's topped with a cocoa-sour cream layer and baked for another 20-30 minutes. Recommended!

Two-Tone Cottage Cheese Casserole

A two-layer cottage cheese casserole: a delicate white base with white chocolate and a chocolate sour cream layer with cocoa.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Chilling 2 hours hrs

Total Time 3 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Servings: 9 servings

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

White layer

• 750 g full-fat cottage cheese
• 3 eggs
• 120 g sugar
• 10 g vanilla sugar
• 150 g sour cream 20%
• 35 g cornstarch
• 50 g white chocolate chips
• 1 pinch salt

Chocolate layer

• 300 g sour cream 20%
• 1 egg
• 40 g sugar
• 10 g vanilla sugar
• 15 g cocoa powder
• 15 g cornstarch

Method

 

1. For the cottage cheese layer, mix and blend until smooth the cottage cheese, eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, cornstarch and sour cream.
2. Add the white chocolate, stir and pour the mixture into the tin.
3. Bake for 40 minutes at 150°C.
4. For the chocolate layer, mix the sour cream, egg, sugar, vanilla sugar, cocoa and cornstarch. Take out the casserole and pour the mixture on top.
5. Return to the oven for another 20-30 minutes at 160-175°C.
6. Let the casserole cool with the oven door open, then chill it in the fridge.
   

Notes

The recipe is designed for a 16x16 cm square tin.

Tips

• Let the casserole cool with the oven door open, so the top doesn't sink.
• After cooling, be sure to chill it in the fridge - this helps the layers hold their shape when sliced.
• White chocolate chips can be replaced with chopped white chocolate.