~ Canadian cottage cheese cake Recipe ~

Crust:
      1 c  Fine rusk crumbs
      3 tb Melted butter
      3 tb Sugar
    3/4 ts Cinnamon
           Filling:
      2 lb Cottage cheese
      5    Eggs
    1/2 c  flour
      1 c  Sugar
      2 ts Lemon rind
      2 tb Lemon juice
    1/2 ts vanilla
      1 c  Heavy cream
           Topping:
      2 c  Strawberries
    1/4 c  Cornstarch
      1 c  Sugar
    1/4 c  Orange juice
      2 tb Orange rind
      3 c  Whole strawberries
 
  Combine crust ingredients and press into a 9 inch
  springform pan and bake 350 for 10 minutes and cool.
  For filling: press cheese through sieve into a bowl.
  Add eggs one at a time. Beat in flour and sugar. Stir
  in rind and juice and vanilla. Whip cream and fold in.
  Pour into crust. Bake 350 1 hour and 10 mins or until
  set. Cool and chill. For topping: Blend berries
  to puree. add sugar and cornstarch with juice and
  rind. Cook thick and clear. Place whole berries over
  chilled cake. Pour on warm glaze and chill until set.
 
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