Red Currant Cottage Cheese Cake

Ingredients

Crust
• 1 ½ cups soda cracker crumbs (use matza crackers if you can not find soda crackers)
• 1 cup granola
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¾ cup melted butter

Filling
• 1 Lb (460g) cottage cheese
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 7 oz (200g) heavy whipping cream
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 10.5 oz (300g) red currants (Frozen or fresh)

Instructions

Crust:
1. Mix together soda crackers, granola, sugar and melted butter. Bake in 9 inch spring form pan for 10 minutes. Allow to cool

Topping:
1. With a food processor blend the red currants until smooth
2. In a medium bowl, beat together the cottage cheese and lemon juice until soft. Add whipping cream and beat with an electric mixer until batter becomes thick.
3. Add the sugar and red currants and continue to beat until stiff.
4. Pour into chilled crust. Chill several hours or overnight.
5. Just before serving, remove the sides of the spring form pan.