Prepare everything you need. Easter will be tastier with cottage cheese with a higher fat content. Rinse the dried fruits, do not soak in water, dry on a towel. The butter should be at room temperature by the time you start working.
Be sure to rub the cottage cheese through a sieve, beat with an immersion blender or in a food processor. In the latter case, put half of the cottage cheese, chopped dried apricots in the bowl.
400 g cottage cheese, 50 g dried apricots
Half of the sugar, butter and sour cream.
4 tbsp sugar, 80 g butter, 300 g sour cream
Beat. The cottage cheese should have a uniform creamy texture and small pieces of dried apricots. Transfer to a bowl.
You don't need to wash the food processor bowl, put the remaining cottage cheese, sliced prunes there.
50 g prunes
Sour cream, sugar, cocoa powder and butter.
1 tsp cocoa powder
Process.
Assemble the Easter mold, reinforce it additionally by inserting sushi sticks into the grooves. Place it in a bowl or plate where the whey will drain. Moisten a clean cheesecloth, squeeze it out and line the mold from the inside, smoothing out the folds. Randomly place dark and light cottage cheese cream.
Fill the entire mold this way. Fold the edges of the cheesecloth up, make a small weight. Put it in the refrigerator for 8-12 hours. During this time, some whey will be released, and the Easter will become denser.
Turn it over onto a plate, disassemble the mold, remove the cheesecloth. The marble Easter is ready. Decorate as desired.