This dessert is not traditional, but a mere derivation of a soviet (or even post-soviet) recipe that my mom used to make when I was a kid. The original recipe name transaltes as " Foaming Nigger" (terribly and inexplicably racist for some esoterical reason that escapes my comprehension), and quite often used to be a two-tier birthday cake with red berries jam in the middle. My 'lazy' version of the recipe does not involve any baking, which can be very convenient during those hot summer days.
You'll need:
500g non-fat cream cheese (in these parts of the world it's called 'fromage frais')
2 tablespoons of caster sugar
1 teaspoon of grated lemon zest
cookies ( I used 4 big soft speculaas cookies)
1. Mix the cream cheese, sugar and lemon zest in a big bowl.
2. Take another bowl (or indivudual serving vessels of your choice :D) and put cookies on the bottom. You can break them in smaller pieces, or even crumbles. You can also replace cookies by any sort of cake*.
3. Cover the cookies with the cream cheese mix.
4. Put it in the fridge for about an hour, and that's it!
*The cookie part will turn quite soft as it will absorb part of the cream cheese. If you use very soft cake, it will take even less time in the fridge, about half an hour will be enough.
500g non-fat cream cheese (in these parts of the world it's called 'fromage frais')
2 tablespoons of caster sugar
1 teaspoon of grated lemon zest
cookies ( I used 4 big soft speculaas cookies)
1. Mix the cream cheese, sugar and lemon zest in a big bowl.
2. Take another bowl (or indivudual serving vessels of your choice :D) and put cookies on the bottom. You can break them in smaller pieces, or even crumbles. You can also replace cookies by any sort of cake*.
3. Cover the cookies with the cream cheese mix.
4. Put it in the fridge for about an hour, and that's it!
*The cookie part will turn quite soft as it will absorb part of the cream cheese. If you use very soft cake, it will take even less time in the fridge, about half an hour will be enough.
