Paskha, Custard with Yolks

Ingredients

• 7 funt tvorog (curd cheese)
• 10 egg yolks
• 2 stakan fine sugar
• 1 1/2 stakan milk
• 1 funt butter
• 1 stick / 1 lemon vanilla or lemon zest

Instructions

1. Rub 10 yolks white with 2 stakans sugar, thin with 1.5 stakans milk, add split vanilla, heat to very hot without boiling.
2. Off heat, beat in 1 funt cold butter in pieces; cool and remove vanilla.
3. Fold in 7 funts pressed tvorog little by little, mold and press.