Breakfast should be not only tasty, but also healthy. What could be tastier than mouth-watering, crunchy cheesecakes. Even those who do not like cottage cheese will appreciate this dish.
Cottage cheese pancakes (step by step recipe) - basic principles of cooking
The main ingredients of cheesecakes are cottage cheese. The taste of the finished dish depends on its quality. Surely every housewife has her own grandmother on the market, from whom you can buy homemade milk or cottage cheese. You can be sure of the quality of such a product. But what if there is no way to buy homemade cottage cheese? Have to go to the nearest store. How to choose the right cottage cheese for cheesecakes? It is advisable to choose a medium-fat product. It must be fresh and of high quality. Therefore, be sure to pay attention to the expiration date and composition of the product. The cottage cheese should have a dense, dry consistency. If you find excess fluid in it, it must be wrung out. If possible, try cottage cheese before buying it. The taste of the product should not be sour.
In addition to cottage cheese for cooking cottage cheese pancakes you will need: chicken eggs, baking soda, granulated sugar, flour and cooking oil for frying.
The taste of the finished dish depends on the amount of flour. If you add too much of it, the cheesecakes will turn out to be tight, and if the flour is not enough, they will not keep their shape. Although there are recipes where flour is not used.
First of all, the cottage cheese is thoroughly ground with a fork or interrupted with a submersible blender to eliminate large lumps. Whole eggs, or some yolks, are driven into the crushed cottage cheese, having previously separated them from the proteins. Then granulated sugar is added and thoroughly triturated again. To cheesecakes turned out magnificent, baking soda is added to the dough.
The flour is sieved to saturate it with oxygen and remove debris. Gradually add it to the curd and knead until a soft dough is obtained.
The surface of the table is sprinkled with flour. Nip off a small amount of dough, and roll it in flour, forming a ball. Then it is pressed lightly to make a small round cake.
Cheesecakes are cooked in a pan or in the oven.
To fry, put the pan on a small fire. Pour in the vegetable oil and put a little butter. Cakes are spread in the heated oil mixture, covered with a lid and cooked until the cheesecakes are browned. Then turn over and brown on the other side.
To prepare cottage cheese pancakes in the oven, they are laid out on a baking sheet covered with parchment and put in an oven preheated to 180 ° C. As soon as the cheesecakes are lightly browned, they take out a baking sheet and put on a plate.
You can experiment with the ingredients. In addition to cottage cheese, you can add a little grated cheese. In some recipes, flour is replaced with semolina or oatmeal. You can add finely chopped dried fruits, fresh berries to the dough, or make them stuffed with boiled condensed milk, chocolate or bananas. Cheesecakes can be unsweetened. You can add finely chopped greens, spinach, wild garlic or paprika to them.
Fried cheesecakes spread on a paper towel to get rid of excess fat.
Ready cheesecakes are transferred to a plate. Before serving, they are watered with condensed milk, jam, honey or jam, or you can crush with powdered sugar and serve with sour cream.
Recipe 1. Classic cottage cheese pancakes: a step by step recipe for cooking in a pan
Ingredients
250 g of cottage cheese or curd mass with raisins;
a pinch of salt;
chicken egg - one piece;
vanillin to taste;
150 g of wheat flour;
80 ml of refined vegetable oil;
70 g of granulated sugar;
3 g of baking powder or baking soda.
Cooking method
1. Beat the egg in a small bowl, add granulated sugar, baking soda or baking powder, vanilla and a pinch of salt. Shake with a whisk or fork for a couple of minutes. It is desirable that the sugar crystals are completely dissolved.
2. Put the cottage cheese in a separate deep bowl. Mash it with a fork until smooth, or beat with an immersion blender. Cottage cheese should not be too wet or lumpy. If your cottage cheese is too wet, put it in a sieve, previously covering it with gauze. Press something heavy on top and leave for two hours.
3. Add the beaten egg to the well-mashed cottage cheese and mix gently.
4. Sift approximately two-thirds of the flour and pour into the curd mass. Mix well. Sprinkle the remaining flour on the surface of the table. Dip a tablespoon in water, and scoop up its curd mass. Put it on the table and roll in flour. Thus, divide all the dough for cheesecakes into identical circles. Flatten each one slightly. It should not be too thin cake.
5. Pour the refined oil into the pan and place it on medium heat. It is important that syrniki are drowned in oil by about half. Put the workpieces in the heated vegetable oil, leaving a small distance between them. Turn the heat a little and fry until golden brown. Then carefully, so that the oil does not splatter, turn the cheesecakes and continue to fry until golden brown. Put the finished cheesecakes on a paper towel to get rid of excess fat. Spread so that the side that was fried last is on paper.
6. Serve cottage cheese pancakes (step by step recipe) with sour cream or liquid condensed milk.
Recipe 2. Cheesecakes from cottage cheese: a step by step recipe for cooking in the oven
Ingredients
a pound of homemade cottage cheese;
vanillin - to taste;
large chicken eggs - three pieces;
a small piece of butter;
125 g of wheat flour;
3 g of baking powder or baking soda;
120 g of granulated sugar or powder.
Cooking method
1. Drive the chicken egg into a deep bowl. Sprinkle it with granulated sugar. Shake with a fork or whisk until sugar is dissolved. It is better to use powder, it will dissolve much faster. By the way, you can do it yourself. To do this, pour granulated sugar into a coffee grinder and twist.
2. Put the cottage cheese in the egg mixture. Thoroughly rub everything together with a spoon or crush. If the cottage cheese is too wet, put it in gauze and place for two hours under the press.
3. Pour the sifted flour into a separate bowl, add baking powder and vanillin to it. Shuffle. Gradually pour in the curd until a homogeneous dough is obtained. With wet hands, divide the curd dough into small, equal portions. Shap the pieces into slightly flattened balls.
4. Lubricate the baking dish with a piece of butter. You can cover it with parchment or foil.
5. Roll the blanks of future cheesecakes in flour and put them into a mold. Turn on the oven 180 degrees. The form is placed on the middle level of a preheated oven. Bake for 20 minutes. In the process of baking, turn the cheesecakes on the other side so that they are evenly browned.
6. Ready cheese cottage cheese pancakes (step by step recipe) put in portions on plates, sprinkle with powdered sugar, or pour sour cream.
Recipe 3. Cottage cheese pancakes: a step by step recipe for cooking in a slow cooker
Ingredients
300 g of 5% cottage cheese;
vanillin - to taste;
one large chicken egg;
50 ml of refined sunflower oil;
50 g premium wheat flour;
30 g of granulated sugar.
Cooking method
1. Wipe the cottage cheese through a sieve, or rub it thoroughly with a fork. We spread the cottage cheese in a deep bowl and add vanillin and granulated sugar to it. Mix everything together.
2. Drive the chicken egg into the curd. Now mix everything thoroughly. It is better to do this with a submersible blender to get a homogeneous, pasty mass.
3. Pre-sifted flour. Half sent to the curd mass and mix well again. It should turn out not too thick, but not liquid batter.
4. Pour the remaining flour onto the table. We divide the dough into identical parts. We roll each one in flour, forming a ball out of it.
5. We cover the bottom of the multicooker with a thin layer of oil. We spread cheesecakes into it. We turn on the baking program. Close the lid and cook for ten minutes. Then open the lid of the device. Cheesecakes turn over and bake in the same mode for the same amount of time. Then we take out the finished cheesecakes on a plate. We also continue to cook the remaining cheesecakes.
6. Serve the cottage cheese pancakes (step by step recipe), watering with sour cream, jam or condensed milk
Curd cheese pancakes (step by step recipe) - tips and tricks
To dry curd acquired a uniform consistency, mix it with a small amount of fat sour cream.
Do not put too much sugar in the dough.
Cheesecakes can be prepared with corn, whole grain or oatmeal.
Fry cheesecakes over low heat using refined oil.
You can beat the protein into a dense foam, and only then add it to the dough.
