Cottage cheese is a very healthy product rich in vitamins and minerals. The most popular dish from it is the classic cottage cheese pancakes, a recipe familiar to everyone from childhood. But, it turns out there are a lot of options for cooking this tasty and healthy breakfast.

Classic cottage cheese pancakes in a pan

This classic dish can be a great dessert. It is enough to serve it with honey or jam.

Required Products:

  • 1 pack of cottage cheese (250 g);
  • 1 egg
  • Sugar to taste;
  • 150 g of wheat flour.

Cooking process:

  1. The fat content of cottage cheese, which is used to make cottage cheese pancakes, can be any. But they will turn out much tastier if it is fatter (optimally 9%).
  2. Mash the cottage cheese well with a fork.
  3. Add sugar and egg, which are pre-mixed together.
  4. Gradually introduce flour, adding it in small portions. The resulting mass should not be too dry, but it is also impossible for it to stick to the hands.
  5. Knead well and form cheesecakes. To do this, 1 tablespoon of the mass is selected and rolled into a ball. This is best done with hands slightly dipped in water.
  6. The ball is pressed on both sides to get the desired shape, after which the cottage cheese rolls in flour.
  7. Cheesecakes are fried in well-heated oil until a golden crust appears on the surface.

It is important that when frying in the pan there is not too much oil, otherwise the dish will turn out to be too fat. It is better to pour it in small portions as soon as the pan becomes dry.

Cooking classics in the oven

 

Cheesecakes can be prepared not only by frying them in vegetable oil, but also baking in the oven.This option is suitable for fans of healthy eating and those who follow their figure. You can serve them not only for breakfast, but also as an afternoon snack or a light dinner.

Required Products:

  • 250 g of cottage cheese;
  • 1 egg
  • 0.5 teaspoon of baking powder;
  • A pinch of salt;
  • 3-5 tablespoons of flour (the exact amount depends on the consistency of cottage cheese).

Cooking process:

  1. To make the finished dish tender, the curd mass must be homogeneous. To achieve this consistency, the cottage cheese is rubbed through a sieve or carefully kneading with a fork.
  2. Add to it an egg (previously slightly beaten), salt and sugar.
  3. Knead mass until smooth.
  4. Add flour in small portions and knead until the mass does not stick to the hands.
  5. To make it easier to form cheesecakes, hands should be regularly moistened with water.
  6. Put the cottage cheese pancakes on a baking sheet. So that when baking cottage cheese pancakes do not stick to it, it is necessary to sprinkle it with a small amount of flour or just cover it with parchment.
  7. Preheat the oven to a temperature of 180 degrees and only then put a baking sheet in it.
  8. After 10 minutes, turn the cottage cheese pancakes on the other side and bake until cooked.

It is important not to overdo the dish in the oven, otherwise it will become too dry.

Cheesecakes with semolina - a traditional recipe

To make the syrniki as tender as possible and at the same time lush, experienced housewives recommend cooking them with semolina.

Required Products:

  • 500 g of cottage cheese (it is better not to choose too dry and grainy);
  • 3 eggs;
  • 1 cup semolina;
  • Sugar to taste;
  • A handful of raisins.

Cooking process:

  1. Mash the cottage cheese thoroughly using a fork or even better rub through a sieve so that it does not have lumps.
  2. Add pre-beaten egg, sugar, mix well.
  3. Add half the semolina and mix.
  4. Leave the mixture for 10-15 minutes. During this time, semolina has time to swell.
  5. While it will swell, rinse the raisins and soak in warm water so that it is soft.
  6. After 5 minutes, drain the water and dry the raisins.
  7. Add raisins to the curd mass, and mix to form cheesecakes.
  8. Roll each cheesecake in the remaining semolina and fry until golden brown.

This dish will be very tasty with sour cream.

Egg-free recipe

 

It is believed that if cheesecakes are cooked without eggs, they will end up being too dry or falling apart during frying. However, this is not at all true. It is shown step by step how to cook them without a single egg.

Required Products:

  • 300 g of cottage cheese (it is better if it is homemade greasy);
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar and flour;
  • Vanillin at will.

Cooking process:

  1. It is important that the selected cottage cheese does not contain a lot of liquid, but also is not too dry. If there is a lot of whey in the curd, you need to squeeze it first.
  2. Mix it with other products.
  3. Knead well and form cheese cakes.
  4. Roll each of them in flour and fry in hot oil.

Curd cheesecakes according to GOST in a pan

Such a dish has always been prepared in kindergartens and schools. Therefore, many have known their taste since childhood.

Required Products:

  • 540 g of cottage cheese;
  • 20 g of chicken egg (this is about half the average size egg);
  • 60 g of sugar;
  • 80 g of flour;
  • 20 g of margarine, which is used for frying.

Cooking process:

  1. Cottage cheese must be wiped through a sieve. This will achieve mass uniformity. And the finished dish will be soft and airy.
  2. Mix it with the rest of the ingredients.
  3. From this mass, roll a thick sausage (about 5-7 cm in diameter), which is laid out on a table crushed by flour.
  4. Cut it into "washers" with a width of about 1.5-2 cm.
  5. Roll each cheesecake in flour and fry on margarine.

They will be very tasty with sour cream.

Cheesecakes with chocolate

 

Such a dish will become a dream of a sweet tooth, as chocolate is used here as a filler. You can’t call such a delicacy a diet, but you can afford it before a busy day or an intense sports training.

Required Products:

  • 300 g of cottage cheese;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 100 g semolina;
  • 50 g of milk chocolate;
  • 2 tablespoons of flour;
  • A pinch of salt;
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder.

Cooking process:

  1. Cottage cheese is ground with sugar.
  2. Pre-beaten eggs, salt, baking powder and semolina are added to the mixture.
  3. Chocolate is cut into small slices.
  4. From the curd mass, balls are made into which a slice of chocolate is placed. Carefully make a cheesecake.
  5. Fry it on both sides, after wetting it in flour.
  6. Put them on a paper towel in a row so that excess fat comes out.

With the addition of bananas

The combination of cottage cheese with bananas makes this dish not only tasty, but also healthy.

Required Products:

  • About 500 g of cottage cheese (the fatter it is, the tastier the dish will turn out);
  • 1 egg
  • 1 banana (it is important that it is ripened);
  • 200 g of flour;
  • 100 g of sugar;
  • ½ tea baking powder boat;
  • Vanillin;
  • Powdered sugar.

Cooking process:

  1. To make the dish tender and homogeneous, the cottage cheese must be carefully rubbed through a sieve.
  2. After that, it combines with sugar and vanilla.
  3. Beat the eggs separately and add to the curd.
  4. Finely chop the banana or knead with a fork. The smaller its pieces, the more tender the finished dish will turn out.
  5. Mix the curd with banana, flour and baking powder.
  6. Make syrniki from prepared mass.
  7. Pour a little flour into a plate to roll cheese cakes.
  8. Fry the formed syrniki in well-heated vegetable oil.
  9. Sprinkle with powdered sugar on top.

Salted cheesecakes with herbs

 

It turns out that cheesecakes can be not only sweet. Fans of greens will like this recipe.

Required Products:

  • 0.5 kg of cottage cheese;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 100 g of feta cheese;
  • 100 g of flour;
  • Dry or fresh herbs (parsley or dill is ideal, but you can take any other);
  • A pinch of salt;
  • If desired, you can add your favorite spices.

Cooking process:

  1. Mash the cottage cheese with a fork.
  2. Eggs are beaten separately with a pinch of salt.
  3. Cottage cheese combines with eggs.
  4. Grate feta cheese on a fine grater and add to the curd mixture.
  5. Finely chop the greens if it is fresh.
  6. Add greens and flour to the mixture.
  7. Mix well and make cheesecakes.
  8. After pre-roll them in flour, fry in hot oil.

Secrets of cooking

In order to fully enjoy the taste of ideal cheesecakes, you need to adhere to some rules:

  1. The cottage cheese used for cooking should be fresh and not sour. The presence of acidity can adversely affect the taste of the dish.
  2. It is important to choose not too wet cottage cheese. If there is too much moisture in it, you will have to add a lot of flour, and this will make cheese cakes hard. When the product has a lot of whey, it must first be squeezed through cheesecloth and only then cook cottage cheese pancakes.
  3. A large number of eggs will also make the dough liquid. And to bring it to the necessary consistency, you will have to add more flour.
  4. To make the dish lush and tender, it should not have too much flour.
  5. To cheesecakes well fried, they need to be made small.
  6. To enrich the taste of the finished dish, such components as raisins, dried apricots, coconut, nuts, etc. help.
  7. Preparing the dough for cheesecakes, flour is poured in small portions. So you can achieve the perfect consistency.
  8. A crispy crust will provide a roll in the flour before roasting.
  9. A golden crust is obtained when the dish is fried in a mixture of vegetable and butter.
  10. In order for the treat not to turn out to be too fat, put the cottage cheese pancakes when frying in a pan with a small amount of vegetable oil, which has already managed to warm up well. If necessary, it can be added during cooking. And ready-made cheesecakes need to be laid out on a paper towel that absorbs excess oil.
  11. For serving, you can use sour cream, honey, condensed milk, fruits, etc.

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