Cottage cheese is rich in protein, healthy fats, vitamins and minerals. This is one of the most dietary products that children and adults need in their daily diet. This time we are sharing simple recipes for cottage cheese pancakes – in a pan and in the oven!
1. Classic cheesecakes
The most classic syrniki recipe in which you can add anything to your taste – dried fruits, candied fruits or chocolate!
You will need: 500 g cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 6 tbsp. flour, 2 tbsp. Sahara.
Cooking: Mash the cottage cheese with a fork or beat with a blender so that the cheesecakes are airy. Add eggs, sugar and mix well. The amount of flour varies according to the density you want to get – about 5 tbsp. Form curd balls, roll them in flour, flatten and fry in a pan on both sides for literally 1-2 minutes.
2. Cheesecakes with cornmeal
The dough is dense, elastic, but very tender.
You will need: 300 g cottage cheese, 4 tbsp. corn flour, 1 egg, 1 tbsp. zest, 1 tbsp. Sahara.
Cooking: Thoroughly grind dry cottage cheese with egg and sugar until smooth. Add lemon zest, vanilla, cinnamon or almond extract to taste. Mix the flour into the dough and knead, make elastic washers, roll a little more in flour and you can fry.
3. Cheesecakes with semolina
Semolina is much healthier than regular flour and is an excellent substitute for it.
You will need: 400 g cottage cheese, 5 tbsp. semolina, 3 tbsp. sugar, 2 eggs, 0.5 tsp. soda, a pinch of salt.
Cooking: Put cottage cheese in one container, 4 tbsp. semolina, sugar, salt and eggs, and leave it for half an hour so that the cereal swells. Add slaked soda and leave for a couple more minutes. After that, knead the dough, form cheesecakes, roll again in the remaining semolina and fry in a pan.
4. Cheesecakes with rice flour
Rice flour is a salvation for those who cannot eat gluten and wheat in any form.
You will need: 400 g cottage cheese, 1 tbsp. rice flour, powdered sugar and starch, 2 eggs, a pinch of salt.
Cooking: Beat the eggs with sugar and salt, add the mashed cottage cheese and mix. Add flour with starch, mix and leave the dough in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. You can even cook it from evening to morning. Form and fry cheesecakes in a pan as usual, but then put them in the oven for 10 minutes at 200 degrees.
5. Cheesecakes on coconut flour
They differ slightly in texture and appearance, but they turn out to be very tasty and fragrant.
You will need: 450 g cottage cheese, 20 g coconut flour, 30 g sugar, 2 eggs.
Cooking: Grind the cottage cheese or beat it with a blender, simultaneously draining the excess liquid. Mix it with eggs, sugar and salt, and then add coconut flour and knead the dough.
Form and fry cheesecakes with a minimum amount of oil, but turn very carefully – they are too tender. If you want a denser texture – bring them in the oven at 180 degrees for another 7 minutes.
6. Cheesecakes with oatmeal
It’s hard to imagine a more nutritious and healthy protein breakfast!
You will need: 200 g cottage cheese, 3 eggs, 3 tbsp. oatmeal, 3 tbsp sugar.
Cooking: Thoroughly mix the cottage cheese with eggs and sugar, and then add the oatmeal and knead the dough. Forming such cheesecakes as usual will not work, so put them on the pan with a spoon. They are fried literally for a minute and a half per side.
7. Cheesecakes with bran
To make cheesecakes even more dietary, use a sugar substitute.
You will need: 400 g cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp. bran, 3 tbsp. sugar, 7 g baking powder, vanillin.
Cooking: Thoroughly mix the grated cottage cheese dough with the rest of the ingredients. If you use a sugar substitute in tablets, 4 pieces are enough. Dissolve them in 50 ml of water and add to the dough. Bake cheesecakes in silicone molds until they turn golden.
8. Protein cheesecakes
The protein powder in cheesecakes is almost not felt and leaves a pleasant aftertaste.
You will need: 250 g cottage cheese, 2 bananas, 2 tbsp. protein, 2 eggs.
Cooking: Separate the egg whites and beat them a little with a whisk, you won’t need the yolks. Perebey cottage cheese in a blender with a banana and combine the mass with the rest of the ingredients. Such cheesecakes are fried a little longer than usual – about three minutes in a non-stick frying pan.
9. Banana cheesecakes
Banana is the perfect ingredient for dough, and cheesecakes are no exception!
You will need: 400 g cottage cheese, 1 banana, 1 egg, 2 tbsp. flour, 1 tbsp. sugar, vanillin.
Cooking: Mash with a fork or blend the cottage cheese, egg and bananas into a homogeneous mass. Add sugar, vanilla, flour and knead the dough. Banana cheesecakes are formed and fried as usual.
10. Cheesecakes with Nutella
Instead of chocolate paste, you can use thick boiled condensed milk.
You will need: 300 g cottage cheese, 1 egg, 1.5 tbsp. semolina, 50 g flour, 1 tsp. powdered sugar, nutella.
Cooking: Mash the cottage cheese and mix it well with the egg, semolina and powdered sugar. Divide the mass into equal parts and mold the cheesecakes, putting Nutella inside with a teaspoon. Roll each cheesecake in flour and fry in a pan, as usual.
11. Lviv cheesecake
A popular Ukrainian dessert has long gone beyond the boundaries of its native city and country.
You will need: 250 g of cottage cheese, 90 g of butter and sugar, 2 eggs, 50 g of sour cream, 0.5 tbsp. semolina, 1.5 tbsp. cocoa, a handful of raisins, zest.
Cooking: Separate the yolks, beat them with 3/4 of sugar until white, add cottage cheese, semolina and 2/3 of soft butter grated through a sieve. Knead the dough, add the zest with raisins and slowly stir in the egg whites whipped to peaks.
Bake the cheesecake at 180 degrees for about 50 minutes, and during this time bring the icing from sour cream, cocoa, butter and sugar residues to a boil. Send the glazed cheesecake to the refrigerator for 5 hours so that it grabs.
12. Cheesecakes with apples
Another healthy and dietary cheesecakes on our list. You can use other fruits or berries!
You will need: 400 g cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 3 tbsp. semolina, 4 tbsp. flour, 2 apples, 2 tbsp. sugar, 0.5 tsp cinnamon.
Cooking: Mix cottage cheese with eggs, sugar, cinnamon and a pinch of salt, add 3/4 semolina with flour. Peel the apples and cut them into small cubes, and then add to the dough. Form cheesecakes, roll in the remnants of semolina with flour and fry in a pan.
13. Cheesecakes with potatoes
Instead of potatoes, boiled carrots are also suitable for a full-fledged main dish.
You will need: 200 g cottage cheese, 2 potatoes, 2 tbsp. flour, 2 eggs, salt.
Cooking: Boil potatoes and grind it together with cottage cheese into a homogeneous mass. You can also beat them in a blender or pass through a meat grinder. Add the egg, salt, flour and knead the dough, and then form the balls, fry and serve with sour cream and herbs.
14. Cheesecakes with mascarpone
Thanks to mascarpone, the dough becomes more tender, but at the same time much more satisfying!
You will need: 500 g cottage cheese, 250 g mascarpone, 2 eggs, 3 tbsp. flour, 3 tbsp. sugar, vanillin.
Cooking: Grind cottage cheese with mascarpone, add eggs with sugar, flour and knead the dough. Roll each cheesecake in flour and fry in a well-heated pan.
15. Stewed cheesecakes
Cheesecakes in a delicate sweet sauce do not require any additions.
You will need: 600 g cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 3/4 cup flour, 4 tbsp. sour cream, 100 g butter, half a glass of milk, 2 tbsp. honey, 1 tsp salt.
Cooking: Grind the cottage cheese with 2/3 of the melted butter, add pre-beaten eggs, flour and salt, knead the dough. Form and fry balls like regular cheesecakes.
Melt the remaining butter in a frying pan, add honey, milk, sour cream and mix the sauce. When it boils, put cheesecakes in it and simmer under the lid for 3 minutes.