Curd cakes are not only healthy, but also delicious. There are many recipes; they amaze with their variety. On the basis of cottage cheese, you can cook sweet cakes, which are usually served cold for tea or coffee. And you can make aromatic brackish goodies with cheese or other ingredients. In any case, itβs easy to find exactly your cooking option for this product.
Easiest recipe
What is the advantage of this cooking option? There is no need to cook the dough, as they use Armenian pita bread. In addition to it they take:
- a couple of cloves of garlic;
- a large bunch of greenery;
- a pack of cottage cheese;
- spices to taste.
Cottage cheese is put in a bowl, thoroughly knead. If it is very crumbly, you can add a spoonful of sour cream or milk. Add greens, previously chopping it. Garlic is grated and put to the filling. Pita bread is divided into pieces, spread the filling in the middle. Fold it in any convenient way. A little vegetable oil is heated in a pan. Fry the cakes on both sides, literally a minute, so that they grab.
Yeastless flat cakes
To prepare this version of curd cakes, you need to take the following products:
- 200 grams of flour;
- 100 ml of water;
- 1.5 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- half a teaspoon of salt;
- 250 grams of cottage cheese;
- clove of garlic;
- some fresh herbs.
Also in the flavorful filling due to greens and garlic, you can add a couple of a pinch of salt, spices to taste. Such curd cakes are prepared in a pan. The recipe is simple but very tasty!
The process of making cakes
First, prepare the dough. Water needs to be heated, but not boiled. Sift the flour, make a depression in it. Pour water, oil and salt into it. All are thoroughly stirred so that there are no lumps.
The dough should eventually become smooth. Remove the finished lump of dough into a bag for 30 minutes.
For the filling, put the cottage cheese in a bowl. Finely chop any greens. You need to take dill, cilantro or parsley, you can add green onions. The garlic is triturated on a fine grater and added to the curd, mixed thoroughly. Spices are introduced.
The dough is rolled out in a thin layer, divided into four parts. The filling is placed in the middle of the cake, smeared on it. Fold the dough with an envelope. On a dry frying pan, place it with the seam down. Turn over. They are waiting for the formation of a golden crust. If desired, you can grease the hot curd cakes with butter. To make them tender, stack the cakes in a stack, cover them with a napkin and allow them to stand for a while.
Tortilla with delicate filling
This option for making cheese and cheese cakes is very simple! But it can be a great alternative to pies. For this recipe take:
- 400 grams of flour;
- 200 ml of kefir;
- half a teaspoon of salt and soda;
- two teaspoons of sugar;
- 200 grams of sugar;
- 120 grams of feta cheese;
- on a bunch of green onions and dill.
You can also add a pinch of ground black pepper to the filling.
How to cook a tortilla with a filling?
First, form the dough. For this, soda and sugar are introduced into kefir. Stir thoroughly. In another bowl, combine salt and flour, mix. Pour kefir to the dry ingredients, knead a soft, smooth dough. Leave it for 20 minutes under the lid.
For filling the cheese, knead with a fork. Cottage cheese is added to the cheese, all rubbed together. Lay finely chopped greens. They try the resulting filling on salt, add it if necessary.
The dough is divided into four parts. Each roll out in a cake, put the filling in the middle. They fold it with an envelope, and then with the help of a rolling pin, they press it with cottage cheese from all sides. Fried in a pan with a drop of vegetable oil. First brown, and then bring to readiness under the lid. Such cheese cakes with cheese are good in hot form.
Cottage cheese dessert in the oven
Such a recipe for cheese cakes will appeal to children. It differs from the usual cheesecakes. For him you need to take:
- 250 grams of cottage cheese;
- 25 grams of butter;
- as much sugar;
- 15 grams of umka;
- as much semolina;
- two yolks;
- half a teaspoon of soda.
You will also need syrup. For him to take;
- 1.5 cups of sugar;
- 1.25 glasses of water;
- juice of half a lemon.
It is also worth taking a piece of oil to lubricate the pan.
How to cook sweet curd cakes?
To begin with, put two yolks in a bowl, introduce sugar. Beat thoroughly using a mixer. Melt the butter in a water bath, wait for it to cool and add to the yolks. Enter soda. Beat the resulting mixture again.
Add cottage cheese and carefully, but carefully knead the future dough for flat cakes. Pour flour and semolina, mix again. Balls are torn from the total mass of the curd dough and form them. Then press down to make a cake, but not very thin.
Parchment is placed on a baking sheet or simply greased with oil. Lay out the finished cakes, leaving at least two centimeters between the products. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees and cook for about 20 minutes.
They make syrup from water, sugar and lemon juice. Boil it, then simmer for about ten minutes.
Pour cottage cheese cakes with them, cover them with a lid and keep them at a temperature of 170 degrees for another 20 minutes. They serve such a sweet dish in a cold form.
Delicious cakes suitable for freezing
What are the benefits of this recipe? Such cakes perfectly tolerate freezing, so they can be cooked for the future. Just get the finished product and fry the curd cakes in a pan.
To prepare you need to take:
- two eggs;
- 180 grams of cottage cheese;
- half a teaspoon of salt;
- a teaspoon of sugar;
- 250 grams of flour;
- favorite spices;
- half a teaspoon of soda;
- a tablespoon of odorless vegetable oil.
Both eggs are broken into a deep bowl, sugar, salt and cottage cheese are also poured here. Thoroughly knead the mass, trying to make the cottage cheese homogeneous. Add spices. Dried oregano or a pinch of hot pepper goes well with this recipe. But much depends on taste preferences.
In a separate bowl, carefully sifted flour and soda are combined, parts of the dry mixture are introduced to the curd, stirring. This is done so that no lumps appear. The dough in the end is elastic. Top up with a spoonful of oil. Roll up the sausage from the dough, divide it into four parts. A little flour is poured onto the table so that the dough does not stick. A cake is rolled out from each piece. Fry each in vegetable oil in a pan until it becomes golden brown. Such cakes can be a good alternative to bread.
Tasty and tender cakes are not only a bread option, but also a replacement for pastry cakes, sweet pastries. You can cook them according to a variety of recipes. So, someone prefers fragrant cakes with feta cheese, while others prefer sweet options, similar to cheesecakes. It is also worth noting that in some recipes the cottage cheese is interfered with in the dough, which makes it more tender and soft, while in others the cottage cheese acts as a filling.