As you know, cheesecakes are pancakes from cottage cheese, eggs and flour, which are usually fried in vegetable or butter. Baking them in the oven is also possible and even more useful. And if you make cottage cheese pancakes from baby cottage cheese, you will get surprisingly soft and tender products. Suitable for this and homemade cottage cheese made of milk.
The use of less flour ensures a delicate creamy structure of cheesecakes. You can also add raisins, chopped dried apricots, fresh apples or pears to the dough. Some recipes add banana or lemon zest.
If the cottage cheese is too wet, squeeze it well before adding it to the batter. If you want a really delicate texture, wipe it through a sieve. The simplicity of the recipes and the delicious taste of cottage cheese pancakes make them one of the favorite dishes for breakfast. Properly prepared products should be ruddy on top and tender and soft inside. Cheesecakes are ideally served with sour cream, jam, honey or fresh berries.
Homemade cottage cheese
As already noted, these products are best prepared from baby or home-made cottage cheese. In the first case, you can buy in the store a product for children "Agusha" or another brand. In the second case, some effort will be required. How to make cottage cheese at home from milk? Below is a step-by-step guide.
All dishes should be very well cleaned before starting. In total you will need:
- 1 liter of whole milk;
- 4 drops of liquid rennet ;
- half hp salt, plus more to your taste;
- 6 l Art. heavy cream or a mixture of heavy cream and buttermilk.
How to do it?
How to make cottage cheese at home from milk? Heat the milk very slowly in a medium-sized pan. Use minimal heat. Insert the thermometer into the milk and heat until it reaches 30 ºC. Turn off the fire, put the rennet. Mix gently for two minutes.
Cover the pan with a clean kitchen towel and cover. Let stand at room temperature for four hours. After this time, the mixture will begin to solidify and become "trembling." Take a sharp knife and cut it diagonally 5 or 6 times, then do the same in the opposite direction.
Sprinkle with salt, then place the pan on a very low heat and heat, gently stirring, until the cottage cheese separates from the whey. It takes only a few minutes. Do not digest it at this moment, otherwise the final product will be tough.
Cover the sieve with gauze and place it in a large bowl. Pour the mixture into it and gently stir to remove a large amount of serum. Fold the ends of the cheesecloth over the curd and place the sieve (leaving a bowl below) in the refrigerator. Let drain for one hour, stirring once or twice.
Put the prepared tender cottage cheese from gauze in a bowl and add cream or a mixture of buttermilk. Try and add more salt if necessary.
Simple cheesecakes
These cottage cheese pancakes are incredibly easy to make and your family will love this breakfast idea. Rosy on the outside and soft inside, everyone will like them. This recipe for cottage cheese pancakes will appeal to everyone. So you will need:
- 500 grams of baby or home-made cottage cheese;
- 2 eggs;
- 4 tbsp. l Sahara;
- baking powder - 0.5 l. hours;
- a glass of sifted flour;
- a pinch of salt;
- 6 tbsp. l vegetable oil (odorless) for frying.
How to cook this dish?
The recipe for lush curd cheesecakes step by step looks like this. In a large bowl, put the children's or homemade cottage cheese and use a fork to break all the large pieces. Add eggs, sugar, salt, baking powder and 3/4 cup flour and mix all the ingredients until the dough is smooth. In a shallow separate bowl, put a quarter cup of flour.
Using 2 forks, roll out the batter and cover it with flour, and then, working with your hands, form it into pancakes. Remove excess flour. Heat two tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large skillet with a non-stick coating over moderate heat.
Working in batches, prepare cottage cheese pancakes from baby cottage cheese for 2-3 minutes on each side until they turn golden and ruddy. Transfer cooked cottage cheese pancakes to a large plate covered with a paper towel. Serve immediately with sour cream, honey and / or your favorite jam.
Some useful notes
If you have a few extra minutes, put the cottage cheese in a blender and press a few times to break the big lumps. This will make your cheesecakes even softer and more airy.
To avoid the accumulation of fat, be sure to wipe the pan after each batch (a folded paper towel will come in handy in this process) and add more oil to the pan after cleaning it.
Option with semolina in butter
This recipe for cottage cheese pancakes involves the addition of semolina. Cooking is supposed to be with butter, which will add a pleasant unusual flavor. In total you will need the following:
- 1 egg
- 400 grams of baby cottage cheese (2 packs of 200 grams each);
- 1.5 tbsp. l semolina + additionally for sprinkling;
- table salt to taste;
- sugar to taste;
- 2 tbsp. l melted butter + a few pieces for lubrication;
- 100 grams of sour cream + for serving.
Cooking cottage cheese semolina cheesecakes
These baby cottage cheese cakes in the oven are easily cooked. Mix all the ingredients. Leave the dough for at least 10-15 minutes to allow the semolina to swell. Preheat the oven.
Next, your hands should be wet. Form balls from the dough and roll them in semolina. Put them on a greased or lined baking sheet, and press them to become flat in shape. Bake at 180 C for 10-15 minutes. Turn the products over, place small pieces of butter on them and bake for another 15 minutes. Serve with sour cream and / or jam.
Another children's option
This recipe will allow you to cook baked cottage cheese pancakes for children. Since they contain a minimum of components, they can be given to babies. To prepare such cottage cheese pancakes, you will need: a glass of baby or home-made cottage cheese;
- 2 large eggs, slightly beaten;
- a quarter cup of granulated sugar or any other sweetener you prefer (ideally honey);
- 1 liter including vanilla extract or a bag of vanillin;
- a third cup of whole grain wheat flour or coconut flour;
- 2 l Art. melted butter;
- some fine sea salt.
Cooking useful products
Preheat the oven in advance to 180º. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl until a thick consistency of dough is obtained. It will remain grainy because of the curd, no matter how tender it is.
Scoop one tablespoon of dough into your hand, shape a pancake. Continue until you form products from the entire mass. Bake for about 25 minutes, turning the cottage cheese pancakes once in the middle of the cooking time, until both sides of the products turn brown. Lubricate with melted butter before serving.
Universal option
Cheesecakes are often served with fruit or berry sauce, jam or jam, maple syrup or a mixture of cinnamon and sugar, as well as sour cream or cream. This is one of the most beloved breakfasts or tea snacks since childhood. Although this is traditionally a sweet dish, you can make them savory by adding green onions or leeks, a little fresh herbs, salt, freshly ground black pepper, a drop of cayenne pepper or even a handful of very well-squeezed slightly blanched or frozen spinach. The ingredients for cottage cheese pancakes are as follows:
- 500 grams of tender baby curd;
- 1.5 l Art. Sahara;
- 0.5 l including kosher or sea salt;
- 2 eggs stored at room temperature;
- 1 liter including pure vanilla extract;
- 2 l including zest of lemon or orange;
- half a glass of universal flour + additionally for coating products;
- 1 liter including baking powder;
- Odorless vegetable oil for frying.
For sweet sauce:
- a glass of sweet or sour pitted cherries;
- half a glass of sugar;
- 1 liter Art. lemon juice if you use sweet berries;
- 1 liter Art. potato starch;
- a third of a glass of cold water;
- 1 liter including pure vanilla extract.
How to cook these items?
In a large container, mix flour, baking powder and salt. Put cottage cheese, sugar, well-beaten eggs, zest of lemon or orange and vanilla extract in another bowl. Mix well. Add the flour mixture gradually until a very homogeneous mixture is obtained.
Place it in the refrigerator for 45-60 minutes, then scoop the balls of dough with a spoon and put them on a lightly sprinkled board. Form cakes of approximately 2 cm thickness and 5 cm in diameter. Make sure you turn the dough over and lightly coat with flour on both sides.
How to cook these cottage cheese pancakes from baby curd in a pan? Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Pour about a tablespoon of oil into its lower part. When it is warm, put the curd pancakes one at a time, no more than three or four at a time, depending on the size of the pan.
Fry until the underside is golden brown. At this stage, turn over the products and cook until the second surface becomes the same rosy. It takes about 5-6 minutes on each side. Put the finished cheesecakes on the dish. Serve immediately with sour cream and any jams, preserves, fruit or berry sauces, or fresh berries.
How to make a sauce?
To make cherry sauce, mix the cherry with sugar and lemon juice (if used) in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, cook for 3 to 4 minutes. In a glass, mix potato starch with water and add to the cherry. When the mixture boils again, cook for about two minutes, or until the sauce thickens. Put vanilla extract in it and pour fresh cheesecakes with the finished sauce.
Apple Option
These chubby and tasty cottage cheese pancakes from the baby cottage cheese "Agusha" are hearty, healthy and very tender. They are ideal for any breakfast, light dinner or snack. To prepare them, you will need the following:
- 1 apple to choose from (preferably sour variety);
- 200 grams of cottage cheese "Agusha" (2 packs);
- 2 whole eggs;
- 3/4 cup flour plus half a glass for sprinkling;
- 1 liter including baking powder;
- 2 l Art. Sahara;
- zest of one orange;
- 0.5 l including freshly ground cinnamon;
- icing sugar for decoration;
- 4 l Art. butter unsalted.
How to make apple cheesecakes?
First clean the apple. Then cut it into cubes. It is advisable to make them small so that they do not stand out too much in the test.
Place a tablespoon of oil in a medium-sized saucepan and let it melt over medium heat. Put half of the diced apples in it along with 0.5 l. including freshly ground cinnamon. It’s best to just rub some fresh sticks. Let the apple fry slowly until it is tender and soft. Set aside.
Add half the diced apple, 2 eggs, orange zest, 2 tablespoons tablespoons sugar, a teaspoon of baking powder and 3/4 cup flour to the curd. Mix all components until completely homogeneous. The dough should be sticky. At the next stage of cooking, you will need to ensure that this stickiness does not get out of control.
Put about half a glass of flour in a bowl and take out an ice cream scoop. Pick up a ball of batter and roll it in flour. When the workpiece stops sticking to your hands, form a cake out of it.
Heat about 2 tablespoons of butter in a pan and fry each cheesecake until golden brown over low heat, about four minutes on each side. Remove from the pan and lay on a few paper towels to remove all excess fat. Serve with fried apples and a few drops of cinnamon and orange zest. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top.
Fluffy whipped squirrels
With this cooking technology, cottage cheese pancakes are very lush and airy. In total you will need:
- 250 grams of homemade or baby curd;
- 2 egg yolks;
- 2 l Art. powdered sugar;
- 1 liter Art. vanilla sugar;
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 2 egg whites;
- icing sugar for serving.
Cooking lush items
Combine the cheese and egg yolks with a fork. Add sugar and flour and mix until smooth. The mixture should be thick enough. If it is too thin, just add a little flour. You must judge this yourself, as each cottage cheese will have a different amount of moisture.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until they are hard peaks. Add them to the curd mixture and mix gently.
Heat the pan over low heat and add oil to it. When it warms up, put a tablespoon of the curd mixture. Cook each item until golden, then turn them over and fry on the other side. When the cheesecakes are rosy and crispy, put them on a plate lined with a paper kitchen towel (this will absorb excess oil). Serve them warm with any additives - jam, fruit, whipped cream, yogurt or just powdered sugar.