Buckwheat with cottage cheese is perfect for breakfast or Sunday afternoon snack. In addition, such a dish can be easily taken with you to work as a snack. Krupenik can be consumed both in hot and in cold form. This dish is ideally combined with many products, for example, with condensed milk, jam, fat sour cream, natural yogurt without additives, mashed raspberries and just with fresh berries.
Classic Krupenik: recipe from cottage cheese and buckwheat
To prepare such a dish you will need:
- boiled buckwheat - 1.5 cups;
- sugar - 1.5 large spoons;
- chicken eggs - 2 pieces;
- butter based on animal cream - 2 large spoons;
- salt;
- cottage cheese of any fat content - 300 grams.
In this recipe, buckwheat is used already ready, dry is not worth adding. For the preparation of this dish, even savory cottage cheese is suitable, but not sour.
Cooking steps
So, how to cook buckwheat with cottage cheese? The first thing to do is turn on the oven. It must be heated to a temperature of 200 degrees. The baking dish should be greased with butter. This will take 1 tablespoon of the component. If desired, you can cover the form with parchment paper intended for baking.
In a deep bowl, beat eggs and then add sugar and salt. The components need to be mixed by whipping everything with a fork or a whisk. It is also necessary to introduce cottage cheese. The mixture should be mixed well, and then add boiled buckwheat. The result should be a homogeneous, not too viscous, but not liquid mass.
How to bake
Buckwheat with cottage cheese is cooked in the oven. The resulting mass should be poured into a pre-prepared form, and then put in the oven. Cooking takes from 35 to 40 minutes. Baking should be well browned. The finished dish must be removed from the oven. On top, put a piece of the remaining butter from the animal cream. Buckwheat is ready. You can serve it hot to the table.
Buckwheat in milk with buckwheat
To prepare such a dish, it is worth preparing in advance:
- 200 grams of cottage cheese;
- 1 cup buckwheat;
- 2 cups of milk;
- 1/2 cup sour cream;
- 2 eggs, preferably chicken;
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt;
- 2 large tablespoons of sugar;
- 2 large tablespoons of butter based on animal cream.
How to cook
To prepare a buckwheat cereal with cottage cheese, you need to boil the porridge. This should be done in milk. Buckwheat is cooked until thickened. While the cereal is preparing, the curd should be wiped through a strainer with small cells or pass it through a meat grinder. In a bowl with the component you need to pour sugar, salt, beat eggs. Products must be mixed well. Buckwheat should be added to the mixture and then placed in a deep frying pan or in a form pre-oiled. The top must be greased with sour cream and pour with pre-melted butter.
The oven must be preheated to 180 degrees. Bake the cereal with cottage cheese and buckwheat for 40 minutes. The finished dish should be poured again with oil. If necessary, this component can be replaced with sour cream.
Buckwheat groats: recipe in a slow cooker
If there is no oven, then you can cook such a dish in a slow cooker. This will require:
- 1/2 cup buckwheat;
- 240 grams of cottage cheese;
- 2 large tablespoons of sugar;
- 60 grams of sour cream;
- 2 eggs, preferably chicken;
- salt.
Cooking process
To make buckwheat groats with cottage cheese, you need to boil the groats in slightly salted water until they are half-cooked. After this, the porridge should be left for a while, so that it cools slightly. During this time, you can cook the curd base. Chicken eggs must be added to the bowl and mixed with the indicated amount of sugar. Beat the components so that you get a white smooth mass. After that, salt and a little sour cream can be added to the mixture. Products need to be beaten again.
The curd mass should be ground with an ordinary fork. The product is also worth whipping with a blender. This will get rid of large lumps. Cottage cheese should be added to the prepared mixture along with boiled buckwheat. All must be mixed well so that the mass is homogeneous.
How to bake in a slow cooker
Buckwheat with cottage cheese in a slow cooker is cooked in the main bowl. The container should be greased with oil. It is also necessary to pour in the finished mass and distribute it evenly. Otherwise, the dish may not be fully baked. Finally, close the lid of the device and select the “Baking” mode. As a rule, time should be set automatically. If your model does not provide such a function, then you must set the timer for 60 minutes.
After an hour, you should check the buckwheat for readiness. If the dish has not been baked, then the slow cooker should be left in the "Heating" mode. So baking will reach the desired condition. If the cereal is ready, then it must be left in the device until it cools completely. After this, the dish can be removed from the bowl of the multicooker by gently turning the container over and serving. In addition, you can cover the top with a layer of sour cream or natural yogurt without additives.
In conclusion
Krupnik from cottage cheese and buckwheat is liked not only by adults, but also by children. This is a great option for those whose child does not like this grits. The cooking process does not take much time. As for the components, you should not experiment. It is better to cook according to the classic recipe. It is also not recommended to add pistachios, almond flakes, raisins, crushed walnuts, peanuts or raisins to buckwheat. It spoils the taste of the dish. Serve cereal with cottage cheese and buckwheat porridge is better with sour cream, natural yogurt or condensed milk.