From soft fat-free cottage cheese, you can prepare a lot of tasty and healthy products. Among them - not only the usual sweet pastries, but a variety of snacks.
Not everyone loves the taste of pure cottage cheese. But he is one of the ten most healthy foods! It supplies the body with a lot of useful microelements: magnesium, fluorine, potassium, sodium and, of course, calcium (100 grams of the product contains at least 12 g of this substance necessary for the health of teeth, hair and bones). It is also rich in vitamins of several groups at once: A, B, PP. Soft fat-free cottage cheese is especially useful. It does not add extra pounds and is ideal for preparing a huge variety of simple and delicious dishes.
The nuances of curd recipes
Modern cooking knows several thousand dishes that can be made from this dietary product. It is considered very unpretentious, but there are a few tricks to remember when preparing a dish from cottage cheese:
- If you are preparing baked goods with cottage cheese, then you need to remember an important rule: immediately after adding flour, the dough must be quickly kneaded, given the required shape and sent to the oven. Otherwise, it will wind up very quickly and become tough.
- Even if the recommendations in the recipe are followed exactly step by step, the final result may slightly differ from the sample in appearance or consistency. Don't worry, these differences won't hurt the taste.
- It is not necessary to follow exactly the proportions of sugar and salt written in the recipes. Low-fat cottage cheese from different companies can have different tastes, and the preferences of all people are different. If it seems to you that the dish is not sweet or salty enough, it is better to add the missing ingredient.
Pancakes with low-fat cottage cheese
Delicate cottage cheese pancakes are an ideal option for a hearty and at the same time healthy dietary breakfast. They can be eaten with sour cream, honey, jam, sugar. Or do not add anything - their excellent taste is quite possible. Making pancakes with soft curd is very simple. The ingredients necessary for them are in every kitchen, and the total cooking time (including frying) does not exceed 20-30 minutes.
You will need:
- 1/3 pack of low-fat cottage cheese;
- half a glass of kefir;
- rubs a glass of milk;
- 1 egg;
- half a teaspoon of salt;
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ¾ teaspoon of baking soda;
- and one and a half glasses of flour.
First, the cottage cheese must be thoroughly grinded, gradually pouring milk into it. Beat the egg separately, then combine with the curd-milk mixture. Add salt, sugar, soda, half prepared kefir and flour. The resulting mass must be thoroughly but quickly mixed. Pour out the rest of the kefir (the thickness of the dough should resemble liquid sour cream).
Fry curd pancakes over low heat using vegetable oil. If you are not overwhelmed by anxiety about your figure, the oil can be replaced with pork fat. In this case, the baked goods will turn out to be especially tasty and aromatic.
Low-calorie low-fat cottage cheese casserole
Surely for many people, the most pleasant memories of kindergarten are associated with lunches and afternoon snacks. Not everything in the official kitchen was equally good; but the dietetic curd casserole was invariably delicious. The good news: this nostalgic dish is easy to prepare at home and takes very little time.
To prepare the classic curd casserole, you will need:
- 1 egg white;
- 200 grams of fat-free cottage cheese;
- 2 tablespoons of sugar;
- 50 grams of semolina;
- 25 grams of softened butter;
- And the same amount of milk (this is about one and a half tablespoons).
Mash cottage cheese with egg, add milk and beat mixture until smooth and thick. Add the rest of the food, mix thoroughly again. The resulting workpiece must be left for half an hour or a little more so that the semolina has time to swell.
After that, you can put the "dough" in a baking dish and send to the oven for 20 minutes. Cook at a temperature not exceeding 200 ⁰С. The finished casserole should take on a delicate light honey hue.
From one pack of soft cottage cheese, 2 servings of baby treats are obtained (from 6 to 8 pieces, depending on how finely cut). The nutritional value of this dish per 100 grams is only 92 kilocalories.
Diet cheese cakes with bran
An interesting fact: in Russia there was no separate name for cottage cheese. All products that were made from curdled milk were designated by one word: "cheese". That is why, until now, many dishes containing cottage cheese have this root in the name. This is how the word "syrniki" was formed.
There are a lot of recipes for this hearty delicacy. However, if you are already preparing a dish from soft fat-free cottage cheese, then it is reasonable to choose the other ingredients as well as dietary, healthy and not adding excess weight.
To prepare a complete dietary breakfast for three people, you will need:
- 2 eggs;
- 4 sweetener tablets;
- a bag of baking powder;
- 2 packs of soft cottage cheese;
- 3 tablespoons oat bran;
- And a pinch of vanilla.
To make cheese cakes, beat the eggs lightly, then add salt, bran and baking powder to them. The latter, if desired, can be replaced with half a teaspoon of baking soda. But remember that it will be necessary to extinguish it with vinegar.
Pour 2 tablespoons of water into a separate container, crush the sweetener tablets and wait until they are completely dissolved. Mix with curd mass.
The dough is ready. Now it remains to put it in muffin tins and put it in the oven, heated to 190⁰С. The readiness of the cheesecakes is easy to determine by the appearance of a golden crust.
100 grams of ready-made curd cheese pancakes contains only:
- 27.6 grams of protein;
- 4, 6 grams of fat;
- And 3.3 grams of carbohydrates.
The total nutritional value of this dietary dish is 170 calories. If desired, the sweetener can be replaced with sugar - then the treat will be more nutritious.
Delicate crumpets for second courses
There was not a completely correct opinion about cottage cheese as an ingredient suitable exclusively for desserts. However, the main dishes from this product are no less tasty. For example, potato crumpets with cottage cheese are ideal for serving with soups, salads or meat dishes.
Take the following ingredients:
- 1, 5 packs of fat-free cottage cheese;
- 300 grams of potatoes;
- 2 large eggs;
- 250 grams of flour;
- 2 tablespoons of grated raw carrots and green pickled peas;
- and, of course, a little salt and herbs (parsley, and dill, and cilantro are also suitable).
Boil the potatoes, then mash them or grate them on a coarse grater. Mix with raw egg and cottage cheese; salt. Add flour to the finished mixture. When the mass becomes homogeneous in consistency, stir in the peas with carrots and finely chopped greens. Form small cakes from the resulting dough. Fry them over medium heat in fat or vegetable oil.
Spicy snack from low-fat cottage cheese
You won't surprise anyone with sweet cottage cheese desserts. How about something spicy and savory? Those who enjoy eating sandwiches with someone more original than butter or mayonnaise will definitely love the spicy green garlic curd snack.
To prepare it, you need the following ingredients:
- a pack of cottage cheese;
- several chopped walnuts;
- half a tablespoon of odorless vegetable oil;
- fresh lemon;
- 3 tablespoons of sour milk;
- a bunch of parsley and green garlic;
- salt;
- and some ground pepper.
Strain the curdled milk through cheesecloth, mix it thoroughly with soft cottage cheese. Add seasoning. Squeeze a few tablespoons of lemon juice into the mixture, grate the peel on a fine grater and also send it to the cottage cheese.
Process the parsley and garlic. Wash them, peel if necessary and beat with a blender until they become soft and thick. Now it remains only to mix both parts of the snack until smooth.
Nuts must be finely crushed and poured into a separate container. They can be sprinkled on a snack after spreading it on bread or cracker. You should not mix them into the curd mass, otherwise the nuts will turn sour and acquire an unpleasant taste.
