Cottage cheese is an invaluable product for all those losing weight, an irreplaceable source of protein and a universal ingredient for breakfasts, main courses and desserts. Do you still think that it is only suitable for cheesecakes? We hasten to convince you otherwise! We have collected 20 quick and delicious recipes for what to make with cottage cheese!
1. Pancakes with cottage cheese
Without such a universal and classic recipe, nowhere!
You will need: 1 liter of milk, 400 g of flour, 5 eggs, 700 g of cottage cheese, 130 g of sugar, butter, raisins, vanillin, salt.
Preparation: Beat 4 eggs and 30 g sugar, grind with salt and flour, pour in warm milk and mix until smooth. Put the dough in the refrigerator for half an hour, and during this time soak the raisins and mix the filling from the beaten egg, the remaining sugar and cottage cheese. Grease a skillet with oil and fry thin, tender pancakes. Wrap the filling in them and fry again, seam down.
2. Baked apples with cottage cheese
Add some berries to the dessert - and it will sparkle with new colors!
You will need: 4 large sour apples, 200 g of cottage cheese, 100 g of berries, 4 tbsp. sugar, honey, mint, nuts.
Preparation: Cut off the tops of the washed apples, take out the middle with a spoon and make a kind of a bowl inside. Sprinkle apples with half sugar, cinnamon and bake for 15 minutes at 170 degrees. Mix cottage cheese with berries and the second half of sugar, put in the oven for 5 minutes and put in apples. Garnish with honey, nuts and mint and let cool before serving.
3. Cottage cheese with salmon and herbs
Can be used in place of salad, fill baskets or simply spread on bread!
You will need: 100 g of cottage cheese, 20 g of lightly salted salmon, 1 tbsp. dill, 1 tbsp. olive oil, 1 tsp. Sahara.
Preparation: Finely chop the dill or any other greens to taste, chop the salmon and mix everything with the curd. Add sugar, some olive oil and mix well again.
4. Prunes with cottage cheese
This combination is surprisingly rich in taste and beneficial trace elements!
You will need: 500 g of cottage cheese, 600 g of prunes, 300 ml of orange juice, 50 ml of brandy, 30 g of honey, cinnamon.
Preparation: Put the prunes in a baking dish, cover with a mixture of juice, brandy and honey, sprinkle with cinnamon and send for half an hour at 160 degrees. Before serving, sprinkle hot prunes with cold granular curd.
5. Sandwiches with cottage cheese and vegetables
The perfect and easy snack from a Scandinavian recipe book!
You will need: 2 pieces of rye bread, 200 g of cottage cheese, radishes, cucumbers, green onions, salad, lemon juice, spices, butter.
Preparation: Brush the bread with butter, lay out thin strips of cucumber and radish slices. Cut a couple more radishes into cubes and mix with cottage cheese and chopped green onions. Season the curd mass with spices and lemon juice, spread it on sandwiches and garnish with lettuce leaves.
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6. Protein bomb
A vegetarian recipe that can be made with cottage cheese and legumes.
You will need: 200 g of cottage cheese, 200 g of canned chickpeas, 200 g of corn and red beans, 50 ml of olive oil, mint, lemon juice, hot pepper.
Preparation: Rinse all canned food from liquid, drain water and put in a bowl. Add cottage cheese and fields with a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice and pepper. Decorate the top with mint sprigs. Done - fast and delicious!
7. Salad with cottage cheese and cherries
If desired, replace the cherries with another seasonal sweet and sour berry.
You will need: 100 g cottage cheese, 4 tomatoes, 150 g cherries, red onion, herbs and spices.
Preparation: Cut the onion into thin half rings and the tomatoes into large pieces. Cut the berry in half and remove the seeds, put everything on a dish and sprinkle with cottage cheese. Season, add fresh herbs and some olive oil.
8. Placinda with cottage cheese
The mysterious name hides a simple recipe for Moldovan fried flatbread!
You will need: 500 g of cottage cheese, 400 g of flour, 230 ml of water, 100 g of herbs, 1 egg, vegetable oil.
Preparation: Make a depression in the sifted flour and pour in warm water and 2 tbsp. oils. Salt, knead an elastic dough and leave it for half an hour. During this time, combine the cottage cheese, egg and chopped greens.
Divide the dough into pieces and roll into thin pancakes, put the curd inside and fold the edges towards the middle. Fry the tortilla in a large amount of butter for 4 minutes on each side and transfer to paper towels.
9. Pumpkin with cottage cheese
A simple dish with cottage cheese will amazingly decorate even a festive table.
You will need: 1 medium sweet pumpkin, 100 g of cottage cheese, 100 g of butter, 50 g of powdered sugar, 50 ml of vegetable oil, honey, nuts and seeds.
Preparation: Cut the pumpkin into small pieces, fold into a mold, season, sprinkle with powdered sugar and season with oil. Put the dish on a baking sheet with water and put it in the oven for half an hour at 180 degrees. Whisk the baked pumpkin in a blender with butter, mix with cottage cheese, add honey, season and garnish with seeds, nuts and herbs.
10. Curd cake
Recipe is suitable for one large cupcake or small cupcakes in tins.
You will need: 200 g of cottage cheese, 2 tbsp. sour cream, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp. butter, a glass of flour, a glass of sugar, 0.5 tsp. soda.
Preparation: Melt the butter, extinguish the baking soda and mix all the ingredients until smooth. Place the dough in a baking dish and bake at 180 degrees until tender, depending on the size of the muffins.
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11. Curd donuts
The perfect cottage cheese treat, just like mom's childhood!
You will need: 250 g of cottage cheese, 3 eggs, 8 tbsp. wheat flour, 3 tbsp. sugar, 0.5 tsp. soda, salt, vanilla sugar.
Preparation: Knead all ingredients into a homogeneous dough using a spatula. Pour more oil into a skillet, shape the donuts the size of walnuts and deep-fry them. To remove excess fat, lay them on a paper towel and garnish with powdered sugar before serving.
12. Pie with cottage cheese and apples
This easy recipe can be used even by those who always have trouble with baking!
You will need: 100 g of cottage cheese, 400 g of fat sour cream, 400 g of apples, 50 g of sugar, 5 eggs, 1 lemon, 4 tbsp. honey, 500 g puff pastry.
Preparation: Stir cottage cheese, honey, sour cream, 4 eggs, then add zest and cinnamon to your taste. Roll out the dough, put the curd filling and the sliced apple slices on it. Tuck the edges so that the contents do not leak, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, brush with a beaten egg and bake at 180 degrees for half an hour.
13. Curd biscuits
It is difficult to find a simpler and quicker recipe for what to make from cottage cheese for tea!
You will need: 200 g of cottage cheese, 200 g of butter, 300 g of flour, 100 g of sugar, 1 egg.
Preparation: Cut the butter into cubes and mix it with the curd, then add the eggs and flour to the mixture. Put the dough in the refrigerator, and after an hour roll out and cut into small circles with a glass or glass. Roll the circles in the sugar and fold in half twice. Bake the triangles at 180 degrees for about 15 minutes.
14. Lazy cottage cheese dumplings
Unlike cheesecakes, they are not greasy at all and without oil!
You will need: 200 g of cottage cheese, 1 egg, 30 g of flour, sugar and salt.
Preparation: Knead into a homogeneous dough from all ingredients, roll out the sausage on a floured table and cut into washers. Toss the washers in salted boiling water and boil for a minute after they float.
15. Scooters with cottage cheese
Delicate yeast-free pies with cottage cheese - a classic Russian recipe!
You will need: 150 g cottage cheese, 125 g sour cream, 70 g butter, 400 g flour, 250 g sugar, 2 eggs, salt, soda.
Preparation: Whisk together 2/3 of the sour cream and sugar, add the egg, salt, softened butter and mix. Stir in the sifted flour and a pinch of soda into the dough, mash, cover with foil and leave for half an hour. Whip the protein with the rest of the sugar, mix with the cottage cheese, the rest of the sour cream and another 1 tbsp. flour.
Roll out the dough to a thickness of 3 mm and cut into medium-sized circles.Put the filling in each circle and pinch the edges well, like on dumplings. Bake juices with cottage cheese for 25 minutes at 180 degrees.
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16. Glazed curd
Do you think you can only buy delicious glazed cheese? But no!
You will need: 180 g cottage cheese, 120 ml heavy cream, 100 g chocolate, 50 g cocoa butter, 1 tbsp. icing sugar.
Preparation: Mix cottage cheese with powdered sugar and cream, beat with a blender or grind through a sieve. Pour the mass into molds, stick in the ice cream sticks and freeze. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and mix with cocoa butter (you can take butter), dip each cheese in the glaze and let it freeze.
17. Cucumber soup with cottage cheese
For the hottest and most difficult days, we have found an unusually easy and refreshing recipe!
You will need: 230 g cucumbers, 100 g salmon, 50 g cottage cheese, salt, sugar, white wine vinegar.
Preparation: Whisk the cucumbers in a blender and season with vinegar and spices to taste. Pass the soup through a fine sieve, put in the refrigerator and let cool. Whisk the curd until creamy, shape into a ball and place in soup when serving. Add some boiled salmon, small cucumber cubes and herbs.
18. Cottage cheese and beet pie
Unusual flavor combination and bright color will not leave indifferent households!
You will need: 500 g cottage cheese, 250 g fat sour cream, 100 g flour, 150 g cookies, 6 eggs, 100 g beets, 150 g sugar, 50 g butter.
Preparation: Grind the cookies into crumbs and mix with butter, put a thin crust in a baking dish and bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees. In a blender, mix eggs with sugar, and then add cottage cheese, sour cream and flour. Raw sodium beets on a fine grater or also chop in a blender and combine with curd mass. Put the mixture on a crust and leave in the oven for an hour at 120 degrees.
19. Cottage cheese bagels
According to the recipe, you can make bagels without filling or add a little jam inside!
You will need: 400 g cottage cheese, 100 g butter, 80 g sugar, 1 egg, 250 g flour, 1 tsp each. soda and lemon juice.
Preparation: Use a blender to combine cottage cheese, softened butter, egg and half the sugar. Extinguish the soda with lemon juice, add to the dough, leave for a couple of minutes and combine the mass with flour. Put the dough in the refrigerator for 10 minutes, roll it into a pancake and cut into triangles. Roll up bagels with sugar or jam, bake at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
20. Cottage cheese casserole with semolina
A very tender and hearty cottage cheese dish that is ideal for breakfast or instead of dessert!
You will need: 100 g of cottage cheese, 75 ml of milk, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon each. semolina and sugar, 10 g butter, raisins.
Preparation: Mix all the ingredients into a homogeneous dough and add the raisins soaked in advance. Pour the mixture into a mold and bake at 180 degrees for 15 minutes. Ready!