Universal curd desserts won universal love not only because of the ease in cooking, but also because most of them can be turned from high-calorie goodies into dietary desserts simply by replacing sugar with honey, adding low-fat cottage cheese and removing yolks from eggs. You can also adapt all of the following recipes according to your diet, as hereinafter we will talk about how to make a cottage cheese casserole at home.
How to cook a cottage cheese casserole in an oven?
The secret of the airy and light curd casserole lies not only in the properly selected curd (it should be soft, fat and homogeneous), but also in the addition of whipped egg whites, which give the dessert volume.
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese - 340 g;
- granulated sugar - 115 g;
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- pinch of vanillin.
Preparation
If you have a blender at your disposal, throw into the bowl all the ingredients except proteins, and whisk until the mixture becomes homogeneous, otherwise you can do the same by hand or mixer. When the cottage cheese mixture becomes homogeneous, take on proteins. With the help of a whisk they must be turned into a steep foam, and then add the resulting foam to the cottage cheese in portions, stirring gently. When the proteins are added, carefully distribute the curd mass in the form and put everything in a preheated to 180 degree oven for an hour.
How correctly to prepare a cheese casserole-cheesecake?
We used to regard cheesecake as an Americanized counterpart of our curd casserole, excluding the fact that it is cooked on the basis of cream cheese and baked with a crust of cookie crumbs. This curd casserole will be another variation of American dessert, but without a crunchy cookie base.
Ingredients:
- cream cheese - 490 g;
- cottage cheese - 680 g;
- sour cream - 320 g;
- granulated sugar - 215 g;
- butter - 55 g;
- flour - 35 g;
- starch 35 g;
- eggs - 4 pcs.
Preparation
Place the first seven ingredients in a deep bowl and whisk together. To the resulting mass, add four egg yolks, repeat the whipping. Turn the separated proteins into a steep foam and start to lay it to the casserole in portions, so the dessert will get airier. Pour the mixture for the casserole into a mold and place the latter in a preheated to 165 degree oven for an hour and a half or until the casserole is dry and grazes in the center. Before taking it out of the form, the casserole should cool for at least 10 minutes.
If you do not know how it is delicious to cook a curd casserole in a multivarque, then repeat this recipe by pre-smearing the bowl, and then setting the "Baking" mode for an hour and a half.
How quickly to prepare a cottage cheese casserole in a microwave oven?
If you want to speed up the preparation of curd casserole, then an old good microwave oven can become an assistant. To speed up the process of kneading the curd mass, you can use a blender.
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese - 275 g;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- flour - 35 g;
- sugar - 85 g;
- oil - 15 g.
Preparation
The first thing to do is to beat eggs with sugar. When the mass becomes whitish and airy, pour it into the cottage cheese and start mixing. As a result, you should get a homogeneous curd mixture with a minimum of lumps. Add the butter, putting aside a little less than a teaspoon to lubricate the mold. In the final, pour in the flour, it will help make the casserole more dense. The finished mixture is poured into an oily form, designed specifically for cooking in a microwave oven. Set the power to 800 W and set the timer for 8 minutes.