Everyone knows about the benefits of cottage cheese, but, unfortunately, not everyone loves this product. This is especially true for children. Many delicious dishes are prepared from cottage cheese. The most popular and familiar from childhood are cheesecakes.
Cheesecakes with dried apricots - the basic principles of preparation
The main ingredient of the dish is cottage cheese. The taste of cheesecakes depends on the quality of this product. Ideally, of course, use a homemade product prepared on your own. It will not be difficult to do this. All you need is sour milk. It is heated until flakes of cottage cheese float to the surface. Then the sieve is covered with gauze and milk is discarded. Gauze is collected in the form of a bag, suspended and left until all the serum has drained.
As a rule, cheesecakes are cooked with raisins. But they are equally tasty with dried apricots, which have a pleasant sweet and sour taste. When buying dried fruits, pay attention to their appearance. Natural dried apricots will not have a bright color. In addition, such a product is quite tough, so it is advisable to steam it in hot water and dry it before adding it to the dough.
The dough is kneaded on the basis of cottage cheese with flour or semolina. Sugar can be added, or cheesecakes can be prepared without it. Do not knead the dough too steep so that the baking does not turn out rubber.
Cheesecakes are served with sour cream, condensed milk or any jam.
Cheesecakes are fried in a pan or baked in the oven. The second cooking option is preferable for those who follow a diet.
Recipe 1. Cheesecakes with dried apricots
Ingredients
600 g of cottage cheese;
30 ml of sunflower oil;
150 g dried apricots;
50 g flour for breading;
1 egg
3 g of cinnamon;
½ stack. wheat flour;
3 g of salt;
5 g of potato starch;
3 g of baking soda.
Cooking method
Rinse the dried apricots with a tap. Place it in a deep bowl and fill it with hot water. Leave dried fruit soaked for 20 minutes.
Put the cottage cheese in a deep cup. Beat an egg to it and mash with a potato nibbler until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Add cinnamon, starch, salt and baking soda. Stir.
Drain the dried apricots, dry it and put in a blender bowl. Grind and send to the curd mass. Mix well.
Sift flour through a sieve into a cup with curd. Knead well with a spoon. Wet hands, take a little curd mass, roll it into a bowl, flatten it slightly and breaded in flour.
In a pan, heat the vegetable oil. Spread the cheesecakes and fry them until golden brown on both sides. Cool slightly and serve the cheesecakes by pouring sour cream.
Recipe 2. Cheesecakes with dried apricots and semolina
Ingredients
cottage cheese - 350 g;
vanillin;
white sugar - 100 g;
flour - 50 g;
baking powder - a bag;
semolina - 100 g;
two chicken eggs;
dried apricots - 50 g.
Cooking method
Put the cottage cheese in a blender bowl and beat it until smooth. Transfer the fermented milk product into a deep cup. Add semolina, baking powder and granulated sugar. If the curd turned out to be liquid, add more semolina. Stir well and beat in two eggs. Knead well again.
Wash dried apricots and soak in warm water. Drain the infusion and rinse the dried apricots under the tap. Put on a disposable towel and dry. Crush dried fruits into small cubes.
Add dried apricots to the curd mass and mix gently. Take a little dough with wet hands and form balls. Roll them in flour. Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil well. Flatten the balls slightly. Put in a pan and fry for five minutes on each side. Serve syrniki warm with honey, condensed milk or topping.
Recipe 3. Cheesecakes with dried apricots and raisins
Ingredients
300 g low-fat cottage cheese;
refined frying oil;
30 g of white sugar;
100 g of flour;
a pinch of salt;
50 g of raisins;
3 g of baking soda;
10 pieces. dried apricots;
1 egg
vanilla.
Cooking method
Rinse dried apricots and raisins. Sort, separating the tails. Put in a deep bowl and pour dried fruit with hot water. Leave for half an hour. Then drain the infusion, and lay out the dried fruits on a paper towel and dry. Finely chop the dried apricots and mix with raisins.
Put the cottage cheese in a deep bowl. Add the dried fruit mixture, soda, egg, salt, white sugar and sift the flour. Stir thoroughly rubbing the mass.
Moisten your hands in water. Take a tablespoon of cottage cheese dough, put on a palm and form a ball. Flatten and roll in flour.
Pour some sunflower oil into a hot pan. Spread cottage cheese pancakes and fry over medium heat until golden brown. Gently turn over with a spatula and brown on the other side.
Recipe 4. Cheese pancakes with dried apricots, raisins and pineapples in the oven
Ingredients
250 g of cottage cheese;
dried pineapples;
two chicken eggs;
dried apricots;
white sugar - 50 g;
light raisins;
100 g semolina;
40 g flour;
30 g sour cream.
Cooking method
Rinse dried apricots, pineapples and raisins. Put dried fruits in a deep bowl, pour boiling water and leave for ten minutes. Then drain the infusion, put the dried fruit on a napkin. Finely chop the pineapples and dried apricots.
Rub the cottage cheese through a sieve or mash with a fork so that there are no large lumps. Beat two eggs, add methane, granulated sugar, flour and semolina. Interrupt everything with a mixer or blender until a smooth, smooth mass is obtained.
Add dried fruit to the curd dough and stir. Silicone cupcake muffins lightly oil. Lay out the dough, filling them in two-thirds. Turn on the oven for 200 C. Put in it a form with the dough and bake for half an hour. Turn off the oven and leave the cheesecakes in it for another five minutes. Put on a plate and serve with jam, honey or sour cream.
Recipe 5. Cheesecakes with dried apricots and prunes
Ingredients
9% cottage cheese - 230 g;
flour - 60 g;
dried apricots - five pcs.;
one egg;
prunes - 4 pcs.;
refined oil.
Cooking method
Put the cottage cheese in a deep cup, add the egg and rub everything thoroughly with a fork.
Wash dried fruits. Put the gaiters and prunes in a deep bowl, pour boiling water and leave for ten minutes. Put dried fruit on a paper towel and pat dry. Grind them into small pieces.
Add dried fruits to the curd mass. Mix gently. Cover the bottom of the pan with a thin layer of oil and heat it over moderate heat.
Divide the curd mass into seven equal parts, each time wetting your hands in cold water. Form balls and slightly press down. Put the cottage cheese pancakes in a preheated pan and fry for about five minutes until an appetizing crust forms. Carefully turn the cheesecakes with a spatula and bring to readiness.
Recipe 6. Diet cheesecakes with dried apricots
Ingredients
vanillin - a bag;
fat-free cottage cheese - 250 g;
dried apricots - 50 g;
one chicken egg;
sour cream or yogurt.
Cooking method
Wash the dried apricots. Place in a deep bowl and pour boiling water. Steam for half an hour. Then rinse again and pat dry on a napkin. Finely chop the dried fruit.
Rub the cottage cheese well with the egg. Add dried apricots, vanilla and gently stir.
Turn on the oven 180 degrees. Deco line with parchment. Dip a tablespoon in water, take a small amount of dough with it and put it on parchment. Bake cheesecakes for half an hour. Serve a dish with yogurt or sour cream.
Recipe 7. Cheesecakes with dried apricots, white chocolate and cookies
Ingredients
cottage cheese 9% - 300 g;
cookies "Jubilee" - three pieces;
flour - 80 g;
white chocolate - 30 g;
white sugar - 75 g;
dried apricots - 50 g;
one chicken egg.
Cooking method
We spread the cottage cheese in a deep cup, add sugar to it and grind everything with a fork until smooth. We drive in the egg and continue to knead.
Sift flour into the curd mass and stir.
Pour dried apricots with boiling water. We leave half an hour. Drain the infusion and dry the dried fruit on a napkin. Cut dried apricots into small pieces. We break cookies to the state of medium crumb. Chocolate is finely chopped. Dried fruits and chocolate are added to the curd dough and gently stir.
With wet hands, we divide the mass into equal parts. Roll them into balls and lightly press down with your palm.
Heat over a frying pan with vegetable oil over medium heat. We spread cheesecakes into it and fry until appetizing crust. Carefully turn over with a spatula and bring to readiness under the lid.
Cheesecakes with dried apricots - tips and tricks
To cheesecakes turned out lush and tender, be sure to grind the cottage cheese through a fine sieve or interrupt using a blender.
Cheesecakes will turn out to be airy, if the whites are whipped in a strong foam, and only after that carefully enter into the dough.
For flavor, add zest of orange, lemon, vanilla or dried apricots.
You can add fresh berries, pieces of fresh fruit or marmalade to the dough for a change.
If the cottage cheese is too wet, put it in cheesecloth and squeeze it well.
