Classic cottage cheese in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make cottage cheese in the oven? Prepare your food. Take the cottage cheese not crumbly, but soft, otherwise the curds will fall apart. The most delicious cheesecakes are made from fatty cottage cheese. Choose high-quality cottage cheese, without milk fat substitutes. Adjust the amount of sugar to your taste. I put it all in, it was sweet. Oil is used for frying. In Soviet times, margarine was used. You can also fry it on a vegetable oil.

2. STEP 2

   

   Break the egg into a bowl and beat it with a fork until the yolk and white are mixed. Separate half the egg; you won't need it. Pour the egg into a large bowl, put cottage cheese, sugar and 2/3 of all the flour there, the rest will be used for rolling the cheesecakes. I always add a little salt, a small pinch. This makes the cheesecakes taste brighter.

3. STEP 3

   

   Mix the dough well with a spoon or your hands.

4. STEP 4

   

   Sprinkle the board with flour. Place the dough on it and form it into a sausage about 6 cm thick. Roll it in flour on all sides.

5. STEP 5

   

   Cut the sausage into discs of equal width. It’s better to make 8-9 cheesecakes from one serving; then they will be the ideal size - they fit well in the frying pan and are easy to turn over. I first mark the middle, then divide each half in half again, and so on. This will make cutting much more convenient.

6. STEP 6

   

   Place flour on a plate and start forming cheesecakes. Place each puck flat and flour the top and bottom. Using a circular motion, hem the edges to create a perfect shape. It is convenient to do this with a glass of suitable diameter. The cheesecake is ready.

7. STEP 7

   

   Form the entire portion of curds in this way.

8. STEP 8

   

   Heat a frying pan, put butter on it and melt it over low heat. Place cheesecakes on the pan.

9. STEP 9

   

   Fry them over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place the cheesecakes in a mold or on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. If your frying pan can be placed in the oven, then leave the cheesecakes directly in it. Mine isn’t allowed, that’s why I have a uniform. Bake the cheesecakes for another 7 minutes in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees. Serve them hot with sour cream, jam or condensed milk.

Comments on the recipe

Madlenka=◙☼

24.10.2023

4.5

I do it a little differently with semolina instead of flour.

Moderator Ksenia

24.10.2023

5

I quite often prepare cottage cheese dishes for breakfast: casseroles, cheesecakes and, of course, cheesecakes. I usually cook cheesecakes with the addition of semolina. This time I decided to go a different route and chose a classic oven-baked cottage cheese recipe for breakfast, in which semolina is not added. I took all the ingredients in the quantities recommended in the recipe. Except sugar. I noticed the author’s remark that with three spoons the curds will turn out quite sweet. So I added two tablespoons of sugar, tasted the dough and it was sweet enough for me. To form the curds, I did not roll the sausage out of the dough. I simply made curd balls with my hands, rolled them in flour and formed them into even pucks. I got 12 pieces weighing approximately 55-60 grams each. I cooked the cottage cheese in two frying pans at once, since they all didn’t fit into one large one at once. I fried the curds for about three minutes on each side over moderate heat. I baked them in the oven in a cast iron pan. The curds turned out very soft and tender. But despite this, they turned over perfectly and did not fall apart. By the way, this was my first time frying cottage cheese pancakes in butter. Thanks to this, they acquired a light creamy taste. I served cottage cheese with sour cream. Thank you very much for the wonderful recipe!

Julia

24.10.2023

4.9

Katyusha, great cheesecake recipe! This is a real classic option when the proportion of cottage cheese and flour is 1:1/10 (i.e. 540 g of cottage cheese and 54 g of flour). I always cook this way, and the cheesecakes always turn out soft and tasty. I recommend it to everyone!

katushafin

24.10.2023

4.8

Yes, I make cheesecakes often, and this recipe pleasantly surprised me!

olga

24.10.2023

4.8

Why do you write in the oven?