How nice it is sometimes to come into the kitchen, pour yourself a hot cup of tea, and enjoy it with a sweet dessert. But what if your favorite jeans no longer fit, but you still crave sweets? There's always a solution! We offer you a very simple recipe for one of the currently popular desserts called Dukan cheesecake.

If you can't completely limit your sweets, you can make your own lighter versions of your favorite desserts and enjoy the results without guilt! The Dukan diet, developed by the Frenchman, allows for sweets. But even if you're not a dieter, you're sure to love this light, low-calorie, and delicious cheesecake.

Dukan Cheesecake

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Ingredients for the dough:

  • Oat bran – 35g (one and a half tablespoons).
  • Wheat bran – 35g (one and a half tablespoons).
  • Sugar substitute suitable for baking – 2 teaspoons.
  • Eggs – 2 pcs. (small).
  • Baking powder - 2/3 teaspoon.
  • Boiled water – 50 ml (two tablespoons).

Ingredients for the top:

  • Cottage cheese – 700g (preferably low-fat).
  • Eggs – 2 pcs. (small).
  • Sugar substitute – 70-100g (to taste).
  • Lemon zest – 1.5 tablespoons.
  • Lemon juice – 2 tablespoons.

Cooking process

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Dough recipe:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease a springform pan (preferably a springform pan).
  2. Separate the egg whites from the yolks in a clean, dry bowl. Whisk the whites until stiff peaks form, making sure the foam doesn't spill or fall out when you tilt the bowl.
  3. Mix the yolks with the oat and wheat bran and water, then add the sweetener and baking powder. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
  4. Add the yolk-bran mixture to the whites and carefully mix everything so that the whites do not fall.
  5. We transfer the resulting dough into the mold and distribute it evenly throughout the mold.
  6. Place the dough in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Five minutes before the end of baking, check the cake for doneness with a toothpick. There should be no trace of dough left after inserting the toothpick.
  7. Now remove the finished cake from the oven, but leave it in the pan. Reduce the oven temperature to 150-160 degrees.

Top layer recipe:

  1. Mix the cottage cheese with the sugar substitute and start beating with a mixer.
  2. Gradually, one by one, add the eggs to the curd mixture. Continue beating until the mixture is smooth.
  3. With the mixer running, add the lemon zest to the curd-egg mixture, then the lemon juice. Make sure everything is evenly combined.
  4. Transfer the resulting mixture onto the cake base and smooth it out well.
  5. Now place our future cheesecake in the oven for about half an hour. Check it periodically for doneness. The cheesecake is ready when the center is set, not soft.
  6. Turn off the oven, open the door slightly and let the cheesecake “rest” for another 7-10 minutes.
  7. After this, we take out our dessert and carefully remove the top part of the pan. This is necessary to prevent the cheesecake from sticking to the pan once it has completely cooled.

To enhance the flavor, let the cheesecake rest for at least a couple of hours. If desired, you can decorate it by sprinkling it with cocoa powder, cinnamon, or drizzling it with a lemon sauce made from lemon juice and sweetener. As you've already seen, the recipe is very simple, and we're sure the cheesecake itself will delight you and your loved ones with its delicious taste!

Video recipe for making cheesecake according to the Dukan Diet