Oven-baked cottage cheese casserole: a classic step-by-step recipe, how-to video

What could be more delicious for breakfast than a classic cottage cheese casserole, familiar to everyone from childhood? Today, we'll tell you how to quickly and easily prepare this treat in the oven, and we'll also offer a detailed step-by-step recipe with photos of every step.

Classic Cottage Cheese Casserole in the Oven: A Step-by-Step Recipe

Nutritional value per serving

176.0 kcal

Proteins: 17.6 g
Fats: 4.2 g
Carbohydrates: 14.6 g

*Nutritional value is calculated per 100g of ingredients

Total time: 50 min
Time in the kitchen: 50 min
Complexity:

It's easy and straightforward to prepare, but it does require some experience. Not everyone can do it right the first time.
Number of servings: 8

Soft and fluffy cottage cheese casserole is a favorite childhood treat, traditionally offered in kindergarten and school.

The benefits of cottage cheese are hard to overestimate, as this product contains a host of microelements beneficial for children: easily digestible calcium, lactose, vitamins, and amino acids (including tryptophan, which has a beneficial effect on the nervous system).

What's more, preparing this delicious and incredibly healthy dessert for the whole family is incredibly simple. The entire preparation process will take you no more than an hour, and our step-by-step recipe with photos will help you avoid mistakes and bake a cottage cheese casserole in the oven that's perfect in taste and consistency, even better than the one made at a kindergarten or restaurant.

A step-by-step recipe for a fluffy casserole with cottage cheese and semolina

Classic cottage cheese casserole in the oven - a simple recipe

Ingredients

Servings

Cottage cheese

600 G
Egg C1

3 pcs
Semolina

3 tbsp
Sugar

3 tbsp
Sour cream

3 tbsp
Salt

1 pinch
Vanilla sugar

10 G
Raisin

as desired
Lemon zest

as desired

Preparation

Step 1

Our classic casserole recipe contains raisins, so we begin by soaking them in boiling water for about 10 minutes.

You can make your casserole without raisins or replace them with other fillings: chopped dried apricots, lemon or orange zest, toasted nuts, coconut flakes, etc.

Step 2

Place 600 grams of cottage cheese in a bowl and add 3 egg yolks. Separate the whites; we'll need them later.

Step 3

Also add 3 tablespoons of sour cream (heaped), 3 tablespoons of sugar, a standard packet of vanilla sugar (8-10 grams) and 3 tablespoons of semolina.

To ensure that the casserole turns out fluffy, tender, and airy, and that it doesn't absorb moisture or settle after cooling, it's best to make the dough with semolina rather than flour.

You can increase the amount of sugar if desired. We plan to serve the casserole with sweet toppings, so we're making it less cloyingly sweet.

Step 4

Grind everything using an immersion blender until the mixture is completely homogeneous.

Step 5

We take the raisins out of the water, remove excess moisture with paper towels and add them to the cheese mixture.

You can also add other additives to your taste at this stage. We used the zest of half a lemon.

Step 6

Mix the mixture with raisins so that the additive is evenly distributed in the dough (it is best to do this with a spatula).

Step 7

Beat 3 egg whites with a mixer until fluffy and stable and add to the curd mixture in parts, mixing thoroughly until smooth.

Step 8

Place the dough into a baking pan lined with parchment and greased with butter.

The cottage cheese casserole with semolina is baked in the oven at 180℃ for 35-40 minutes in the “top + bottom” mode (without convection).

Step 9

The finished casserole must be allowed to cool in the pan and only then removed.

When baked in the oven, the casserole will be fluffier than when ready. The dough will settle and thicken slightly as it cools, but that's okay. Our casserole will retain its tender texture, as it truly is the best classic "just like childhood" recipe.

Step 10

The simplest decoration for an everyday casserole is a dusting of powdered sugar, but you can also decorate the entire casserole, like a cake, or each piece individually, just before serving.

Step 11

This delicious, fluffy and tender casserole is made from cottage cheese and semolina.

You can serve the dish with:

condensed milk (regular or boiled);
Nutella;
caramel with nuts;
chocolate (dark, white, milk);
jam;
sour cream;
whipped cream;
fresh or canned fruits and berries.

The casserole will be no less delicious if you add filling (fruits, berries, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, nuts, etc.) to the dough itself before baking.

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