Cottage cheese is a useful product that has a mass of useful properties. He is a leader in fermented milk products in calcium content, so it is very important that cottage cheese is present in the diet of every person. Omelet with cottage cheese - breakfast that will energize you for the whole day.
Omelet with cottage cheese - the basic principles of cooking
To make the omelet not only healthy, but also tasty, you need to choose the right cottage cheese. When choosing this product, you need to pay attention to color and smell. Fresh cottage cheese is usually slightly creamy or white with a sour-milk flavor.
The consistency of cottage cheese should be uniform and slightly buttery. If it is granular, it means that most likely it was overdried, and a too liquid consistency indicates that the product is expired.
Before cooking the omelet, the cottage cheese must be grated through a sieve to make the dish tender.
Then, eggs, ghee are added to the curd and beat all until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
Prepare an omelet in a pan, in a slow cooker or oven.
Omelet with cottage cheese can be made sweet or salty. Sweet omelet is prepared with dried apricots, raisins or fruits, and salted with greens or vegetables.
Recipe 1. Classic omelet with cottage cheese
Ingredients
three teaspoons of butter;
eggs - three pcs.;
sea salt;
two thirds of a glass of cottage cheese.
Cooking method
1. Wipe the cottage cheese through a sieve. Put eggs and soft butter in it, salt and beat everything until smooth with a blender.
2. The resulting curd mass is placed in a preheated pan.
3. Cook over low heat, covered with a lid, until golden brown.
4. Turn over and fry on the other side. Serve the dish with chopped herbs and sour cream.
Recipe 2. Dessert omelet with cottage cheese and cinnamon
Ingredients
25 g butter;
50 g of cottage cheese;
eggs - two pcs.;
three teaspoons of sugar;
a pinch of cinnamon.
Cooking method
1. We combine in a deep plate cottage cheese with sugar and cinnamon. We interrupt everything with a blender.
2. We beat in the eggs and continue to beat everything until we get a magnificent homogeneous mass.
3. Dissolve the oil in a pan. We pour the egg-curd mass into it and fry on low heat for about seven minutes until golden brown.
4. Then turn the omelet over and cook another five minutes. Serve scrambled eggs with fresh fruit or jam.
Recipe 3. Omelet with cottage cheese, green onions and herbs
Ingredients
three egg whites;
spices;
200 g of 1% cottage cheese;
a pair of twigs of parsley and dill;
five feathers of green onions.
Cooking method
1. The proteins separated from the yolks are placed in a deep bowl and beat with a whisk until foam.
2. Add cottage cheese to the whipped whites and season with spices. Mix.
3. Rinse the green onions, dry them with small rings. Add to the protein mixture with cottage cheese and mix.
4. Pour the resulting mass into a preheated skillet and cook, covered with a lid, for about seven minutes on low heat.
5. Turn off the fire and hold the omelet under the lid for a couple of minutes. Then sprinkle with chopped fresh herbs.
Recipe 4. Omelet with cottage cheese, spinach and zucchini
Ingredients
young zucchini;
sea salt;
four eggs;
black pepper;
four egg whites;
spices;
cottage cheese - 120 g;
clove of garlic;
large bunch of spinach;
butter - two tablespoons;
several basil leaves;
cherry tomatoes for decoration.
Cooking method
1. Preheat the oven to 200 C. Lubricate the baking dish with butter.
2. Rinse the spinach and tear in large pieces. Put in the form and send for a couple of minutes in the oven.
3. Put the baked spinach on the board and chop it with a knife. My young zucchini and three on a coarse grater. Put in a plate, salt and leave for ten minutes. We recline on a sieve and squeeze out the excess liquid.
4. We clean the garlic from the husk and finely chop it with a knife. Rinse the basil leaves, dry and grind. Heat a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil in a pan. We spread zucchini and garlic in it. Fry over medium heat for seven minutes, stirring from time to time with a spatula. Remove the pan from the stove and cool the zucchini.
5. Knead the cottage cheese with a fork. Add eggs and proteins, salt, pepper and beat with a mixer at low speed.
6. Combine the fried zucchini with spinach, basil and egg-curd mass. Knead with a fork and put in a baking dish.
7. Bake the omelet at 200 C for 35 minutes. We take out the finished omelet from the oven and decorate with halves of cherry tomatoes. Cut into portions and arrange on plates.
Recipe 5. Omelet with cottage cheese, cheese and tomatoes
Ingredients
60 ml of milk;
spices;
three eggs;
cheese - 70 g;
three branches of dill;
cottage cheese - 100 g;
two teaspoons of butter;
Fresh large tomato.
Cooking method
1. Shake the eggs with a fork. Pour milk, salt and mix well.
2. Knead the cottage cheese with a fork. Add the milk-egg mixture to it and mix.
3. Rinse the tomatoes, wipe and cut into cubes. Melt a little butter and slightly let the tomatoes so that they let the juice.
4. Grind the cheese into large chips. Rinse greens and finely chopped.
5. We lay the egg-curd mass on top of the tomatoes, fill it with cheese and herbs. Cook, covered with a lid, for about 15 minutes, over medium heat.
Recipe 6. Sweet omelet with cottage cheese and raisins
Ingredients
2 tablespoons powdered sugar;
fat-free cottage cheese - 400 g;
60 g of raisins;
eggs - three pcs.;
butter - 50 g;
half a glass of flour;
table salt.
Cooking method
1. Separate the yolks from the proteins.
2. Combine the yolks with grated cottage cheese, salt, flour and raisins. Mix well.
3. Beat the chilled proteins until stable peaks. Gently introduce them into the curd mass and carefully mix with a spatula.
4. Spread the mass on a preheated wide pan. The thickness of the mass should be no more than a centimeter, otherwise the omelet will not be baked.
5. Once the omelet is fried, tear it into pieces with two forks and cook for a few more minutes.
Recipe 7. Omelet with cottage cheese and apples
Ingredients
three apples;
three fresh eggs;
cane sugar - four tablespoons;
a pinch of sea salt;
fat cottage cheese - 200 g;
a tablespoon of butter;
three pinches of cinnamon.
Cooking method
1. Wash the apples, wipe, cut in half and remove the core. Grind the fruit into thin slices.
2. Melt the butter in a pan, pour two tablespoons of sugar and keep on low heat until it is completely dissolved.
3. We put apples in boiling caramel and simmer until soft over low heat.
4. Put the cottage cheese in a bowl and knead with a fork. Add salt, eggs and sugar to it. Beat everything with a whisk until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
5. Slices of apples put in a greased, heat-resistant form. On top of the fruit, lay the curd and egg mass and bake at 180 C for 15 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle the omelet with ground cinnamon.
Recipe 8. Omelet with cottage cheese and cabbage
Ingredients
a tablespoon of butter;
six chicken eggs;
spices;
cottage cheese - 100 g;
half a glass of milk;
white cabbage - 400 g.
Cooking method
1. Drive eggs into a deep plate, and shake them slightly with a whisk. Add milk to the beaten eggs and season with spices.
2. Add the cottage cheese grated through a sieve to the milk-egg mixture and mix.
3. Chop the cabbage with thin strips. Squeeze lightly with your hands and spread evenly into a greased, heat-resistant form.
4. Pour the cabbage with milk-egg mixture and bake at 200 C. Cut the warm omelet into portion pieces and serve with sour cream.
Recipe 9. Omelet with cottage cheese and green peas in a slow cooker
Ingredients
two tablespoons of milk;
100 g of cottage cheese;
a teaspoon of butter;
two chicken eggs;
two tablespoons of green peas;
a pinch of sea salt.
Cooking method
1. Put the cottage cheese in a bowl and knead well with a fork.
2. Pour milk into the curd and whisk with a whisk.
3. Beat eggs separately with sugar and salt. Introduce the egg mixture curd and mix.
4. Lubricate the multicooker bowl with butter. Gently spread the curd-egg mixture. Evenly distribute green peas on top. Close the lid and start the "baking" mode. Cook for 20 minutes. We take the omelet from the bowl, transfer it to a dish, cut into segments and serve, watering with sour cream or ketchup.
Omelet with cottage cheese - tips and tricks
Be sure to grind the cottage cheese through a sieve, so the texture of the omelet will become uniform, and the taste of the dish is softer.
Omelet will turn out to be healthier and tastier if cooked in a slow cooker.
Spread the omelette mass only in a well-heated pan, otherwise it will stop at the bottom and burn.
To make the omelet well cooked, cook it over low heat, covering it with a lid.
