Cottage cheese and kefir, perhaps, are at hand for every housewife, but it is quite difficult to cook something tasty and unusual from these simple ingredients. It is not necessary to look for a complex recipe for an exquisite curd dish, because you can cook the most delicate casserole.
Thanks to the use of kefir, baking will turn out to be dietary, it can be served both to children and to those who are on a diet. A big plus of the casserole is that it can act both as a dessert and a hearty second course. A selection of various recipes for cottage cheese and kefir casseroles will help every housewife to prepare a simple and extremely tasty dish, even for those who do not really like sour-milk products.
Classic cottage cheese casserole on kefir in a slow cooker
Lush and tender pastries can be prepared quite quickly in a slow cooker. As a filling, any dried fruits can be used, which will emphasize the bright taste of the dessert.
Ingredients:
- 500 grams of homemade cottage cheese;
- 4 chicken eggs;
- 120 grams of sugar;
- 200 milliliters of kefir;
- 80 grams of semolina;
- 5 grams of baking powder;
- 1 sachet of vanilla sugar;
- 2 grams of salt;
- 20 grams of butter or margarine;
- 40 grams of raisins, dried apricots or candied fruits.
How to make a simple dessert in a slow cooker:
- First you need to grease the container of the multicooker with oil or margarine.
- Using a mixer, beat the eggs until fluffy, this will take about 3 minutes. Add the required amount of sugar and continue beating.
- Next, add cottage cheese to the egg mixture along with kefir, vanilla sugar, salt and baking powder. Semolina and washed dried fruits are also added at this stage. Mix everything thoroughly. The consistency of the curd dough will not turn out very thick, this should not be scary: the semolina will swell and give the necessary density.
- Now you need to shift everything inside the bowl. Select the "Baking" function on the panel, set the timer for 45 minutes.
- After the specified time, the curd casserole is completely ready. It is worth noting that baking in a slow cooker will not have such a golden crust as in the oven.
It is best to sprinkle dessert with cinnamon or grease with a thin layer of jam.
Fragrant cottage cheese casserole with apples in the oven
Fruits and spices go well with cottage cheese, emphasize refined flavor notes and fill the dessert with new, incomparable aromas. Having tried this casserole recipe at least once, you will cook it forever.
Ingredients:
- 250 grams of cottage cheese;
- 150 grams of semolina;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 35 milliliters vegetable oil
- 25 grams of ground cinnamon;
- 150 milliliters of kefir;
- 75 grams of powdered sugar;
- 1 ripe apple;
- 1.5 grams of slaked soda;
- some vanilla.
How to cook a spicy dessert of cottage cheese with apples:
- Mix the required amount of cottage cheese with powdered sugar and chicken egg. Add kefir, hydrated baking soda and a tablespoon of vegetable oil. After that, semolina is poured in, the whole mixture is thoroughly mixed. The consistency of the dough should be homogeneous, without the presence of small lumps.
- Preheat the oven to 180-200 degrees. Prepare a baking dish, grease it with oil, sprinkle with semolina.
- The apple must be peeled, core removed, cut into medium cubes and added to the dough. Mix everything so that each piece of apple is covered with curd mass.
- Transfer the dough to the prepared pan, drizzle the top with the remaining vegetable oil, sprinkle evenly with ground cinnamon.
- Now send the form with the dough to bake. A golden and very appetizing crust will indicate that the casserole is ready. The average cooking time in the oven is 40 minutes.
You can serve dessert on the table with cream, yogurt or sour cream. To add sweetness to the casserole, complement its taste with jam or condensed milk.
Unsweetened casserole with cottage cheese in a slow cooker
An excellent dinner dish can be prepared quickly and easily. Cottage cheese and cheese in a savory casserole perfectly complement each other, and kefir gives a slight sour-milk flavor.
Ingredients:
- 150 grams of hard cheese;
- 200 grams of cottage cheese;
- 100 ml of kefir;
- 4 chicken eggs;
- 45 grams of wheat flour;
- 1 sachet of baking powder;
- 125 grams of mayonnaise;
- 2 grams of salt.
Recipe for unsweetened curd casserole on kefir:
- Transfer the cottage cheese to a bowl, knead it thoroughly until smooth with a fork.
- Grind hard cheese using a fine grater. Add cheese to mashed cottage cheese.
- Beat all four eggs with a whisk, mix with the rest of the dough components.
- Lubricate the multicooker container with oil, and then pour half of the cooked dough.
- Carefully lay out the cottage cheese and cheese filling, then fill it with the remaining batter.
- Select the "Baking" mode, set the cooking time - 1 hour. After the program is completed, turn the casserole over and cook it for another 20 minutes on the same mode.
Serve the dish hot with sour cream or unsweetened creamy sauce, it will be very tasty.
Delicate cottage cheese and carrot casserole with semolina
Carrots can be one ingredient in a healthy cottage cheese dessert. This recipe for making casseroles will appeal to those who follow their figure.
Ingredients:
- 200 milliliters of kefir;
- 200 grams of cottage cheese;
- 80 grams of semolina;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 90 grams of granulated sugar;
- 2 large carrots;
- 25 grams of butter;
- 1 sachet of vanilla sugar.
The process of preparing the most delicate pastries from cottage cheese and carrots on kefir:
- First, semolina is prepared. Fill it with kefir and leave it to swell, this will take about 20 minutes.
- Peel the carrots, rinse, and then chop with a fine grater.
- In the kefir-semolina mixture, add the required amount of granulated sugar, cottage cheese rubbed through a sieve, as well as vanilla sugar with eggs. Beat everything with a whisk, add carrots and gently knead the dough.
- Coat the baking dish with a piece of butter, sprinkle its surface with semolina or breadcrumbs.
- Place the dough on the basis of cottage cheese and carrots inside the mold, send it to bake at 180 degrees. The casserole is cooked in the oven for 40 minutes.
Cottage cheese casserole is served with any sweet sauces of your own choice.
Diet cottage cheese casserole with minced chicken
A tasty, satisfying and healthy lunch dish is quite easy to prepare. The minimum number of calories in the finished casserole allows you to enjoy its unforgettable taste without harming your own figure.
Ingredients:
- 500 grams of minced chicken;
- 250 grams of fat-free cottage cheese;
- 65 milliliters of kefir;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- sea salt to taste;
- a mixture of dried Provence herbs.
How to prepare a delicious diet casserole:
- First, lay out a sheet of parchment paper in a baking dish.
- Spread a layer of minced chicken evenly in the dish.
- Sprinkle minced meat with spices and salt, add Provence herbs.
- Mix the required amount of cottage cheese with two chicken eggs, pour in kefir. Put the resulting sour-milk mass on top of the minced meat, leveling everything with a spoon.
- Send the form to the oven. The dish is prepared quite quickly, as minced chicken is used. After 30 minutes, the dish in the oven will brown and acquire a very pleasant aroma, it's time to take out the casserole and serve it on the table.
Casserole with cheese layer on kefir (video)
The listed options for cooking cottage cheese desserts and unsweetened second courses on kefir and cottage cheese will help you create an unusual and very satisfying dinner or lunch. Do not be afraid to experiment, the result will please not only you, but also your family.
Kefir cottage cheese casserole is a simple and tasty dish. Cooking 2 classic recipes with semolina, apples and cinnamon. Unsweetened cheese pie. 5 secrets of making delicious pastries on a dairy product.
Kefir casserole is a tasty and healthy dish. The word "kef" in Turkish means health. The product is obtained from natural kefir fungi that have a beneficial effect on the intestines. Dishes containing kefir, including cottage cheese casserole, have a similar impact on human health. The fermented milk product enriches the dough with lactic bacteria. The peculiarity of the kefir casserole is that the product for its preparation can be used stale - so the baking will turn out even more magnificent and porous.
4 secrets of baking on kefir
To make the cottage cheese and kefir casserole rise, it’s good to use a few tips from experienced chefs:- Use premium flour. Products will turn out more tasty and magnificent.
- Sift the flour through a sieve. As a result, it will be enriched with oxygen, and the casserole will turn out to be as high as possible.
- Warm the kefir to room temperature so that the dough can rise better. It is not recommended to take a dairy product just from the refrigerator.
- Don't put out the soda. For baking with kefir, this is not necessary.
To make the casserole softer and fluffier, it is better to let the dough with soda, baking powder and semolina in the composition come up in a warm place. 
Classic recipes for cottage cheese casserole on kefir
With semolina
Cottage cheese casserole on kefir with semolina turns out to be high and tender. To prevent the dough from settling, it is advisable not to beat the eggs for its preparation. It is recommended to mix the ingredients with a blender, but do not overdo it, otherwise the cottage cheese will not be felt in the dish. In addition to zest, you can add candied fruits, dried fruits and frozen berries to the casserole.
You will need:
- semolina - 1 glass;
- cottage cheese - half a kilogram;
- sugar - 1 glass;
- kefir - 1.5 cups;
- vanilla sugar - a bag;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- baking powder - 1 tsp;
- lemon zest - to taste.
- Mix semolina with kefir. Leave for an hour to swell.
- Mix cottage cheese with vanilla sugar, eggs and granulated sugar.
- Add the swollen semolina to the resulting mass.
- Add the baking powder and lemon zest to the dough.
- Put the curd mass in a greased form and leave for 10 minutes.
- Bake in the oven at 190°C for about 45 minutes.
So that the dish does not fall off, it is better to keep the curd casserole with semolina and kefir in the oven for 6-8 minutes until cool. Instead of kefir in the recipe, you can use liquid yogurt, acidophilus or regular yogurt.
The dough prepared on the basis of kefir is unique in that it can be used to prepare both desserts with sugar and pastries with unsweetened fillings.
With apples and cinnamon
The combination of cinnamon and apples in the dessert is considered to be classic, however, it is not forbidden to replace the spice expressed in taste with a “softer” vanilla. The dish is remarkable for its extraordinary benefits: an apple enriches the body with vitamins, and cinnamon improves tone and strengthens the immune system.
You will need:
- semolina - 100 g;
- ground cinnamon - 50 g;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- apple - 1 pc.;
- soda - 6 g;
- vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- powdered sugar - 30 g;
- kefir - 150 ml;
- cottage cheese - 250 g
- Cottage cheese, semolina, egg, powder, 1 tbsp. l. mix oils. Add soda, mix again.
- Cut the apple into cubes, then pour into the dough.
- Grease a baking dish with oil and sprinkle with semolina.
- Sprinkle the curd mass with the remnants of vegetable oil and sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Cook at 180-200°C for about 40 minutes.
One second teaspoon of cinnamon per day lowers the level of sugar and cholesterol in the blood, increases the body's resistance to infections - bacterial and viral.
Unsweetened cottage cheese pie with cheese and potatoes
Curd pie on kefir turns out to be hearty, appropriate when served as a second course.
You will need:
- kefir - 250 g;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- flour - 600 g;
- soda - 6 g;
- cottage cheese - 250 g;
- grated cheese - 200 g;
- salt - to taste;
- butter - 50 g;
- potatoes - 5 pcs.
- Beat eggs with sugar. Add soda, flour, kefir, 100 g of cheese (grated) to them. Knead the dough.
- Boil potatoes in lightly salted water and mash until mashed. Season with butter.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the first half of the dough in. Put half the potatoes on top of the dough, 100 g of cheese and potatoes again. Spread the remaining half of the dough over the filling.
- Cook over medium heat for 50 minutes.
In order for the cake to rise well, it is better to let the dough rest for about a quarter of an hour before baking.
Cottage cheese casserole with kefir in the oven is prepared simply, but it turns out very appetizing. It is easy to diversify it with sweet or savory fillings to get a healthy and extraordinary dish.
In many recipes for semolina casseroles, it is recommended that you first boil thick semolina porridge in water, then add beaten eggs to it. I give a simpler cooking option: you need to pour semolina with kefir, wait, add eggs, stir and bake a kefir casserole with semolina.
Ingredients for semolina and kefir casserole:
- 1 glass of granulated sugar and semolina
- 1/2 cup kefir
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 teaspoon of soda
- 1/4 cup water
- vanilla sugar
Or the second version of the recipe, more dietary, in which fewer eggs are needed.
Products for semolina casserole:
One glass of kefir (milk), semolina and sugar
- egg
- 2-3 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- salt
Semolina and kefir casserole, recipe
To prepare a kefir casserole with semolina, pour semolina with kefir, add sugar and leave for an hour so that the semolina swells. Separately, mix the eggs, salt, soda, quenched with vinegar, water. Vanilla sugar can be added if desired. 
Grease a baking dish with margarine or vegetable oil, sprinkle the bottom and sides with flour or breadcrumbs. At the bottom of the form, you can put berries or steamed raisins. Lay out the semolina dough, smooth it out.
Bake a casserole of semolina and kefir at a temperature of 180 degrees until cooked (check with a wooden toothpick). Then cool the semolina casserole slightly, turn it over onto a plate (board), sprinkle with powder.
For an afternoon snack, prepare a delicious mannik, a dessert recipe.
The most delicate cottage cheese casserole, with a delicate aroma of vanilla and an even golden crust, sprinkled with powdered sugar. Before serving, cut it into perfectly even identical triangles - laconic, strict magnificence.
This casserole is slightly more grainy compared to the sour cream casserole and relatively plump, closer to the one given in kindergarten and school. But no less delicious. Just try and choose according to your taste.
Ingredients
for a 22 cm mold
- 800 g 5% cottage cheese,
- 200 g curd mass (or cottage cheese, whoever calls it ... it can be empty, with dried apricots, with raisins),
- 500 g of kefir,
- 100 g semolina,
- 100 g sugar
- 2 eggs,
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 sachet of vanilla sugar (10 g),
- a pinch of salt,
- dried fruits or berries as a filler if desired.
casserole recipe
- Soak semolina in kefir for 30 minutes.
- We wipe the cottage cheese through a sieve and add the curd mass to it. The base should be very uniform and smooth. If there are problems with the sieve, then after mixing the cottage cheese and curd mass, you can try to carefully work out the mass with a submersible blender.
- Add sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, eggs and semolina with kefir to the curd base. Mix everything very thoroughly until smooth, but do not beat.
- We grease the form with oil, sprinkle with flour and pour the mass into it. We level.
- We bake the cottage cheese casserole for 1 hour at a temperature not exceeding 150-160º C until a golden uniform crust. When baking, the casserole will rise almost twice, and then, when cooled, it will gradually fall to its original level. That's the way it should be. Therefore, the form should be with a margin of height.
- After baking, we wait until the casserole settles to the desired level and cools down a bit. After that, we take it out of the mold and cool it to the end with the crust down on an absolutely smooth surface, then after turning it back it turns out to be very, very even on top. It is ideal to make at night so that it stands in the refrigerator until morning.
The casserole is ready. Bon appetit!
Cottage cheese casserole on kefir - the dish is not fatty, but satisfying. Calorie content is easy to control by choosing the minimum fat content of the ingredients. And this is the main advantage of cottage cheese casserole with kefir, and not with sour cream.
About the dish
Cottage cheese casserole is a product known to many from kindergarten or school. It has been known since the 19th century, even if it was called and prepared differently. Cheesecakes and cottage cheese are considered relatively related dishes, the difference is only in size, the addition of some ingredients and the method of preparation. And the basis is the same - cottage cheese and eggs.
But few people know that the result strongly depends on the additional ingredients. So, on sour cream you get a denser, fatty dish, on yogurt or other liquid fermented milk product - more airy and soft. If you put more sugar, you get a dessert, and if you add more salt, you get a second dish. In addition, they are prepared either with or without baking powder, which means that the curd product can be more or less lush. One thing almost does not matter - to lay the eggs whole or to separate the whites from the yolks. In any case, they are mixed with the curd mass.
All this must be taken into account if you want a "casserole from childhood." Much depends on how it was done then. Most likely, it was a recipe with a minimum of liquid dairy products, sugar and eggs. In addition, everything was mixed without the help of a blender, and the curd substance was not so homogeneous.
To deliciously cook cottage cheese casserole on kefir, resort to the use of baking powder. It is advisable to use non-soda so that its flavor does not mix with the taste of the rest of the ingredients. In addition to this, you can improve the taste:
- adding nuts, raisins or candied fruits to the curd mass;
- having prepared a spicy or salty sauce if dessert is not planned;
- decorating on top with berry or fruit jelly with fresh or canned fruits.
It is preferable to serve ready-made food with interesting additions. For example, with syrups or gravies, or with light salads and meatballs. Without additions, it will not be satisfying enough and slightly bland.
