Delicate citrus aroma will awaken and cheer you up in the morning. A step-by-step recipe with a photo of a juicy, bright, tasty and light dessert with a sour-sweet addition - cottage cheese casserole with orange zest. Video recipe.
Cottage cheese casseroles are the lowest-calorie and simplest pies. Their charm is a large amount of cottage cheese, which is very useful for baby and diet food. Children do not particularly like cottage cheese in its own form, but they do not refuse it as desserts and casseroles. Therefore, the best way to feed the little ones with healthy foods is to make delicious desserts from them. I suggest baking a curd casserole with orange zest. The pastries are juicy with a delicate curd layer and orange aroma. With her taste, she will conquer every eater, and even the smallest.
Preparing a curd dessert is very quick and easy. If consumed hot, the casserole will look like the most delicate airy pudding, and after cooling it will become denser, but no less tasty. If desired, the chilled delicacy can be decorated with chocolate icing, caramel, powdered sugar, syrup and other toppings. A healthy, airy and delicate treat can be used as a main course and become an exquisite dessert.
Usually, peel or juice of the fruit is used for baking with citrus fruits, and the pulp itself is rarely used for baking. But if you like to experiment, then you can add not only zest to the dough, but also peeled slices of orange fruits.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 352 kcal.
- Servings - 1 casserole
- Cooking time - 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Cottage cheese - 500 g
- Sugar - 100 g or to taste
- Orange Peel - 1 Fruit (This recipe uses dried peel powder)
- Salt - a pinch
- Semolina - 100 g
- Eggs - 3 pcs.
- Butter - 50 g
- Raisins - 100 g
Step by step preparation of cottage cheese casserole with orange zest, recipe with photo:
1. Separate the yolks from the whites very carefully so that not a drop of the yolk gets into the whites. Add sugar to the yolks.
2. Beat the yolks with a mixer until fluffy, doubled in volume and lemon-colored.
3. Melt the butter in a water bath or microwave and combine with eggs.
4. Whisk the egg mass and butter mixture. Sprinkle in semolina, orange zest, and raisins. If the raisins are very dry, then pre-soak them in boiling water for 5 minutes.
5. Grind the curd through a fine sieve and add to all products.
6. Stir the dough and leave it for half an hour to swell the semolina. Otherwise, in the finished product, it will be unpleasant to fasten it on the teeth.
7. After this time, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt with a mixer until a white airy foam and stable peaks.
8. Add the whipped egg whites into the curd dough and knead the dough gently. To prevent them from settling, work in slow movements from top to bottom.
9. Line a baking dish with parchment paper and pour the curd dough into it. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and send the curd casserole with orange zest to bake for 40 minutes.
See also a video recipe on how to make an orange curd casserole!
