Classic recipe for cottage cheese casserole in a slow cooker
The classic recipe is impossible without adding sour cream. It will make the dish especially tender.
You will need:
- Three chicken eggs;
- Cottage cheese - 500 gr;
- Dry semolina - 150 g;
- Sour cream - 0.1 kg;
- Sugar - 0.1 kg;
- Raisins - 65 gr;
- Salt - 5 g;
- Vanilla - 10 g;
- Soda - 4 gr.
Cooking method:
- Pour sour cream into a separate bowl, add soda to it and leave the mixture for 30 minutes.
- Break eggs into a bowl with cottage cheese and add sugar. Knead everything thoroughly. Add vanilla, raisins and semolina to this mixture and mix.
- Pour the infused sour cream into the cottage cheese.
- The multicooker bowl must be greased with butter or sunflower oil.
- Pour the base there.
- In the menu program, press the “Baking” mode. Timer - 50 minutes.
- To ensure a very fluffy pie, do not remove the casserole from the multicooker immediately after cooking.
- The amount of cottage cheese can be increased to 1 kilogram.
Useful properties of cottage cheese
Cottage cheese is made from curdled milk, which is why it has such excellent nutritional properties. The composition of cottage cheese is as follows: calcium, phosphorus, potassium, ascorbic acid, B vitamins, vitamin A, as well as other minerals. Due to its composition, this fermented milk product has the following properties:
- the protein contained in cottage cheese has a beneficial effect on muscle strengthening and growth;
- lactic acid bacteria normalize intestinal microflora and improve metabolism;
- thanks to calcium, bone tissue becomes stronger, the skeleton develops, and nails and hair also become better;
- potassium improves brain activity, which has a good effect on memory and the nervous system;
- trouble-free digestibility of the product occurs due to the low content of milk sugar in the composition;
- rickets and atherosclerosis are prevented;
- gums and teeth are strengthened;
- immunity is strengthened;
- well absorbed;
- enriches the body with vitamins, nutrients and energy.
Suitable age for introducing cottage cheese into a child’s diet and features of preparing dishes from it.
Children begin to introduce fermented milk products and cottage cheese into their diet at eight months of age. First, try homemade cottage cheese with the addition of breast milk, formula, yogurt or low-fat sour cream.
It is not recommended cottage cheese subject to heat treatment to babies under 10 months, but older children can prepare various delicacies, such as cheesecakes, dumplings, dumplings, and casserole. Cottage cheese casserole, as well as dishes prepared in a slow cooker or oven, are recommended for children over 1 year of age.
Kids who do not like dairy products will be very happy with the tasty and aromatic casserole, but when preparing it it is worth considering some features:
- You need to prepare cottage cheese casserole from fresh and tender homemade cottage cheese, since store-bought cottage cheese is more sour and is not intended for children under one year old.
- Use products already familiar to the baby for casserole ; chicken eggs can be replaced with quail eggs, because they are less allergenic.
- Young children are not advised to give heat-treated cottage cheese more than twice a week.
- The daily dose of cottage cheese or products made from it for a 1 year old baby is 50 grams.
- Before cooking, the cottage cheese must be ground in a blender or rubbed through a sieve.
- Like all other products, it is necessary to introduce heat-treated fermented milk products into your baby’s complementary foods gradually, increasing the portion each time. You also need to monitor the baby’s condition, skin and stool.
- You need to give up recipes using chocolate, nuts, and honey. It is also better to avoid adding soda and large amounts of sugar. To prepare the gravy, it is better to use an apple and banana that are already familiar to the baby. Fat sour cream is prohibited for children.
- Mostly semolina is added , and it contains gluten. Mothers whose children have an allergic reaction to this substance should pay attention to this.
- The method of heat treatment is of great importance. For one-year-old children, the best way is to steam a casserole in a slow cooker, or even better, in a double boiler.
- There are many opinions about cooking meals for children in the microwave. Some scientists and doctors are convinced that dishes cooked in the microwave retain all their beneficial properties, while the other part denies this. The studies carried out have only confirmed that microwaves change the structure of the protein, so whether or not to cook in the microwave for children is up to parents to decide.
- Over time, the casserole recipe can be diversified with useful additions, such as pumpkin, berries, carrots, apples.
Step-by-step recipe for cooking with semolina
Semolina will make the cottage cheese pie even softer. Follow all proportions as accurately as possible, and the dessert will turn out great. Cottage cheese casserole with semolina in a slow cooker is a quick breakfast for the whole family.
Required ingredients:
- Semolina - 0.15 kg;
- Kefir - 0.25 kg;
- Sugar - 0.1 kg;
- Cottage cheese - 500 gr;
- Five eggs;
- Vanillin - 6 gr.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Pour the required amount of kefir into the semolina and let the mixture brew for half an hour.
- Place cottage cheese, baking powder and vanillin in the same bowl, break the yolks of chicken eggs. Mix all ingredients until smooth.
- In another bowl, mix the whites with sugar and beat thoroughly with a whisk. For better mixing, you should take cold whites.
- Add whipped sugar whites to the main mixture in portions.
- Grease the multicooker cup with oil and place the mass of the casserole into it. Make sure it lies in an even layer. Click on the “Baking” item. Time - 40 minutes.
Cooking for children in a slow cooker
Sometimes children do not want to eat healthy cottage cheese in its basic form. In this case, you can make a casserole, give it a beautiful shape and decorate it with jam.
Grocery list:
- Cottage cheese - 1\2 kg;
- Milk - 70 ml;
- Semolina - 0.1 kg;
- Sugar - 0.15 kg;
- Two eggs;
- Butter - 50 g;
- Raisins to taste.
How to cook:
- If the cottage cheese is in large pieces, you can process it using a sieve.
- Add chicken eggs, a piece of butter, vanilla and granulated sugar to a homogeneous mass of cottage cheese. Mix everything thoroughly. You can use a mixer for this.
- Pour semolina into the mixture.
- Go about your business for 30 minutes, while the whole mass infuses. During this time, the semolina will swell and the volume of the pie will increase.
- Coat the inside of the multicooker with oil so that the sides of the casserole do not turn out too greasy; the walls of the bowl can also be sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
- Place the dough in a bowl, turn on the “Baking” mode, and set the timer for 60 minutes.
- After the beep sounds, cool the cake and then remove it. You can decorate it with berries on top, or pour sour cream on it.
Dinner
Kids don’t really like to eat the first thing, but even the pickiest ones will like this soup.
Vegetable puree soup in a slow cooker for children
To prepare a healthy and very tasty puree soup, you will need the following products: - 1 potato - 3 fresh medium-sized tomatoes - 300 grams of zucchini (peeled, chopped) - 1 onion - 1-2 carrots - 200 ml of water - salt to taste The process of preparing vegetable puree soup: Cut the zucchini, peeled and seeded, into cubes; in this form it should be 300 grams. Place the zucchini in a saucepan and add to it peeled and chopped tomatoes, carrots cut into rings, onions cut into half rings, peeled potatoes and cut into thin rings. Salt to taste, add 50 ml of warm water and set the multicooker to “baking” mode, set the time to 40 minutes. During this time, the vegetables will cook and become soft. When the vegetables have become soft, add boiling water and grind them using a blender. Bring the puree soup to readiness by setting the multicooker to “steaming”. In this mode, the soup should boil a little. A healthy and tasty vegetable puree soup is ready; it is better to serve it sprinkled with chopped fresh herbs. Bon appetit! Another recipe for a tasty and healthy soup, try making zucchini soup with meat for your child for lunch; the whole family will certainly enjoy it.
Zucchini soup with meat for children
To prepare squash soup with meat you will need the following products: - 500 grams of beef - 4 potatoes - 1 carrot - 1 onion - 2-3 small young zucchini - 2 liters of water - 1 large glass of oatmeal - 1 dessert spoon of salt Process preparing squash soup with meat in a slow cooker: - Wash fresh beef meat, peel off all films and cut into small cubes, then put the meat in a saucepan and cook in a slow cooker, setting the “baking” mode for half an hour. Meanwhile, prepare the vegetables. Peel, rinse and chop onions, carrots and potatoes. Cut the carrots into circles, finely chop the onion and cook for 10 minutes without oil. Cut the zucchini, peeled and seeded, into cubes and add it to the slow cooker with meat and other vegetables, adding the potatoes last. Salt and fill with water. Cook the squash soup with meat in the “baking” mode for forty minutes. 15 minutes before readiness, add oatmeal to the soup. This is how you can easily and quickly prepare a healthy and tasty soup in a slow cooker, which can be served for lunch not only to children, but to everyone at home. Bon appetit to you and your kids!
Without flour and semolina
This recipe is suitable for those who are on a diet or for whom flour products are contraindicated. This will not make the pie lose any of its beneficial properties and taste.
Components:
- Cottage cheese - 0.25 kg;
- Cream - 0.1 kg;
- Sugar - 50 g;
- Two eggs;
- Butter;
- A pinch of vanillin.
Preparation steps:
- Break the eggs into a separate bowl and separate the yolks from the whites.
- In another bowl, mix cottage cheese, cream (or milk if the cottage cheese is too dry), yolks and sugar. Beat everything until smooth with a blender. The mixture should have a consistency similar to sour cream.
- Beat the whites separately until foam forms and gradually pour into the main mass.
- Prepare the multicooker bowl properly and place the resulting dough into it.
- Set the “Baking” program. Time - 40 minutes.
Recipe without eggs
Sometimes you want to cook something sweet, but the kitchen doesn’t have one of the necessary components of the dough, eggs. The cottage cheese casserole turns out tender and without chicken eggs, if you follow certain rules.
Ingredients:
- Cottage cheese - 0.4 kg;
- First grade flour - 50 g;
- Vanillin - 4 g;
- Sugar - 75 gr;
- Soda - 5 g;
- Kefir - to taste.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Lumps of cottage cheese need to be turned into a homogeneous mass. To do this, use a blender. If you don’t have this kitchen equipment, you can use a regular sieve. Do not forget to add the required amount of vanillin before processing it.
- After that, add flour and sugar there. Pour in a little kefir to make the dough more liquid and soft. Mix everything thoroughly.
- Pour the mixture into the multicooker prepared for baking.
- In menu mode, select the “Baking” item and set the timer for 40 minutes.
- The finished pie can be decorated in any way to your taste: condensed milk, jam, berries or fruits.
Subtleties of preparation and serving variations
- Cook in silicone molds. Take children's figurines for the dish, lay out a three-layer cake prepared in shapes of different diameters.
- Decorate. Make the finished casserole “beautiful”. You can draw patterns with icing, make flowers from protein cream, or lay out “faces” from pieces of fruit. In a word, be imaginative.
- Change the ingredients. Sugar can be replaced with condensed milk, sour cream or milk with fruit or berry yogurt, some of the semolina can be omitted and the same amount of sweet corn sticks can be added. For color, add cocoa powder to the dough. Various fruits and berries will be a good way to improvise.
From cottage cheese with bananas in a slow cooker
Pamper your kids with homemade dessert with bananas and cottage cheese. They'll love it!
Required Products:
- Cottage cheese - 0.7 kg;
- Three chicken eggs;
- Granulated sugar - 0.1 kg;
- Sour cream - 80 gr;
- Semolina - 1 kg;
- Three bananas;
- Vanillin - 4 g;
- Butter and breadcrumbs for greasing.
Cooking method:
- Place cottage cheese, chicken eggs, vanillin, semolina and sour cream in one bowl and mix with a whisk. To speed up the cooking process, use a mixer. Leave the mixture for half an hour.
- Peel the bananas and chop into small pieces. Add them to the dough and mix.
- Coat the bowl of your smart kitchen appliance with breadcrumbs and oil.
- Place banana dough in it. To ensure the mixture lies evenly, level it with a tablespoon.
- Turn on the “Baking” item. Average cooking time is 80 minutes.
- The amount of time depends on how much cottage cheese you added to the dough.
- Cut the cooled casserole into pieces, add lemon slices or pour sour cream on it.
The secret to making a delicious casserole
At the age of 8-9 months, the child first becomes acquainted with such a fermented milk product as cottage cheese. Its introduction into the baby’s diet begins as usual with half a teaspoon and by the end of the 9th month is increased to 30 g per day. By the age of 1 year, the child should already be eating 50 g per day. But often children cannot handle even such a small portion size. The only way out of the situation is to try to choose a dish made from cottage cheese that the child would eat with pleasure, for example, a casserole.
The process of preparing cottage cheese casserole for a child (1 year) is not complete without secrets:
- When choosing cottage cheese, pay attention to the fact that its fat content does not exceed 5%.
- If possible, do not add sugar to the dish, since carbohydrates interfere with the absorption of calcium.
- To attract your child's attention to food, prepare casserole in silicone molds in the form of various animals, figures, etc.
- If the child does not suffer from allergies, add pieces of fruit and berries to the dish, which will make the taste of the casserole more pleasant.
- A lush cottage cheese casserole looks much more appetizing than a flat cake. If time permits, beat the egg whites separately from the yolks and then gently fold them into the batter with a spatula. This will only make the casserole tastier.
Sweet dessert option with apples
If you are tired of the usual version with cottage cheese, you can use apples as a filling. The taste will be with a spicy sourness.
Recipe ingredients required:
- Cottage cheese - 0.5 kg;
- Two medium apples;
- Sugar - 0.1 kg;
- Sour cream - 80 gr;
- Butter;
- Pieces of crumbly cookies - 2 pcs;
- Two eggs.
Cooking option:
- Break the eggs into the curd mass, add sugar and semolina, and add sour cream. Mix all ingredients.
- Remove peel, seeds and core from apples and cut into small squares. Add them to the mixture of ingredients.
- Grind the cookies to crumbs. Oil the sides of the baking bowl and sprinkle them with cookies.
- Pour the dough and smooth it out.
- If there are still apples left, you can peel and cut into slices. It is recommended to place a flower petal shape on top of the dough.
- Select the “Baking” program from the menu. Set the time for 40-50 minutes.
- After the multicooker is finished, wait another 10 minutes and then remove the pie.
- The top of the casserole can be sprinkled with powdered sugar or cream.
What modes and time are needed?
The optimal temperature for preparing baby casserole in a multicooker is regulated by the “Baking”, “Multicook” or “Steamer” modes. Devices from different manufacturers have different indicators. On average, multi-ovens produce up to 130°C in the indicated modes. (Cooking in the oven requires 180-200°C). But it is better to always refer to the instructions, which describe in detail the modes of a particular unit.
Cooking time depends on the volume and number of servings. For example, in the appliance, a pie made from 500 g of cottage cheese takes an hour to bake in the “Baking” mode. This time is enough so that the bottom does not burn and the top “seizes.” And in “Redmond” “Multipovar” will cope with a similar task in 50 minutes.
According to the recommendations of pediatricians, for children under two years of age it is better to prepare curd dessert in the “Steamer” mode. But it is quite possible to use other possibilities of the “samovar pot”.
Chocolate - curd casserole
To add sophistication and special taste to an ordinary dessert, use chocolate in the recipe.
Required ingredients:
- Six chicken eggs;
- Cottage cheese - 1 kg;
- Granulated sugar - 250 gr;
- Milk chocolate bar - 100 g;
- Cream - 0.1 l;
- Starch - 15 gr.
Cooking method:
- Place cottage cheese in the first bowl, add sugar and eggs. Whisk the contents with a whisk.
- In the second bowl - chocolate, pour it with cream and a piece of butter. Take iron utensils, as they need to be put on gas. Wait until the chocolate mixture melts.
- Divide the mixture from the first bowl into two parts. Add melted chocolate to the first one and add 9 grams of starch. Mix all.
- Add the remaining product to the second part.
- Grease the walls of the multicooker bowl with butter.
- Next, alternately lay out first the chocolate mass in the amount of two tablespoons, and then the creamy mixture. The proportions are equal. The cake should be zebra colored.
- Set the multicooker to the “Baking” mode. Cooking time - hour.
Why casserole: 4 advantages of the dish
Cottage cheese must be present in the children's diet, no matter in what form. If you choose the right culinary recipes, then all the beneficial substances of the fermented milk product will be preserved. Cottage cheese casserole for a one-year-old child is the best option to include a healthy product in the children's menu. Why her? The dish has four advantages.
- The benefits of cottage cheese are preserved. A casserole is a dish that allows you to get the maximum nutrients from a fermented milk product. This is due to the cooking method - steamed, in the oven, in a multicooker bowl.
- Ease of preparation. The dish is very simple to prepare and requires a minimum set of ingredients. The process takes a little time (on average half an hour), which is especially important for mothers of little fidgets. If you use a multicooker/steamer, you won’t have to monitor the process at all.
- Recipe variability. Cottage cheese casserole can be prepared in different ways. Every time the baby will be surprised by a new taste. As your child grows, you can experiment with ingredients, additives, and serving.
- The children are delighted with the dish. If children have to be persuaded to eat cottage cheese in its pure form, then it is rare for anyone to refuse sweet pie. Children who go to kindergarten ask themselves to make a casserole: cottage cheese pie is served in the kindergarten cafeteria, and there, as you know, everything seems tastier than at home.
The casserole can be prepared for all family members: even those household members who do not like cottage cheese will be delighted. All this thanks to the delicate taste that reminds us of childhood. It is served as a dessert with tea. It will become a schoolchild's favorite breakfast option.