Recipe for the original Russian cuisine, or how to make cheese cakes from cottage cheese

Russian cuisine is unique, very diverse and tasty - no one can argue with this, and, moreover, no one can refute this claim. Our traditional cuisine can surprise everyone who tries at least one dish, besides, it constantly develops and changes, absorbs the culinary traditions of different peoples. But there is one among the national Russian dishes - incredibly tasty and unique, like no one in the culinary science of the world. This is a dish - syrniki from fat-free cottage cheese.

Cheesecakes or, as they are called, cottage cheese are a dish that for several decades of existence and stay on the tables of our ancestors practically did not undergo any changes, remained primordially Russian and extremely popular till now. Our ancestors knew exactly how to make cheese cakes from cottage cheese so that no one could guess that there is no cheese in them at all. Yes, that's right, cheese cakes not only have nothing to do with cheese, but are not even eaten raw, as it might seem from the name. The thing is that this name comes from the word "sir" - so called cottage cheese in the southern regions of our country, which made it possible to give the dish a second name - cottage cheese.

An interesting fact is that several times cooks from different parts of Russia, ordinary lovers of curd cheeses and housewives made a sensational statement that only they know the recipe for the correct preparation of this Russian food. All these cooks have repeatedly stated that only they know the right way how to make curd cheese cakes correctly. But the secret of curd men is that there is no universal recipe or basic rules for cooking. It's not even that it is cooked differently in different Russian regions - no, each cook owns his little secrets of craftsmanship, which allows you to create a small miracle of cottage cheese. All of them bring something of their own to their own taste and at their discretion, leaving the only important - the basis.

Do you want to know how to make cheese cakes from cottage cheese so that everyone around you will recognize your food as the most delicious and unusual? It is necessary to take three main products - actually cottage cheese, flour and eggs. The whole secret is to pick the right ingredients - they must necessarily be fresh. Fresh, dense and low-fat cottage cheese, fresh eggs, carefully sifted flour. Mix everything thoroughly, rubbing the "dough" through a sieve, sometimes you can add to it a variety of delicious ingredients - nuts, pieces of fruit and berries, half prunes and dried apricots. Such additives practically do not affect the calorie content of curd cheese cakes , but they add tremendous flavor notes. For flavoring, you can try adding some canned berries, vanillin, nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom or pieces of citrus peel to curd.

For the preparation of traditional Russian cottage cheese, you will need to take cottage cheese (250 grams), flour (50 grams) and eggs (1 pc.). Further - raisins (80 gr.), Baking powder on the tip of the knife, a pinch of salt and sugar, as well as oil for frying. For those who know how to make cheese cakes from cottage cheese correctly, the cooking process does not take long: mix all the ingredients, add the washed and dried raisins to the ready-made "dough", then again knead and set aside for a quarter of an hour in a warm place. The raised mass can be rolled into a not too thin bundle, gently dividing it into pieces, which must be sprinkled with flour and shaped into them - round or oval.

When the cottage cheese will be prepared, it is time to warm up the frying pan with butter, and which the dish will be laid out for frying. Serve it to the table best in hot form, along with your favorite jam or cold sour cream.