What to do with cottage cheese?

Light and creamy, fromage blanc is not only enjoyed with sugar or fruit coulis, it is also used as a base for many recipes!

When there is a big pot of fromage blanc left in the fridge, we don’t always know what to do with it. To change from the usual fromage blanc with honey for dessert, let’s explore some original recipes using fromage blanc!

Savory fromage blanc recipes

The white cheese will be the base of creamy sauces to bind your buddha bowls:

• cottage cheese and peanut butter sauce
• white cheese curry sauce or zahtar (very fragrant mixture of Middle Eastern spices)
• white cheese and tahini sauce
• white and blue cheese sauce

The cottage cheese will make a creamy vegetable stuffing for lighter vegetarian bricks. It will replace crème fraîche in a mushroom sauce for pasta. You can also coat baked potatoes with fromage blanc, chives and shallots!

Savory cottage cheese tart recipe

To vary according to your mood, make the same base with a shortcrust pastry base on which you pour a mixture of fromage blanc, eggs, salt and pepper. You can garnish with vegetables or leftover meat.

For a change from pizzas, try some Homemade Flammekueches ! On the dough, spread some fromage blanc and garnish your Flambéed onion and bacon tarts for the classic version or get started with variations : munster, mushrooms and potatoes, grilled vegetables, tomatoes and sardines, etc.

A cottage cheese diet?

So, let’s be clear, we’re not talking about a food that makes you lose weight! Because obviously, such a thing doesn’t exist. However, if you’re watching your figure, cottage cheese can be interesting, because it is high in protein and low in carbohydrates : it therefore promotes the feeling of satiety which prevents cravings between meals and the urge to snack.

A healthy and filling breakfast

To be in shape all morning, Swap your cereal for these muffin-shaped omelets:

• beat eggs with salt, pepper, herbs and a small amount of baking soda
• add cottage cheese to make the muffins soft
• incorporate seasonal vegetables cut into small cubes
• pour into greased muffin tins or silicone molds
• bake in the oven until the muffins are golden

Sweet recipes with fromage blanc

The great thing about fromage blanc is that it is very easy to incorporate into recipes. You can replace butter, cream or mascarpone in your favorite recipes with cottage cheese to obtain desserts a little lighter but just as enjoyable!

• and tiramisu with seasonal fruits
• of the pancakes with white cheese
• of the waffles accompanied by caramelized fruits
• and clafoutis with apricots or cherries
• a white cheese mousse with a fruit coulis or a chocolate sauce

White cheese cake recipe

White cheese cake recipe: the famous Japanese cheesecake – © iMoStudio

It’s all the rage because it’s both soft and airy. Japanese white cheese cake makes all gourmets happy. Easy, it only requires fromage blanc, eggs and sugar. The secret of its lightness: the fromage blanc – whites ofeggs whipped into snow delicately incorporated into the device of a sort of sponge cake.

Those in a hurry will love this no-bake cottage cheese cheesecake. For the mixture, mix cottage cheese with agar-agar, lemon juice and sugar. Pour over the base of the cheesecake made with crumbled biscuits and butter. Place in the refrigerator to set.

Sweet cottage cheese tart recipe

How about a little käsküeche?

This traditional cottage cheese tart coming from Alsace is prepared as follows:
To prepare a Käsküechemix 500 g of fromage blanc with 150 g of sugar, 3 eggs, and 1 sachet of vanilla sugar. Add 100 g of crème fraîche and 50 g of cornstarch.
Pour everything into a buttered mold and bake at 180°C for 40 minutes. Leave to cool before serving.

And for a snack? Let’s prepare some cottage cheese donuts!
To make these cottage cheese fritters, mix 250g of cottage cheese with 2 eggs, 60g of sugar, and 1 sachet of vanilla sugar. Add 200g of flour, 1/2 sachet of baking powder, and a pinch of salt. Mix well until you get a smooth dough.
Heat oil in a deep fryer or large frying pan. Using a spoon, drop small balls of dough into the hot oil. Fry until golden brown, then drain on paper towels. Dust with icing sugar before serving hot.
Feel free to flavor it with vanilla extract or orange blossom water.

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