Cottage Cheese Pillows

If you like omelets and cottage cheese, you will surely enjoy these juicy and fluffy cottage cheese pillows. They are best served warm, with a cup of hot beverage and a warm fruit or vanilla sauce. Mmm… heavenly!

Details

  • Preparation Time: 15 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 7 minutes
  • Difficulty: 1
  • Spiciness: 0
  • Number of Servings: 5

Ingredients

  • 650 g Cheese, cottage cheese

  • 3 pieces Egg, fresh

  • 200 ml Milk, whole milk

  • 300 g Wheat flour, white, multi-purpose

  • 10 g Orange, shell

  • 10 g Lemon zest, fresh

  • 50 g Sugar, white

  • 30 g Sugar, white

  • 5 g Salt, table

  • 1 handful Cranberries, dried

Steps

  1. In a large bowl, add the cottage cheese, eggs, milk, orange and lemon zest, both types of sugar, salt, and flour. Mix all the ingredients into a dough that should be compact enough to form pillows. Add milk according to the moisture of the cottage cheese.

  2. From the prepared dough, form pillows weighing approximately 120 g each, and just before baking, add cranberries (you can also use raisins).

  3. Bake the pillows at a low temperature (160 degrees Celsius) for about 7 minutes. Serve the baked pillows on plates, dust with powdered sugar, and serve with whipped cream and/or fruit sauce.

Nutrition Information (Per 100g)

  • Calories: 186.34 kcal
  • Fat: 2.32 g
    • Saturated Fat: 0.45 g
  • Carbohydrates: 28.83 g
    • Sugars: 10.64 g
  • Protein: 9.44 g
  • Fiber: 0.82 g