Dukan cottage cheese casserole is a joy, so to speak, for those who have decided to take this difficult path. The first stage is “attack”, it is the most difficult, since you can eat foods from a very limited list. And a delicacy made from cottage cheese will distract you a little from the annoying desire to eat the “forbidden fruit.”
A regular casserole includes sugar, flour or semolina, and sometimes dried fruits. The Dukan diet prohibits the consumption of these ingredients in the first days. But this is not scary, because even without them you can prepare an excellent dish anywhere - in a slow cooker, oven or microwave.
Method No. 1
The recipe is very simple and requires a minimum of ingredients and time. The finished dish can be consumed starting from the “Attack” phase.
You will need:
- low-fat cottage cheese (0-1%) – 250 g;
- egg – 1 pc.;
- bran from oat flakes or grains - 1 tbsp. l.;
- salt - a pinch;
- sweetener - to taste.
It is necessary to mix all the ingredients well until smooth, adding oat bran last. Transfer the mixture into a microwave-safe form and cook at 500 W for about 4.5 minutes. If desired, cover the pan with a lid, but then increase the time to 6-7 minutes. Together with natural yogurt, the casserole turns out very tasty.
To make the dish airy, separate the egg white from the yolk. Together with a pinch of salt, beat the protein to stiff peaks and add it to the total mass last, stirring with a spatula from bottom to top. This technique should be used in all recipes. Only the list of products and their quantity changes, but the cooking principle remains the same.
Dukan cottage cheese casserole without starch and bran
Ingredients
- Cottage cheese 0% not grainy – 0.5 kg
- Eggs – 4 pcs.
- Sweetener - to taste
Preparation
It is best to use cottage cheese in briquette packs; it is already ground to a homogeneous consistency. Mix cottage cheese with eggs and sweeten with liquid sweetener or crush tablets and add to cottage cheese.
Grease the baking dish with a napkin with vegetable oil. You can sprinkle bran on top of the butter if you are afraid that the casserole will stick to the coating. The silicone mold does not need to be greased.
Pour the cottage cheese into the mold and place in the oven at 170 degrees for 30 minutes, but this time is approximate. The actual baking time for the casserole will depend on the depth of your pan, so you should take it out after checking the doneness with a match. To do this, just pierce the casserole with a match somewhere in the middle - there should be no raw dough left on its surface. If the match is dry, the casserole can be removed.
Method No. 2
The recipe is designed for cooking in the oven. You need to turn it on first and heat it up to 160 0C. Then take 5 eggs, separate the whites from the yolks. Mix the latter with 600 g of low-fat granular cottage cheese, vanilla on the tip of a knife and a sweetener to your taste.
Use a fork so as not to lose the valuable structure of the curd. At the end, carefully mix the mixture with the whipped egg whites, pour the dough into a baking dish and place it in the oven for 45 minutes. The top should be browned but not burnt. If the crust is too baked and the center is raw, cover the pan with foil.
When the dish is ready, turn off the oven and let the casserole sit for about 10 minutes. Then wait until it cools down and start eating!
With chicken and tomatoes
Cooking ingredients can be consumed in the “Cruise” phase. For the dish you need:
- Cottage cheese 0% fat – 400 grams;
- Mushrooms - 250 grams;
- Onion - 1 pc.;
- Baking powder - 0.3 teaspoon;
- Oat bran - 40 grams;
- Eggs - 4 pcs.;
- Chicken breast - 2 pcs;
- Soy sauce;
- Garlic cloves - 3 pcs.
- Stir the cottage cheese and add oat bran, egg yolks and soy sauce. Finely chop the chicken breast and mix with the cottage cheese. Add crushed garlic cloves, chopped mushrooms, herbs and onions to the mixture. Add baking powder and beaten egg whites. Cut the tomatoes into rings.
- Place the mixture in a bowl, having previously greased the bottom with vegetable oil. Place thin slices of tomatoes on top. For cooking, use the “baking” mode. The casserole will be ready in 1 hour.
- Cottage cheese casserole according to the Dukan diet in a slow cooker is a delicious dish that burns weight and improves the condition of the body.
Some general information
The “Attack” phase does not allow you to go wild, so the methods for preparing cottage cheese casseroles are not surprising in their diversity. The main thing is that they are made without starch, flour and semolina. Instead, use oat, wheat, or buckwheat bran. Eggs - maximum 5 pieces, depends on the amount of cottage cheese. For half a kilo of low-fat cottage cheese you will need about 5-9 sweetener tablets, but there may be fewer.
The Dukan Diet allows you to consume baking powder or baking powder in moderation in the first days. Therefore, 1.5 tsp. You can add one of these ingredients to the mixture. The optimal temperature for baking in the oven is 160-170 0C. During cooking (20-30 minutes), it is better not to open the door, and after turning it off, let it “cook” in the oven. But in any case, the casserole will fall a little.
Each recipe can be implemented in a microwave or slow cooker without any problems, the main thing is to calculate the time. For the latter, the baking time is increased to 50 minutes. But the indicator depends on the power of the machine and the thickness of the dish.
Cooking features
Preparing a Dukan cottage cheese casserole is no more difficult than a regular one. It can be included in the menu for people suffering from diabetes and having problems with excess weight. In order to prepare this dish correctly, you need to know a few things. Otherwise, it will not be dietary and will not be able to fit into the nutritional system developed by Dr. Dukan.
- The Dukan Diet prohibits the use of foods such as flour and sugar. Vegetable oil and corn starch are allowed only in the last phases, and even then in minimal quantities. Flour is replaced with bran, the daily inclusion of which in the diet is mandatory. Instead of sugar, a natural sweetener (stevia) is added to sweet dishes.
- The bran must be ground to flour before being added to the casserole dough. This can be conveniently done using a coffee grinder or blender.
- To prevent the casserole from burning without oil, use a silicone mold. If you are making the dish in a regular form, it is advisable to cover it with parchment to make the casserole easier to remove.
- It is recommended to dilute the sweetener tablets in a small amount of boiled water or milk before adding them to the curd mass.
- Cottage cheese for Dukan casserole is low-fat. The fat content of other dairy products should also be zero.
- Choose a casserole recipe that matches the phase of the Dukan Diet you are in. Egg yolks and vegetables are allowed from the second stage. From the third stage, you can introduce corn starch and a small amount of fruit.
To improve the organoleptic qualities of the casserole, you can sprinkle it with cocoa powder or cinnamon when serving. This is acceptable at any stage of the Dukan diet.
Option for alternation
When the "Attack" is over, the "Cruise" phase, or rotation, begins. The diet allows you to add vegetables and some foods that were prohibited at the first stage. It is necessary to arrange protein and protein-vegetable days. You can practice the following recipe in a slow cooker. The product is reminiscent of a casserole from childhood.
You will need:
- soft cottage cheese (0-1%) – 600 g;
- eggs – 4 pcs.;
- skimmed milk powder – 3 tbsp. l. (45 g);
- corn starch - 2 tbsp. l. (40 g);
- sweetener “Fitparad” - 11 g;
- vanilla on the tip of a knife.
The cooking result depends on the quality of the cottage cheese. Give preference to cottage cheese with small grains. We do not recommend mixing it in a blender. It is important that it maintains its structure. The second component of success is well-beaten whites. They must be chilled. Choose clean, dry (!) dishes for them, preferably large ones.
When you separate the yolks, do not allow them to get into the whites. A small amount of salt will help achieve steep peaks. Then proceed according to the general principle. Cook the mixture in the multicooker in the “Baking” mode for about 50 minutes.
The height of the product is about 3-4 cm. The structure is dense, cuts easily, and does not crumble. And if you sprinkle cinnamon on top or pour yogurt with sweetener on top, then the diet will become a real pleasure. A small amount of starch and milk powder does not allow you to eat the dish during the “Attack” phase, but when the alternation begins, you can pamper yourself a little. Just one bite and you will become a fan of this dish.
You can reduce the proportions to 300 g of cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 30 g of milk powder and 30 g of corn starch. Bake for 40 minutes in a slow cooker.
Dukan casserole in a slow cooker
Ingredients
- Cottage cheese – 0.5 kg
- Eggs – 5 pcs.
- Milk – 100 ml
- Sugar substitute - to taste
- Coconut flakes - to taste
Preparation
Separate the egg whites from the egg whites.
Combine all ingredients except proteins and beat with a mixer or blender.
Beat the whites until thick foam and carefully fold into the curd mass.
Sprinkle the multicooker bowl with bran and place the mixture. Turn on the “baking” mode and set to cook for 50 minutes. If you don't have such a mode, you can use the "soup" mode.
When the dietary casserole is baked, leave it in the multicooker for another quarter of an hour in the “warm” mode.
Dukan casserole will be an excellent breakfast or dessert for lunch , which will cheer you up and help you avoid the temptation to break your diet, because many of us love sweets so much and cannot live without them. We offer you options on how to prepare the casserole in different ways to find the most suitable recipe for you. Remember that you can always diversify a dietary casserole by using cinnamon, low-fat cocoa, nuts, dried fruits from the setting stage, goji berries and other ingredients. The main thing is to take into account the requirements of the current stage.
We continue the cruise...
№1
The diet is in full swing, and the same dishes are boring. We recommend that you try another interesting recipe. It will require 600 g of cottage cheese, 1 glass (200 ml) of skim milk, 2 eggs and 50 g of corn starch.
Vanillin, sugar substitute and salt to taste. Bake the product in the oven for about 1 hour at a temperature of 180 0C.
№2
In the microwave you can prepare an unusual cottage cheese casserole with... carrots! You only need one root vegetable, 250 g of cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp. l. wheat bran, ½ tsp. baking powder. Add other available ingredients to taste.
The cooking principle remains the same, only after you mix the grated carrots with the ingredients, let the dough sit for about 15 minutes. We recommend introducing proteins at the end. Bake in a glass container, covered, for 8 minutes at 500 W.
Dukan cottage cheese casserole with starch
Ingredients
- Cottage cheese 0% – 0.6 kg
- Milk 0-0.5% – 250 ml
- Eggs – 2 pcs.
- Corn starch – 50 g
- Vanilla, sakhzam - to taste
Preparation
Separate the whites and yolks into different containers. Yolks - into the bowl where the main batch of dough will be mixed. Proteins must be placed in a dry bowl without a single drop of liquid.
Add cottage cheese to the yolks and mix well.
Pour in the milk and stir again until smooth. Add dry ingredients.
Using a dry whisk, beat the egg whites until they form a dense foam and gently fold them into the cottage cheese, stirring the mixture with a spatula, being careful not to damage the protein foam too much.
Cover the pan with parchment or grease with vegetable oil and place the casserole in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for about an hour.
