Cheesecakes are a tasty and easy-to-cook dish that you can treat yourself to for breakfast. As a rule, cheesecakes are served with jam, sour cream or honey, but there may be unsweetened versions of this dish with dill or garlic in the composition. Any cheesecakes should be juicy, lush and soft, so during cooking you need to remember some secrets and rules.
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For a delicious dish you always need only fresh and high-quality products. The basis of cheesecakes is cottage cheese. It can be fatty or fat-free, but not very acidic and as fresh as possible. The optimum fat content of cottage cheese is 7-18%, its texture should be uniform and without grains. If the cottage cheese is dry, it can be softened with a small amount of sour cream, milk or kefir. Cottage cheese should not be too wet, otherwise it will have to add more semolina or flour, which can make the dish "rubber".
Ideally, it is advisable to rub the cottage cheese through a sieve - this guarantees a uniform and delicate texture.
In addition to cottage cheese, cheesecakes may include wheat flour, bran flour, semolina or starch. These ingredients are needed to bind moisture. An obligatory ingredient is eggs, thanks to which cheesecakes do not fall apart during frying. You can use proteins and yolks or only yolks, due to which the cheesecakes will get a nice color. In dietary options, only proteins are used.
Since syrniki can be sweet, salty, spicy or spicy, they can contain a variety of ingredients. The most common: sugar, dried apricots, raisins, vanilla, dried cranberries, herbs, garlic, dried vegetables.
To cheesecakes well baked, they must be of small diameter. The optimal size is a dough cheesecake that you can grab from a cup with an ordinary tablespoon.
You can bake cheese cakes in the oven, but traditionally they are fried so that the dish has a delicious brownish crust. It is best to use a non-stick pan or pan with a thick bottom for frying.
Fry syrniki need to be in a pre-heated frying pan, but on medium heat, then they will bake well and will not burn. During frying, it is recommended to cover the pan.