How to cook cottage cheese for babies at home?

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Cottage cheese is one of the most important components of the nutrition of every child, because it is a source of calcium, phosphorus s alts, vitamins, fats and proteins of milk origin. The role of this product is invaluable for the growing body of a baby of the first year of life, for strengthening bones, enriching all the organs of a young man with valuable substances. However, to feed it, a special cottage cheese for babies is needed, because the usual store-bought one does not contain all the useful qualities and properties, and is often rich in all kinds of chemical compounds.

There are options

There is more than one way to prepare this fermented milk product. And then each mother decides for herself which one suits her and her child best. Let's take a look at some of them.

1. Cold method on kefir

1 glass of yogurt pre-freeze, then lay outice in a sieve or colander, defrost. When thawed, the whey will separate and drain, leaving the most delicate curd flakes in the container.

2. Thermal method on kefir

To prepare cottage cheese for babies in this way, you will need 1 cup of kefir. With this volume, the output is about 40 grams of the finished product, that is, the necessary daily allowance for a child up to a year old. The best option is to choose kefir prepared in a dairy kitchen. Curd from it is very tender and most useful. So, pour kefir into a small container and put it on a minimum fire. When heated, the contents of the container will begin to curl. Throw the resulting curd into a colander or sieve and let the whey drain (by the way, it can later be used for baking).

3. Way calcined

Heat 2 cups of milk without boiling, and add 1 tablespoon of 10% calcium chloride. Mix thoroughly and strain. Cottage cheese for babies prepared in this way is very rich in calcium, so you should not feed your baby often.

4. Modern method (long)

This method suggests cooking cottage cheese in a yogurt maker. To implement it, you will need one miracle of modern kitchen appliances, as well as milk and specialized dry sourdough. Boil pasteurized (or whole) milk, cool to a temperature of 25 - 30 degrees and, stirring, dissolve the leaven in it. Pour the warm mixture into the container of the yogurt maker and, after selecting the programcooking cottage cheese, calmly wait about 10 hours for its completion. When whey is formed, drain it by tilting the container of the yogurt maker. Put the finished cottage cheese in the refrigerator for 3 - 4 hours to cool completely.

Casery

Fruit-mixed cottage cheese - there's no better treat for a baby! However, no mother will feed her child with the fermented milk product left over from yesterday. In this regard, the question arises of what can be cooked from cottage cheese. The answer is very simple - cottage cheese casserole.

Ingredients:

• 500 grams of cottage cheese;
• 6 art. l. decoys;
• 4 tbsp. l. sugar;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• 150 grams of sour cream;
• ½ tsp. soda.

How to cook?

Mix sour cream with soda, let rise, add cottage cheese, semolina, sugar and eggs and knead thoroughly until a homogeneous mass. Grease a thick-walled baking dish with oil, sprinkle with flour and fill it with dough. Put in an oven heated to 200 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes. Cool the finished hot casserole without removing it from the mold.

Time to table!

Add sour cream to chopped cottage cheese casserole and serve. It will be a great dessert not only for a little peanut, but also for the rest of the family!