Cheesecakes are a dietary dish that is very suitable for breakfast! You can eat cheesecakes for a snack and as a dessert for dinner or lunch. The main ingredient of cheesecakes is cottage cheese. Under certain conditions, cottage cheese is considered a keto-friendly product.
Only the second main ingredient, which is added to cheesecakes for binding, is not suitable - flour! But replacing this component is not difficult. So, let's figure out how to prepare cheesecakes for keto, without flour, sugar and other harmful additives?
What to make cheesecakes for the keto diet from?
The basic rule of ketogenic nutrition is less carbs, more fat! This means that the ingredients for making cheesecakes must correspond to this.
By the way, very useful! Cottage cheese contains methionine, a substance that has a lipotropic effect on the body. By regularly consuming cottage cheese, the body is saturated with calcium, blood vessels are cleansed, and the risk of developing fatty liver is reduced.
So, which cottage cheese should you choose for making keto cheesecakes? Contrary to the expectations of many, you need to choose NON-diet cottage cheese! Low-fat cottage cheese contains an increased amount of carbohydrates. And, semi-fat and full-fat cottage cheese contains the necessary balance of BZHU for keto.
Cottage cheese 9%: | |
squirrels | 16 g |
fats | 9 g |
carbohydrates | 3 g |
calories | 157 Kcal |
Therefore, when preparing cheesecakes, it is recommended to choose cottage cheese with a fat content percentage of 5 or more. Another option that is very suitable for preparing cheesecakes for a high-fat diet is cream cheese Mascarpone, Ricotta, etc. This product can be used together with or instead of cottage cheese.
The next important product for making keto cheesecakes is flour. Instead of wheat flour for keto, alternative products are always chosen that are in no way inferior to the classics in taste, but are completely suitable for a ketogenic diet.
Instead of flour for keto cheesecakes, the following is suitable:
- almond dust/crumbs;
- coconut flakes and/or flour;
- psyllium;
- flaxseed flour;
- protein.
Simply put, to make cheesecakes on keto, instead of flour, you can use any version of the product that is used to make keto baked goods. At the same time, in the case of cheesecakes, there are no strict requirements for the grind size. For example, both coconut flour and shavings will do.
How to fry keto cheesecakes?
It is best to fry cheesecakes in olive or coconut oil. GHI oil is suitable for these purposes.
GHI oil is a refined butter that, according to Ayurveda, has the nature of sattva (goodness). This product does not contradict the principles of the keto diet. The taste of GHI oil fits harmoniously into the recipe for cheesecakes.
You can prepare cheesecakes without frying them in vegetable oil/butter. You can choose a recipe for making keto cheesecakes in the oven or in a dry frying pan. It all depends on personal preferences and wishes.
Cheesecakes for the Attack stage
There should be no additional additives in cheesecakes for this stage. The simplest recipe for cheesecakes for Attack includes the following ingredients:
- cottage cheese – 250 grams;
- egg – 2 pcs;
- oat bran – 1.5 tbsp;
- protein powder (protein whey) – 2 tbsp;
- sweetener - to taste (Dukane does not allow all types of sweeteners, please pay attention to this);
- salt - a pinch.
You can prepare the dough very quickly: mix all the ingredients with a spoon. Or you can make more fluffy cheesecakes. To do this, separate the yolks from the whites. Beat the whites with salt until stiff peaks form. Mix all other ingredients and add whipped whites. The main thing is to carefully fold in the whites so that they don’t settle.
You can lift the dough from the bottom, or you can simply stir gently clockwise (that is, in one direction) until the products are homogeneously mixed.
We will prepare these cheesecakes in a frying pan lightly greased with vegetable oil. Spread with a regular tablespoon.
If the cottage cheese was of a dense consistency, then you may have to help form the cheesecakes with your hands, or to make the dough more liquid, you can add a little low-fat yogurt, kefir or milk.
Sweetener for keto cheesecakes
It’s worth saying right away that even classic cheesecakes are not always prepared with sugar. Sweet taste is not the main goal of cheesecakes. Even without sweetening additives, this dish has a very delicate, pleasant taste. And many people like unsweetened cheesecakes. It's worth trying to decide. But, if you still need sweetness in cheesecakes, you should choose natural, carbohydrate-free sweeteners, such as stevia, erythritol, etc.
This is interesting! Stevia is a honey herb whose taste is sweeter than beet sugar. However, stevia does not contain carbohydrates and brings only one benefit to the human body. [Source]
Sweetness can be added to keto cheesecakes not only by adding a sweetener to the cooking mass itself, but also by serving. Cheesecakes may not be sweet, but the sauce or filling may well have a sweet flavor.
From ricotta with cottage cheese
These keto cheesecakes taste very tender! Ricotta cheese gives them a piquant flavor, and cottage cheese creates the usual texture. You can experiment with the ratio of ricotta and cottage cheese. You can completely exclude cottage cheese. But this recipe is all about balancing the creamy ingredients.
To prepare you will need:
- ricotta cheese – 250 g;
- cottage cheese 9% fat – 200 g;
- chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
- coconut flour – 60 g;
- coconut flakes – 50 g;
- erythritol - to taste;
- vanilla - to taste;
- coconut oil for frying – 30 g.
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By the way! There is no need to add baking powder or soda to the mixture for making cheesecakes! Cottage cheese and cream cheese begin to melt when interacting with alkali during heat treatment. Due to this reaction, the consistency will not be quite suitable.
KBJU of ready-made keto cheesecakes: | |
calorie content | 221 Kcal |
squirrels | 13 g |
fats | 14 g |
carbohydrates | 7 g |
Important! The weight of one cheesecake is from 30 to 55 grams. In terms of average weight, the total amount of carbohydrates in one cheesecake does not exceed 3.5-4 grams.
Preparation:
- Place cottage cheese and cheese in a deep bowl and mash with a spoon.
- Add eggs to the mixture, if necessary, sweetener and vanilla.
- Mix the mixture thoroughly and add 2 tablespoons of coconut flour.
- The mass should become plastic for modeling, but not turn into dough in the classic form.
- Place the coconut shavings on a plate. This is breading.
- Heat a frying pan well and melt some coconut oil in it.
- Form balls from the mixture, roll them in shavings, flatten them slightly and fry in a frying pan.
- Each keto cheesecake is fried on both sides until golden brown.
Ready-made keto cheesecakes made from ricotta and cottage cheese can be served without decoration or with keto berry sauce, full-fat sour cream, or any carbohydrate-free topping.
From cottage cheese with coconut and almond flour
These keto cheesecakes taste very similar to the classic ones! And, to relieve the boredom of the recipe, it was decided to mix coconut flour with almond flour. And this idea turned out to be good! Almond flour gives cheesecakes a subtle nutty flavor. The coconut base maintains the delicate consistency of the cheesecakes.
Good idea! In this recipe, it was decided to use coconut flour as a filler for binding products, and almond flour for breading. But you can do the opposite. Add almond flour to the curd mass, and prepare the cheesecakes themselves with coconut flakes as a breading.
To prepare you will need:
- coconut flour (for the base) – 45 g;
- cottage cheese 9% fat – 450 g;
- almond flour (for breading) – 60 g;
- erythritol - to taste;
- chicken eggs – 3 yolks + 3 whites;
- vanilla - to taste.
KBJU of the finished product: | |
calorie content | 183 Kcal |
squirrels | 14.3 g |
fats | 11.4 g |
carbohydrates | 6.2 g |
Preparation:
- Separate the yolks from the whites and add to the curd mass, mix.
- Lightly beat the whites in a separate container until foam forms (not to stiff peaks).
- Add coconut flour, vanilla and sweetener to the curd-yolk mixture and stir.
- Form balls from the resulting sticky mass and flatten them slightly with your palm.
- Dip each cheesecake in the protein mixture and roll in almond flour.
- Place the resulting cheesecakes on a baking sheet or in a baking dish.
- Place the keto cheesecakes in the oven, preheated to 160 degrees for 15 minutes.
The inviting vanilla-nut aroma and the appearance of a golden crust on the cheesecakes indicate that they are ready. You can serve these cheesecakes made from coconut and almond flour cottage cheese with berries, coconut flakes or any other keto-friendly additions.
Recipe for cheesecakes according to Dukan with additional additives
These cheesecakes are not suitable for Attack. They can only be eaten at the stages of alternation, stabilization and consolidation.
Required products:
- cottage cheese – 250 gr;
- egg – 2 pcs;
- corn starch - 1 tbsp;
- SOM (skimmed milk powder) – 1 tbsp;
- baking powder – 0.5 tsp;
- vinegar - 1 tbsp;
- sweetener - to taste.
Place the cottage cheese in a bowl. Pour vinegar over the baking soda (quench) and pour the contents into the cottage cheese. Divide the eggs into whites and yolks. Beat the yolks until stiff peaks form. Mix the remaining products with the cottage cheese and carefully fold the whipped whites into this mixture. Watch the video on how to make cheesecakes according to Dukan.
Without flour, with psyllium
This recipe is suitable for those who want to make tender cheesecakes for the keto diet without flour. The binding ingredient in this recipe is psyllium.
Expert opinion
Elena Shandrina, nutritionist
A very healthy flour substitute! Psyllium is a prebiotic that promotes gentle cleansing of the intestines and improves microflora. This component slows down the absorption of carbohydrates and promotes smooth absorption of nutrients.
To prepare you will need:
- chicken eggs – 4 pcs.;
- semi-fat cottage cheese – 250 g;
- psyllium powder – 35 g;
- butter or olive oil - for frying.
KBJU of the finished product: | |
calorie content | 147 Kcal |
squirrels | 13.8 g |
fats | 9.2 g |
carbohydrates | 1.3 g |
This keto cheesecake recipe is almost the lowest carb! Suitable for those following a strict ketogenic diet.
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Preparation:
- Break the eggs into a deep bowl.
- Add cottage cheese and psyllium there and mix thoroughly.
- Leave the mixture to steep in a warm place for 15 minutes. During this time the mass will thicken.
- Heat a frying pan and melt butter in it.
- Place cheesecakes with a tablespoon onto the sizzling oil.
- Keto cheesecakes are fried on both sides until golden brown.
Ready-made keto cheesecakes made from cottage cheese, without flour and with psyllium, can be served with any keto-friendly variation of the sauce.
Cheesecakes with protein
We would like to present to your attention another recipe that produces very tasty dukan cheesecakes for attack. You can cook it in a frying pan, in a slow cooker, or in the oven.
To prepare them you need to have:
- cottage cheese – 250 grams;
- protein powder – 2 tbsp;
- egg – 1 piece;
- soda – 0.5 tsp;
- vinegar - 1 tbsp;
- sweetener to taste.
Mix all ingredients. Place thick dough with your hands, and spread thin dough with a spoon.
The thickness of the dough is always different, as it depends on the consistency of the cottage cheese and the size of the eggs.
If you make cheesecakes with bran without any other bulk products (starch, catfish, etc.), then these will always be cheesecakes for Attack too.
From mascarpone with flaxseed flour
These keto cheesecakes are made with everyone's favorite cream cheese! Mascarpone is an ideal keto product as it contains the appropriate balance of fatty acids that a high-fat diet requires.
Mascarpone: | |
squirrels | 7 g |
fats | 30 g |
carbohydrates | 3 g |
calories | 310 Kcal |
To prepare you will need:
- mascarpone – 250 g;
- heavy cream – 50 g;
- flaxseed flour – ½ cup;
- chicken egg – 2 pcs.;
- olive oil - for frying;
- baking powder – 5 g.
KBJU of the finished product: | |
calories | 319 Kcal |
squirrels | 12.2 g |
fats | 27.8 g |
carbohydrates | 4.7 g |
Preparation:
- In a deep bowl, mix mascarpone cheese, eggs, flaxseed flour and baking powder.
- Using an immersion blender, make the mixture homogeneous.
- Let the dough sit in a warm place for 15 minutes.
- Heat oil in a frying pan.
- Using a spoon, place the cheesecakes on a hot frying pan and fry for 2 minutes on each side.
These cheesecakes are slightly different from the classic and previously described options. But they are very tender and tasty! Keto cheesecakes made from mascarpone with flaxseed flour will definitely find their fans.
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Cottage cheese is a healthy product. Casein contains amino acids, which provide your stomach with a long-lasting feeling of fullness. The body is saturated with the necessary amount of potassium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, zinc, fluorine and copper. In addition, it is best absorbed in the morning.
And if your family doesn’t treat this high-protein product with much love, cheesecakes are a great way to introduce it into your diet.
How to make them dietary and nutritional?
- You should not limit yourself to wheat flour - rye, oatmeal, corn, buckwheat are much healthier. In addition, you can prepare it in a basic home coffee grinder - you only need a few spoons.
If you don’t like the extraneous taste, add a spoonful of wheat bran.
To make cottage cheese pancakes more dietary and healthy, you can easily replace refined sugar with a sweetener and get a ton of flavor at 0 calories. Use our article. The main thing is not to use brown sugar, fructose, or corn syrup - they are no different from regular white sugar (read the article above).
Instead of full-fat sour cream, add Greek yogurt, very little fat content - and the cheesecakes will immediately become more tender.
Without flour and semolina
So, we have already noted that it is easy to find an alternative to premium wheat flour. Semolina, by the way, is a product from the same cereal crop - just more coarsely ground.
With oatmeal
Ingredients:
- Cottage cheese - 400 gr.
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs.
- Oat flakes - 2 tbsp. l. or Oatmeal - 1 tbsp. l. (flakes ground in a coffee grinder)
- Vanillin - on the tip of a knife
- Sweetener to taste
Calorie content of cheesecakes with oatmeal: 145 kcal. in one cheesecake (recipe for a serving of 11 pieces).
You have different options here: either take oatmeal, or prepare a diet dish with oatmeal.
Recipe:
Strain the cottage cheese through a sieve to remove moisture. It is better to take a crumbly protein product; various ready-made paste options will be too heavy. We combine the mixture with oatmeal, vanilla, or, if you have it at home, with the aromatic seeds of vanilla itself. Add sakhzam and egg.
Mix the mixture thoroughly with a fork. Next, you need to create a little more than a dozen balls, roll them in oatmeal and press lightly to give the shape of a regular cheesecake - a puck. Curd cheesecakes with oatmeal can be either fried in a dry frying pan or baked in the oven on a silicone mat for about 20 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
Vanillin is a chemical analogue of natural vanilla seeds. Vanillin contains no nutritional value. Contains petroleum products, eugenol and lignin. Moreover, its cost is extremely low. Natural vanilla bean, on the other hand, is an extremely expensive product, but has a number of useful properties.
With bran
You can make delicious cheesecakes from cottage cheese with bran instead of flour!
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese – 200 gr;
- oat bran – 1.5 tbsp. l.;
- egg – 1 pc.;
- sugar – 2 tbsp. l.;
- salt – 1 pinch;
- vanillin, cinnamon - optional
Number of calories: 103 kcal in one cheesecake (recipe for a serving of 4 pieces).
Recipe:
Choose cottage cheese with a fat content of 9%, soften it with a fork, add an egg, oat bran, sugar, salt, and spices. Mix the mixture thoroughly. Place the finished cheesecakes on baking paper and bake until crispy.
No eggs
How, is it really possible to make cheesecakes without eggs - many people were surprised now. Certainly! You shouldn’t give up your favorite product even if you are intolerant to eggs or chicken protein.
What can you put in place of an egg: banana, protein mixture and semolina! It's simple