Cottage Cheese Pancakes with Raspberry Sauce

Another favorite breakfast at our house is 

Cottage Cheese Pancakes.

These are delicious, high protein, 

and will remind you of a delicious
 cheese blintz, only these are
so much easier to prepare.

I top them with raspberry sauce, a
dusting of powdered sugar and a
dollop of sour cream. Like I would a blintz.
Yum!

Here are the ingredients.

 Whisk the eggs in a medium bowl, then
add the cottage cheese and whisk until
well blended.

 Whisk in the sugar and lemon juice.

Stir in the flour starting with ¾ C 

until it's the right pancake batter 

consistency. You may need to add a bit

 more. Don't make it too stiff. Stir just 

until the flour is blended.  

 Use about ¼ C for each pancake and flatten
then with the back of the scoop or spoon.

Fry in hot butter/oil until on MH

 heat until the edges are nice and crispy 

and the bottoms are browned. Flip to

cook the other sides. 

 For the raspberry sauce I use a
bag of frozen raspberries.

 Combine the sugar, water, lemon juice
and cornstarch in a small saucepan.
Bring to a simmer and stir until
thickened and clear.

 Add the raspberries and heat
to boiling stirring to combine.
Let cool a bit.

Spoon the warm sauce over the pancakes.
 I always serve pancakes on warmed plates.

 If I don't use all the sauce I freeze it
in small 1C containers.

I'm way ahead for the next time we 

have cottage cheese pancakes. 

 I like to garnish the plate with a few
fresh raspberries, a dusting of
powdered sugar, and sour cream

This is such a great flavor combination. 

 If you don't want to make the raspberry sauce
you can cheat and use raspberry jam
thinned with a bit of lemon juice and warmed.

That's good too.

I'm going to try it next time with my
cranberry chutney or easy cranberry sauce,
 warmed a bit. I think that would be
tasty and give it that holiday flavor.

This recipe is easily divided in half for just

 the two of us. Half the recipe will make 8 small

3" pancakes. They mix up so easily we can enjoy

them any anytime. Makes your morning special.

Cottage Cheese Pancakes

2 C cottage cheese, 16 oz container

2 eggs

4 T (¼ C) sugar

1-2 T lemon juice

¾ C to 1C flour

Whisk the cottage cheese, lemon juice, sugar 

and eggs until well blended. Stir in the flour,
just until you get the right consistency.
Use a large spoonful of batter for each
pancake and pat down to flatten a bit.

Fry in butter/oil until golden and crispy
 around the edges, turning once. Serve on
warmed plates with warm raspberry sauce
and a spritz of lemon juice, a dollop of
sour cream and a generous sprinkle
of powdered sugar. 

Quick Raspberry Sauce
12 oz bag frozen raspberries, about 2C
¼ C sugar
¼ C water
1 T lemon juice
2 t cornstarch
Combine sugar, water, lemon juice,
and cornstarch in a pan. Whisk to blend.
Add raspberries and heat to boiling
stirring often. Reduce heat and simmer
for 2 minutes until the sauce is slightly
thickened.
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Here's an alternative sauce.

Raspberry Jam Sauce

Thin seedless raspberry jam with a little

lemon juice. Warm in the microwave. 

Enjoy!

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