Description
Homemade blueberry fluffy cottage cheese cloud bread delivers a light, airy culinary experience from European baking traditions. Simple ingredients and easy preparation make this delightful treat perfect for breakfast or afternoon snacks you can enjoy with friends.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 large eggs (separated)
- 3 tbsps (45 mL) cottage cheese (smooth or blended)
- ¼ cup (60 mL) fresh or frozen blueberries
- ¼ tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) honey or maple syrup
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Preheat the oven to 300F (150C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat for effortless release.
- Egg White Transformation: Whip egg whites and cream of tartar using an electric mixer until stiff, glossy peaks form that maintain their architectural structure.
- Creamy Base Creation: Blend egg yolks with cottage cheese, honey, and vanilla extract until a smooth, homogeneous mixture emerges with luxurious consistency.
- Delicate Fusion: Tenderly fold the yolk mixture into the white peaks using a spatula, maintaining the cloud-like airiness with gentle, precise motions to preserve the ethereal texture.
- Blueberry Integration: Carefully disperse blueberries throughout the airy batter, ensuring minimal disruption to the delicate structural integrity of the mixture.
- Baking Configuration: Distribute the cloud-like batter onto the prepared sheet, forming 6-8 uniform rounded mounds approximately half an inch thick, maintaining consistent shape and volume.
- Transformation and Cooling: Bake until surfaces achieve a golden-brown hue and the texture sets perfectly (25-30 minutes), then allow to rest briefly on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack for complete cooling and stabilization.
Notes
- Egg White Technique: Ensure absolute dryness of mixing bowl and beaters to achieve maximum volume and stability when whipping egg whites, preventing potential deflation.
- Gentle Folding Method: Use a bottom-to-top sweeping motion with a silicon spatula when combining mixtures, rotating the bowl gradually to maintain maximum air incorporation and prevent breakdown of delicate egg white structure.
- Temperature Precision: Allow ingredients like eggs and cottage cheese to reach room temperature before mixing, which guarantees smoother blending and more consistent volume in the final cloud bread.
- Berry Distribution Strategy: Lightly dust blueberries with a thin layer of flour before adding to mixture to prevent sinking and ensure even suspension throughout the cloud bread, maintaining structural integrity.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 180 mg