Cheesecakelets

So last night I finally got around to making these. My excuse is that before I've always looked at the recipe in Nigella's "Feast" and thought "Well, I'd have to buy cottage cheese..." but since the diet, we've had cottage cheese in the house almost constantly because it's so low in fat. (Which means that if you make these and you substitute sweetener for the sugar you can actually get away with eating quite a good size serving!)

They are a little unusual at first, if you're expecting normal pikelets. Once you get used to the idea, you can really appreciate their allusion to baked cheesecake. For those of us who are chronic-cheesecake-craving sufferers these are a blessing from the heavens!

Another good thing about these is that because you're making little pikelet-sized bites, you can actually cook all the batter up relatively quickly, whereas I find pancakes slow because I can only really concentrate on one at a time. Maybe it's just me.

225g cottage cheese, try to get as much cheese and as little liquid as possible when you're scooping it out.

3 eggs

50g flour

2 tabs caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

Whisk all the ingredients together and cook tablespoonfuls in a hot frypan. They'll take probably just under a minute to firm up underneath and then flip them and give them about 30 seconds before turning onto a plate and serving immediately with fresh raspberries and raspberry ripple ice cream. Delicious.