Description
Seasonal pumpkin cheesecake cottage whip blends creamy textures with warm autumn spices. Smooth cream cheese and roasted pumpkin create a delightful dessert that will satisfy dessert cravings with each luxurious spoonful.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup (120 ml) low-fat cottage cheese
- ½ cup (120 ml) canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
- ½ tsp (2.5 ml) pumpkin spice
- Sweetener of choice (e.g., a few pinches of stevia or a few teaspoons of sweetener blend)
Instructions
- Blending: Pulverize cottage cheese, pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice, and sweetener in a high-powered blender until achieving a silky-smooth consistency with zero lumps.
- Transferring and Serving: Scrape the entire mixture into a serving vessel, offering two distinct serving options – immediate enjoyment at ambient temperature for a light, airy mousse-like texture or refrigeration for 1-2 hours to create a more substantial, dense cheesecake-style dessert.
- Garnishing: Embellish the chilled or room temperature creation with a generous scattering of roughly chopped walnuts, introducing a robust nutty dimension and delightful textural contrast.
- Final Flourish: Elevate the dessert’s visual and gustatory experience by sprinkling additional pumpkin spice or drizzling a gossamer thread of golden honey across the surface, transforming a simple cottage cheese whip into an elegant, sophisticated treat.
Notes
- Blend Thoroughly: Ensure complete smoothness by blending ingredients until zero lumps remain, creating a silky-smooth texture critical to the dessert’s success.
- Temperature Matters: Serving at room temperature yields a light, mousse-like consistency, while refrigerating develops a dense, traditional cheesecake feel.
- Garnish Strategically: Chopped walnuts provide essential crunch, balancing the creamy base and adding sophisticated textural complexity.
- Flavor Boost: A subtle pumpkin spice dusting or honey drizzle transforms the dessert from simple to gourmet, elevating both visual appeal and taste profile.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2
- Calories: 95
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 1g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 9g
- Cholesterol: 5mg