How to Make a Blintz
A blintz is a crepe stuffed with a cheese mixture and then fried if desired.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 c. milk
- 1/4 c. oil
- 1 c. flour
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- dash of salt
- 1/4 c. water
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 8 oz. cottage cheese
- 1 tsp. butter
- 8 tbsp. (1 stick) butter
- applesauce, fruit-pie filling or sour cream
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Place, in a large bowl, three large eggs, 1/2 c. milk, 1/4 c. oil, 1 c. flour, 2 tbsp. sugar, a dash of salt and 1/4 c. water.
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Whisk together all ingredients. It should be a thin batter.
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Add a bit more flour if you want a thicker, more controllable batter.
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Let the batter rest.
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Use another bowl for the filling. Mix 8 oz. cream cheese, 8 oz. cottage cheese, 2 tbsp. sugar, a dash of salt. Allow to warm to room temperature.
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Mix until smooth and well-blended.
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Place a frying pan on a stove burner until it becomes very hot.
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Add a teaspoon of butter to the pan and rotate the pan off and on the heat so that the butter coats the bottom.
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Use a ladle to drop enough of the batter into the frying pan to cover the bottom.
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Rotate the pan so that it's covered with batter.
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Drain off the excess.
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Allow the batter to cook until the center bubbles and the crepe slides in the pan.
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Place in a plate.
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Add a tablespoon of filling and wrap the blintz: fold the sides in first, then one end and then the other end (like an envelope).
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Place the blintz edge-side down on a plate to cool.
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Use the remainder of the batter to make individual blintzes. When all are made, place a stick of butter in the frying pan and let it melt.
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Fry all the blintzes until they're golden in color.
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Place them on a paper towel to drain.
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Serve with applesauce, fruit-pie filling or sour cream.
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Tips & Warnings
You can reduce the fat in the filling a bit by using Neufchâtel cheese and nonfat cottage cheese.
As with any sort of pancake, the first blintz may not come out so well. The following ones should be better.
