Best Cheese Blintzes Recipe
- 1 1/2 lb farmer's cheese
- 1 x Egg (don't use substitute)
- 1 tsp lemon flavoring
- 2-4 Tbsp.
- sugar
- 1 tsp.
- cinnamon
- Crepe Batter:3-4 Large eggs (don't use substitute)
- 1 1/2 c. lowfat milk
- 1 1/2 c. flour
- 1/4 tsp.
- baking pwdr
- 2 Tbsp.
- melted butter or possibly margarine
- 4 Tbsp.
- margarine, melted ( may need more)
- To make filling: In a medium ( non-metal) bowl, mix together all ingredients for the filling.
- Cover and place in the refrigerator.
- To make Crepe Batter: For crepe batter, mix together Large eggs and lowfat milk; place in a food processor.
- Add in flour and baking pwdr, a little at a time
- (batter should be like thin mayonnaise).
- Add in 2 Tbsp.
- melted butter.
- Heat a 9 inch non-stick frying pan till warm.
- dip a pastry brush into melted margarine and brush the pan with a thin coat.
- Heat
- again ( not to smoking stage).
- Pour a small amount of batter of batter
- (about 1/4 c.) into the pan and swirl around till
- covered; empty any excess batter back into remaining batter.
- Heat till sides pull away (if edge of batter sticks to sides of pan,
- gently pull away with a knife.
- Turn crepe out onto a damp dish towel and return pan to stove to heat again Brush margarine in
- pan and swirl another 1/4 c. of batter and pour off excess Repeat with remaining batter.
- slightly overlap crepes on towels to
- cold.
- To assemble blintzes: Place one Tbsp.
- of filling on one edge of crepe; roll forward twice, then fold both sides and continue rolling to end.
- ( blintzes can be frzn at this point.)
- Fry blintzes, both sides, in butter till golden.
- Serve with one or possibly all
- of the following: lowfat sour cream , applesauce, cinnamon, fresh or possibly frzn strawberries, jam honey or possibly syrup.
- Makes 15 to 20 cheese filled blintzes depending on thickness of crepe.
- This and many other Great Favorite Jewish recipes can be found in "Mama Cooks California Style" New Twists on Jewish Classics a cookbook which supports the life enhancing work of the Jewish Home for the Aging in Los
- Angeles.
s cheese, egg, lemon flavoring
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/best-cheese-blintzes-83861 (may not work)