What are blintzes, you ask? The answer is here, along with more than one recipe for crepes that are filled with a ricotta-cottage cheese filling and topped with a warm blueberry sauce. It doesn’t need to stop there, as you will find out if you take the time.
Otherwise, go straight to the recipe, print it out and get cooking!
My Favorite Brunch Dish is Blueberry Blintzes
Blintzes For Breakfast, Lunch, And Dinner
Delicious Blueberry blintzes made with paper thin crepes and a dollop of cream.sBlintzes were one of the first recipes I learned to make as a young wife and new mother. I had opened up a bank account, and banks in those days often offered gifts to new customers. In this case, it was a cookbook, and it was the very first cookbook of my own.
I made a number of recipes from that old recipe collection that stayed in my repertoire and Blintzes turned out to be one of the family’s all time favorites. I fixed them for breakfasts, sometimes for holidays (fabulous for Christmas morning), and on a hot summer night they might even have been the main entrée!
Being something like pancakes, they were naturals with a topping of sliced strawberries or sweetened blueberries. Since blueberries are a favorite fruit- this is the way I would like to make the presentation of our family’s favorite blintz recipes to you.
The best blintzes are made with very thin, egg enriched crepe batter, and filled with a wonderful soft cheese filling, although there are a number of variations according to the locale of the cuisine, and the imagination of the chef. I hope you will try this recipe of mine, which I tweaked just a bit over the years. It is offered with high hopes of “Bon Appetit”! Enjoy!
Blueberry Blintzes For Brunch – Blintz FAQ
Blueberry crepes | Source: ateabutnoe on Flickr
A Dish Of Trivia
When can you fix blintzes?
Anytime, and I think they are ideal for brunches; especially since you can make them ahead and heat in a chafing dish.
I’ve served them as a light entrée for dinner, and of course, breakfast is the natural time for a serving of these filled crepe pancakes.
What are they?
They are crepe pancakes made with an eggy batter, cooked very thinly on a griddle or special pan. Then they are filled, often with cheese mixture, topped with syrup, sour cream, or whipped cream, and often times -fruit!
Yes, they are delicious.
What are their other aliases?
Russians make a variation called “blini”, Hungarians call them “palacsinta”, French call them “crepes”, and Jewish cooks call them “blintzes”. I always called them blintz, and it is a fun name, don’t you think?
Blueberry Blintzes
The Recipe You Are Waiting For
The batter for these crepes is very thin and care must be taken to cook them properly. The pan must be hot with not too much butter coating. Keep tilting and tipping pan to coat evenly. The result is wonderfully tender and delicate. I used to double the batter recipe for my family.
Blueberry Cheese Blintzes
Ingredients
Method
- Beat cottage cheese, cream cheese,sugar and vanilla until smooth.
- Use wire whisk to beat 2 tablespoons butter , the milk,flour,salt, and 3 eggs until smooth. Cover and chill for 2 hours.
- Brush bottom of crepe pan with melted butter, over medium heat pour just about 1/4 cup batter tip pan to coat, or use a tool spreader to thin out the batter over the surface.
- Cook until set, about 2 minutes.
- Loosen crepe, turn over and cook other side about 30 seconds. Remove crepe onto wax paper, and repeat the process until crepes are cooked, either adding filling immediately and laying in a frying pan or wrapping in foil and storing in the refrigerator.
- Spread a tablespoon of cheese mixture over the crepe. Fold two side toward center and roll up. Place in a shallow pan greased with melted butter
- Bake for about 10 minutes until heated through
- Serve with a side of sour cream or whipped cream and blueberry sauce
Tip: Heat The Pan Hot Enough
– but don’t overcook the blintz crepes, they should be tender, not rubbery (cooked too long) or soggy ( pan not hot enough).
Easy and Delicious Cheese-filled Blintzes
Browning in a frying pan
Do You Need A Special Pan? – Frying Pan Especially for Crepes
Do you really need a special pan to fry your crepes? In a pinch, you can use a regular griddle pan or frying pan, but if you want those perfect very thin crepes, I think you should opt for a crepe pan. It can be used for other frying and sauté tasks, but its premier raison d’etre is the preparation of an excellent crepe., and does double duty to make superb omelets.
Crepe Pans
Why does a special crepe pan make such fine crepes? It is the smooth surface and the sloped sides that eases the flipping and removal of the crepe. The size is a manageable medium size with a lighter weight than you might have on a similar type of frying pan.
So, the choice is yours, really. I would recommend getting a good quality crepe pan for its versatility as well as specialized usefulness in creating the blintzes that you are going to want to fix regularly for your family and guests.
Le Creuset Enameled Cast Iron Traditional Round Crepe Pan, 10.25″, Marseille
Le Creuset is simply one of the best cookware products to have and use. The enameled pans are easy to clean and cook evenly. The satin black enamel interior means no health issues from non-stick coatings, while delivering a smooth surface that makes lovely crepes.
How to Make Blintzes with Mayim Bialik
Hungarian Palacsinta Recipe Variation
This is a recipe that people just love. Palacsinta are simply the type of crepes that Hungarians make! the difference is that they are a little trickier to cook, because of the extreme thinness. Hungarians are fond of filling them with both the sweetened cheese and more savory filling such as ham. ( Much in the way of French cuisine).
You can see that the amount of crepes made from it are for a crowd.
Normally, each person would eat two blintzes per serving.
Ingredients
Method
- Place all ingredients in the bowl and mix well. Set aside.
- Beat the eggs to lemon color, add milk, flour, sugar, vanilla extract and salt.
- Mix the ingredients with a wire whisk until frothy.
- Refrigerate about an hour.
- Preheat oven to 250°F.
- Use a medium crepe pan heated on moderately high heat . Brush lightly with the oil, pour about a 1/4 cup batter onto pan and rotate until pan is evenly coated. Cook lightly until done on each side, stacking them on a platter. Fill each blintz with about 1 1/2 oz of filling and roll or fold into burrito-like purses, making 7 at a time before transferring them to oven to keep warm.
- Transfer each blintz to a heatproof platter and keep warm in oven. Make 7 more crêpes in same manner, transferring to oven (rolled crêpes can be arranged side by side or stacked like logs).
- In a bowl put all ingredients except the raisins and mix well with a wooden spoon or you can use a food processor. When ingredients are blended well then fold in the raisins. If raisins are a little dry, use a dash of Grand Marnier to moisten them
- Put about 1 1/2 oz of filling on the crepes and roll up. Serve with the blueberries on top
Notes
- Use sour cream instead of cream cheese with the cottage cheese filling.
- Add small amounts of ground nuts, or more lemon juice to the cheese filling
- Skip the dairy and fill with your favorite jam.
- Use a dry pot cheese instead of the cottage cheese.
- Fill with nut filling
Cooking Instruction Video
Antioxidents Blue
Fresh blueberries are a healthy addition- no need for extra sugar.
Just Picked Blueberries
The absolute best accompaniment for blintzes are the fresh picked blueberries, but frozen or pie filling tastes good, too.
Blueberry Topped Cheese Blintzes
Make a blueberry syrup:
Wild Blueberry Syrup:
Cook together on the stovetop. Pour over the blintzes.
Looking Further?
- Jewish Cheese Blintzes Recipe – Recipe for Jewish Cheese Blintzes
These Jewish cheese blintzes are made with a sweetened filling. - Blueberry Blintzes Recipe : Tyler Florence : Recipes : Food Network
Get this all-star, easy-to-follow Food Network Blueberry Blintzes recipe from Tyler Florence. - Print Perfect Blintz Batter Recipe – Food.com – 161462
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