Specialty for Shavuot - Pentecost
BT's Traditional Cheese Blintzes
Ingredients:
For the Blatten (pancakes)
6 eggs
2 and 1/2 cups (600 ml) water
1/2 teaspoon (2 grams) salt
2 teaspoons (8.5 grams) sugar
3 tablespoons (45 ml) vegetable oil
2 and 1/4 cups (270 grams) white flour
For the filling:
1 and 1/4 pounds (500 grams) dry curd cottage cheese
3 tablespoons (45 grams) sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
8.5 ounces (250 grams) cream cheese
Directions:
Into a large bowl put 2 cups (240 ml) water
Add sugar, oil and salt and mix well
Add flour and blend until smooth
Add eggs one at a time incorporating each egg before adding the next
Add remaining water to thin out batter
Place a non-stick crepe pan on medium heat
Ladle 1/8-1/6 of cup of batter into pan and swirl around until the batter cover the entire surface
When edges of batter begin to curl (1-2 minutes) turn pan upside down and drop pancake onto clean tea towel
Let pancake cool - 1 minute
Add cheese mixture at 6 o'clock on pancake
Roll pancake once and then fold sides in and continue rolling until the blintz is closed
Fry blintzes in no salt butter on low heat turning them over once. Serve with sour cream and fruit topping.
Enjoy! !בתיאבון
If you want to make them ahead of time, blintzes can be frozen uncooked. To prepare, take them out of the freezer 2 hours ahead of time. Fry as per instructions above.
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