Old Fashioned Cheese Blintzes Recipe

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Old Fashioned Cheese Blintzes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup flour or more as needed
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • dash salt
  • filling
  • 1 lb farmers cheese ( whole milk ricotta cheese may be substituted )
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup sugar or to taste
  • dash salt

Directions:

  1. For crepes: Blend all in electric blender..
  2. Mixture should be a heavy cream consistency.
  3. If not blend a Tbs or more flour again until mixture resembles heavy cream.
  4. Let batter sit on counter 30 minutes before using.
  5. For filling: blend all well by hand.
  6. Made the crepes: Use a 9 inch heavy duty quality non stick skillet and spray with cooking spray.
  7. Over moderately high heat ladle 2 oz of batter while tilting pan and shaking to and fro to cover bottom of pan.
  8. Cook until crepe is set.
  9. This only takes minutes.
  10. You don't have to cook the other side as theses are quite thin and cook almost through.
  11. Remove crepe from pan and lay flat on counter or clean dish towel .
  12. Place about 1/4 cup filling or more as desired in center of crepe and roll up crepes and tuck ends under, placing seam side down on plate.
  13. Repeat the crepes and filling them.
  14. Baked version: place crepes seam side down in buttered 9 x 13 or similar pan.
  15. Brush tops with melted butter. Bake 375 to 400F about 45 to 60 minutes or golden.
  16. Traditional Fried version ( photograph )
  17. In skillet melt a Tbs of butter and fry 3 crepes per pan - seam side down until golden on both sides over medium high heat.
  18. Turn only once
  19. Repeat frying crepes with more butter.
  20. Place seam side down on platter
  21. Other Fillings: can be all fruit and other cheese such as cottage cheese, and additions such as raisins, cinnamon, nuts etc.
  22. Serving suggestions: serve with any fruit or dessert sauce, sour cream, blueberry or cherry pie filling or fresh fruit such as blueberries ,cherries
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 310.88 Kcal (1302 kJ)
Calories from fat 141.29 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.7g 24%
Cholesterol 82.4mg 27%
Sodium 815.89mg 34%
Potassium 108.47mg 2%
Total Carbs 26.45g 9%
Sugars 7.58g 30%
Dietary Fiber 2.07g 8%
Protein 17.33g 35%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 19%
Iron 1.5mg 8%
Calcium 142.3mg 14%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 225.24 Kcal (943 kJ)
Calories from fat 102.36 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.37g 24%
Cholesterol 59.7mg 27%
Sodium 591.12mg 34%
Potassium 78.58mg 2%
Total Carbs 19.16g 9%
Sugars 5.49g 30%
Dietary Fiber 1.5g 8%
Protein 12.56g 35%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 19%
Iron 1.1mg 8%
Calcium 103.1mg 14%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.1
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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