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Blueberry Cheese Blintz

Blueberry Cheese Blintzes

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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Author: Rebecka Evans

Ingredients

For the blintzes

  • 1 ½ cups whole milk
  • 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • 3 large eggs
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the filling

  • 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup large curd cottage cheese
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup white sugar

Blueberry topping

  • 1 8 ounce jar blueberry jam or jelly
  • Garnish: sour cream and powdered sugar

Instructions

For the blintzes

  • Add all ingredients to a large bowl, whisk until evenly combined, don't over mix
  • Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 12 hours
  • Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat, rub the pan with a paper towel dipped in vegetable oil
  • Add ¼ cup batter to hot pan, tilt pan to cover or spread batter into a thin even layer
  • Cook until just set and browned, flip and cook until second side is browned
  • Remove from heat, repeat with remaining batter, stack crepes, set aside until ready to fill (crepes can be covered and frozen up to one month)

For the filling

  • Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, stir with a spoon until smooth, batter will be a bit lumpy form the cottage cheese, if you prefer a creamier filling, puree cottage cheese
  • Cover and refrigerate until ready to use

For the topping

  • Spoon jam/jelly into a microwave safe bowl, in 30 second intervals heat until melted, stirring between intervals

To assemble

  • Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spoon 3 tablespoons of filling in the center of each crepe.
  • Fold one side of crepe over filling, fold sides over to resemble a burrito
  • Put filled blintzes on a baking sheet, bake until warmed through, about 10-15 minutes

Notes

To make a low carbohydrate version: use rice or soy flour for the crepes, substitute sugar with Stevia or Splenda, use sugar free jam/jelly