Chef John Cheese Blintzes - How to Make Cheese Blintzes with Fresh Berries
Cheese Blintzes - How to Make Cheese Blintzes with Fresh Berries - Brunch Special! Original recipe yields 5 servings. Chef's Note: You can refrigerate the rolled up blintzes after Step 5 until you're ready to serve them, if desired.
Ingredients
| 3 | large eggs | |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | all-purpose flour |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | milk |
| 0.25 cup | 60 ml | cold water |
| 2 tablespoons | 30 ml | vegetable oil |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | white sugar |
| 0.5 teaspoon | 2.5 ml | salt |
| 0.25 teaspoon | 1.3 ml | vanilla extract |
| 1.5 cups | 360 ml | ricotta cheese, strained if wet |
| 0.5 cup | 120 ml | cream cheese |
| 1 | lemon, zested | |
| 1 | large egg | |
| 2 tablespoons | 30 ml | confectioners' sugar |
| 1 pinch | salt | |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | butter, or as needed |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | confectioners' sugar, or as needed for dusting |
Instructions
Step 1: Place 3 eggs, flour, milk, water, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, and vanilla extract in a blender. Blend until completely smooth, 1 or 2 minutes, scraping down sides as needed. Let batter sit at room temperature 30 minutes.
Step 2: Whisk together ricotta cheese, cream cheese, lemon zest, egg, sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl. Mix together thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate.
Step 3: Heat a 10-inch, non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Spray or brush lightly with vegetable oil. Pour in about 1/4 cup batter. Immediately swirl batter around to coat bottom of pan. Cook until surface looks dry, about 1 minute. Flip crepe over to briefly cook other side, about 30 seconds. Remove to a plate. Repeat with the rest of batter. Stack crepes.
Step 4: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly butter a baking dish.
Step 5: Spoon 3 to 4 tablespoons of filling onto the crepe, about an inch from edge nearest you. Fold edge over filling and flatten slightly. Fold in both sides, then roll up crepe into a small filled rectangle, ending with the seam on the bottom, creating a blintz.
Step 6: Melt butter in skillet over medium heat. Cook the blintzes until golden brown on both sides, turning gently, about 2 minutes. Transfer to buttered baking dish.
Step 7: Bake in preheated oven to firm up the filling, about 12 minutes. Cool blintzes 10 minutes before serving. Dust lightly with confectioners' sugar.
Chef's Note: You can refrigerate the rolled up blintzes after Step 5 until you're ready to serve them, if desired.