CHEESE BLINTZES WITH CHERRY SAUCE

🥞🥞Pancake day is soon upon us and I felt duty-bound to include a pancake recipe on the blog. Blintzes are basically Jewish crepes filled with cheese and served dusted with icing sugar (although fillings may vary from sweet to savoury). They are delicious and quite filling – a great brunch or dessert option. Note that you only cook them on one side and you fill them cooked side in. pancakes comes from pretty everywhere The Blintz in particular is thought to have originated in Central Europe, around Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. This recipe shows you how to make delicious Blintzes.   

Prep Time: 15 Min

Cook Time: 25 Min

Ready in: 40 Min

INGREDIENTS :

For the Batter 

• 240gPlain White Flour.
• 240mlSparkling Water
• 2Large Free Range Egg (Beaten)
• 50gUnsalted Butter (Melted)
• PinchSalt
• 50mlBoiling Water
• 50gUnsalted Butter (Cubed)
• 20gIcing Sugar
• ½ tspGround Cinnamon

For the Filling 🥞

• 250gRicotta
• 250g Cream Cheese (you can use Cottage Cheese too)
• 1 tspVanilla Extract 
  We always recommend using an extract rather than essence when baking. Our favourite extract is Nielsen-Massey, it gives consistently great results, the vanilla pods are hand picked in the finest growing regions of Mexico, Tahiti and Madagascar and enter a cold extraction process to extract the vanilla from the pod whilst still preserving over 300 flavour compounds
• 1Large Egg Yolk
• 50gIcing Sugar 
• 1Lemon Zest

For the Cherry Sauce 🍒

•  400gCherries (Pitted & Halved)
• 3 tbspOrange Juice
• 3 tbspUnrefined Golden Caster Sugar  
  This is the highest quality caster sugar available and is a great natural alternative to refined caster sugar. It has a warm golden colour from its unrefined nature and is fine grained with a subtle buttery taste, making it perfect for deliciously light sponges, shortbread and macaroons.
• 1 tspGround Cinnamon
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