Recipes · Israeli · Breakfast
Cheese Blintzes (Thin Pancakes Filled with Sweet Farmer Cheese)
One serving has 612 kcal and 20 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of riboflavin (77%), cobalamin (67%), selenium (66%), phosphorus (55%), vitamin A (52%) and vitamin C (49%). Ready in 50 minutes.
- Preparation: 30 min
- Cooking: 20 min
- Makes: 1 serving (378 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: alcohol, dairy, egg, gluten
Ingredients
- 35 g Plain flour
- 0.2 g Salt
- 30 g Egg
- 70 g Milk, whole
- 20 g Water
- 8 g Butter, unsalted (melted, for the batter and frying)
- 90 g Farmer cheese (or ricotta)
- 20 g Cream cheese
- 8 g Egg yolk
- 10 g Sugar
- 1 g Vanilla extract
- 1 g Lemon zest
- 25 g Sour cream (to serve)
- 60 g Strawberries (to serve)
Method
- Whisk the flour and salt in a bowl, then whisk in the egg, milk, water and half the melted butter until you have a smooth, thin batter, like single cream. Leave it to rest for 20 minutes.
- Make the filling: if the farmer cheese is wet, drain it in a sieve first. Mash it with the cream cheese, egg yolk, sugar, vanilla and lemon zest until smooth.
- Heat an 18-20 cm frying pan over medium heat and brush it with a little butter. Pour in about 3 tablespoons of batter and swirl it to coat the pan thinly. Cook for about 1 minute, until the top is set and the edge lifts, cooking one side only, then slide it onto a plate, browned side up. Make three.
- Put a third of the filling on the browned side of each pancake, near one edge. Fold the sides over it and roll it up into a neat parcel.
- Brush the pan with the rest of the butter and fry the blintzes seam side down over medium-low heat for 3 minutes a side, until golden and hot through.
- Serve warm with the sour cream and sliced strawberries. Cheese blintzes are a dish of Shavuot, the festival when dairy foods are eaten.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 612 kcal | 29% |
| Carbohydrates | 54.3 g | |
| Water | 265 mL | |
| Fiber | 2.3 g | 8% |
| Protein | 20 g | 42% |
| Tryptophan | 0.17 g | |
| Threonine | 0.51 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.63 g | |
| Leucine | 1.1 g | |
| Lysine | 0.84 g | |
| Methionine | 0.33 g | |
| Cystine | 0.21 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.67 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.54 g | |
| Valine | 0.77 g | |
| Histidine | 0.34 g | |
| Fat | 35.1 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 9.9 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 2.4 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.03 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0.01 g | |
| Omega-6 | 1.9 g | |
| Saturated | 19.5 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.74 g | |
| Cholesterol | 302 mg | |
| Calcium | 355 mg | 36% |
| Copper | 0.15 mg | 17% |
| Iron | 2.8 mg | 16% |
| Magnesium | 49.4 mg | 16% |
| Manganese | 0.5 mg | 28% |
| Phosphorus | 383 mg | 55% |
| Potassium | 532 mg | 11% |
| Selenium | 36.5 µg | 66% |
| Sodium | 327 mg | |
| Zinc | 1.8 mg | 23% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.37 mg | 34% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.85 mg | 77% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 2.6 mg | 18% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.8 mg | 37% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.26 mg | 20% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 115 µg | 29% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 1.6 µg | 67% |
| Choline | 195 mg | 46% |
| Vitamin A | 367 µg | 52% |
| Vitamin C | 36.8 mg | 49% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 86.7 IU | 14% |
| Vitamin E | 1.4 mg | 9% |
| Vitamin K | 4.1 µg | 5% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.7 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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