Chocolate Blintzes with Raspberry Sauce
Yield: 14 to 16 blintzes
Ingredients
Blintzes
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3/4 cup cake meal
Filling
- 1 3/4 cups (15 ounces) ricotta cheese*
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- Dash of salt
Baking
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
Raspberry Sauce
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen red raspberries in light syrup
Instructions
Blintzes
- Lightly butter a 9 x 13 x 2 inch baking pan.* Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Have ready a clean cloth towel on which to place cooked blintzes.
- In a mixing bowl, beat eggs and salt. Alternately add water and cake meal (several spoonsful at a time of each) beating until smooth.
- Lightly butter an 8 inch skillet. Heat skillet over medium heat. For each blintz, pour about 3 tablespoons of batter into the skillet; quickly rotate the pan to coat the bottom of the skillet evenly. Return the pan to medium heat, and cook blintz until lightly browned. Invert skillet over cloth towel; blintz will fall onto towel cooked-side up. Repeat until all blitzes are made.
Filling
- Stir all ingredients together in mixing bowl until well-blended.
To assemble and bake
- Place each blintz browned side up. Place a heaping tablespoon of chocolate filling in the center of each blintz. Fold in the sides and the ends, forming a square package.
Baking
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Arrange blintzes, seam side down, in prepared pan. Sprinkle sugar over the top. Dot with butter. (May be prepared ahead to this point.) Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until heated through. Serve with Raspberry Sauce immediately after baking.
Raspberry Sauce
- Thaw raspberries and drain, reserving liquid. Puree the raspberries and strain to remove seeds (discard seeds). Stir small amounts of reserved liquid into the puree in the quantity necessary to achieve desired consistency.
Notes
* If not Kosher for Passover, substitute cottage cheese or blend of cottage cheese with farmer and/or cream cheese.
** Blintzes may be fried in butter or oil, if desired, instead of baking.
Attribution
Posted by FootsieBear at recipegoldmine.com.
Source: Bristolfarms - from Rudy2 January 10, 2001 12:25 pm
