:
2 large eggs
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon unsalted butter
For the filling:
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup cottage cheese
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
Accompaniments:
Sour cream
Strawberry preserves
Make the batter: In a bowl whisk together the eggs, milk, sugar,
cinnamon, and oil, sift in the flour slowly, and whisk the mixture
until it is combined
well. Let the batter stand for 15 minutes.
In a 7-inch non-stick skillet melt the butter
over moderately high
heat, half-fill a 1/4-cup measure with the batter, and off the heat
pour
the batter into the skillet. Tilt and rotate the skillet quickly so that the
batter
covers the bottom in a thin layer and return any excess batter to
the bowl. Return the
skillet to the heat, loosen the edge of the pancake
with a metal spatula, and cook the
pancake until the underside is
browned lightly. Turn the pancake, brown the other side,
and slide
the pancake onto a plate. Make pancakes with the remaining batter
in the
same
manner.
Make the filling: In a bowl stir together the cream cheese,
cottage
cheese, orange zest, orange juice, sugar and cinnamon until the filling
is
combined well.
Spoon 2 tablespoons of the filling onto the upper half of a pancake,
fold
in 2 sides, and roll the blintz to enclose the filling. Put the blintz seam
side down
on a greased baking sheet and fill the remaining pancakes in
the same manner. Bake the
blintzes in the middle of a preheated 350-
degree F. oven for 10 minutes and serve them with the
sour cream and strawberry preserves. Makes 12 blintzes.