blintze

Rolled stuffed crêpe

A blintze is a thin pancake rolled around a filling, typically sweetened cheese, then fried or baked.

The dish comes from Eastern European Jewish cuisine and appears often at Jewish holidays and in American Jewish delis: cheese blintzes with sour cream, blueberry blintzes for breakfast.

Also spelled blintz.

Jewish

Ashkenazi

Jews of European descent

Hanukkah · Shavuot · latke · kugel · challah · gefilte · matzah · seder · schmear · knish

cooking

batter

Uncooked cake mixture

  • fryCook in hot fat
  • panShallow cooking vessel
  • skilletShallow pan for frying

golden · crispy · folded · rolled · stuffed · sizzle · buttery · flipping · thin · delicate

filling

cheese

Fermented milk solid

  • ricottaSoft Italian whey cheese
  • quarkFundamental matter particle
  • fruitEdible plant ovary

blueberry · cherry · strawberry · raspberry · apple · apricot · peach · sweetened · mascarpone · vanilla

serving

applesauce

Cooked fruit puree

  • syrupThick sugar liquid
  • brunchMorning-afternoon meal hybrid
  • dessertSweet course after dinner

breakfast · sweet · savory · platter · garnish · dollop · drizzle · warm · fresh

origin

Russian

Eastern Slavic language

grandmother · recipe · traditional · homemade

Phrases
Family

blintzes, blintz

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