Sweet Corn Blintzes With Cottage Cheese Filling

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup fresh corn kernels, about 2 ears or 1 cup frozen corn kernels
• vegetable oil, for brushing griddle
• 1 1/2 cups cottage cheese
• 6 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 place the flour, half-and-half, eggs, salt and pepper and butter in a blender and process until smooth.
• 2 add the corn and blend for a minute longer, until the corn is pureed.
• 3 pour the batter into a bowl, cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to overnight.
• 4 meanwhile, combine cottage cheese and sugar in a small bowl, cover and refrigerate until ready to fill blintzes.
• 5 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 6 heat a griddle and brush it lightly with oil.
• 7 pour a scant 1/4 cup of batter onto griddle for each blintz.
• 8 when bubbles form on top, flip the blintzes and cook until lightly browned.
• 9 remove blintzes from griddle and immediately place 1-2 t filling in the center.
• 10 roll the blintz and place it seam-side down on a baking sheet.
• 11 when all the blintzes are filled, place them in the oven to warm, about 10-15 minutes.
• 12 alternatively, you can refrigerate unfilled blintzes, stacking them between sheets of waxed paper and wrapping in plastic, and proceed with recipe when ready to fill.
• 13 serve warm with sauteed apples or pears.