Crêpes with a Cheese Filling

Name: Crêpes with a Cheese Filling (Blinchiki s Tvorogom)
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter; 3 eggs; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup warm water; 185 g/6½ oz/1⅔ cups plain white (all-purpose) flour; 350 ml/12 fl oz/1½ cups milk; 60-75 ml/4-5 tbsp rapeseed (canola) oil, for brushing, and 30-45 ml/2-3 tbsp, for frying; smetana or crème fraîche, and caster (superfine) sugar, to serve; smetana or crème fraîche, and caster (superfine) sugar, to serve; 500 g/1¼ lb/2½ cups fresh cheese, such as ricotta or cottage cheese; 500 g/1¼ lb/2½ cups fresh cheese, such as ricotta or cottage cheese; 500 g/1¼ lb/2½ cups fresh cheese, such as ricotta or cottage cheese; 2 egg yolks; 30-45 ml/2-3 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar

Blinchiki s Tvorogom

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen

By Elena Makhonko

Published 2015

About

Fresh cheese is an everyday food in Russia and is often eaten on its own. By omitting the sugar, these crêpes can be adapted to a savoury dish for a main course.

Ingredients

50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter
3 eg

Europe
Russia
Dessert
Vegetarian
Low carb
Low sugar
Low sodium

Method

Melt the butter. Whisk the eggs, salt and sugar together in a bowl. Add the water, then gradually whisk in the flour. Stir in the milk, a little at a time, with the melted butter.
Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Brush it with

Energy 1054kcal/4371kJ; Protein 17.5g; Carbohydrate 48g, of which sugars 12.7g; Fat 89.6g, of which saturates 47.9g; Cholesterol 394mg; Calcium 332mg; Fibre 1.4g; Sodium 547mg.