Russian crepes with cheese
Ingredients
For the Crepes Batter:
Milk-1 cup
Warm water-½ cup
Eggs-4
Unsalted butter or olive oil-4 Tbsp
All-purpose flour-1 cup
Sugar-2 Tbsp
Pinch of Salt
For the Filling:
Cream cheese-8 oz package
Small curd cottage cheese-16 oz
Sugar-⅓ cup
Raisins-¾ cup
Powdered sugar for serving
Directions
- Blend all the ingredients for crepe until well combined.
- Melt a bit of butter in a non-stick skillet over medium heat
- Swirl the batter to evenly coat the bottom of the skillet.
- When the bottom is lightly golden flip the crepe using a sharp edged spatula to easily get under the crepe. Let the other side get lightly golden and place the crepe on a cutting board. Continue the same with rest of batter.
- How to make cheese filling and complete nalesniki:
Rinse the cottage cheese with cold water and drain well. Mash the cream cheese, cottage cheese and sugar with a potato masher until well combined and creamy. Spread 2 generous Tbsp of cheese filling on each crepe.Sprinkle with about 15 raisins. Roll the crepe into a log and cut in half. - To Serve:
Melt about 1 Tbsp of butter in a pan and fry the rolled cheese crepes on medium heat until golden brown on both sides. Pour powered sugar (optional) and serve with sour cream or jam on the side.
Details
Servings
15
Prep time
15 minutes
Cooking time
20 minutes