How Do You Make Blintzes For Hanukkah?
While blintzes predate this century, they were made popular in the United States by Jewish immigrants. Cheese blintzes are served during special occasions, but are of particular importance during Hanukkah because of the oil they are fried in. Jewish people believe using foods cooked in oil is an homage to the temple oil that lasted eight days instead of one. Create the cheese blintz filling by mixing cottage cheese with one egg and salt to produce a cream. You can make a sweeter blintz by adding sugar and cinnamon to this mix. Make the crepe by combining the eggs, milk and flour until smooth. After this, drop a tbsp. of the batter into a hot, buttered frying pan. Allow the crepes to brown. When they are done, put them onto a plate and arrange the blintzes in a single row so that they don’t stick. Now, you can fill them with cheese or any other ingredient of your choice. Place about 1 tbsp. of the cheese mix on each blintz and roll it. Place the blintz back into the frying pan and fry i