Blintz Pancakes
Blintz Pancakes with Blackberry Sauce – Delicate crepes with sweet creamy ricotta filling and tangy blackberry sauce make a fabulous breakfast. Surprise your family this weekend with a decadent morning treat!
Blintz Pancakes
Today, I’m sharing these amazing Blintz Pancakes on behalf of my sweet friend Joanne from Fifteen Spatulas. When Joanne gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, a few blog buddies and I came together to host a virtual baby shower for her!
These Blintz Pancakes with Blackberry Sauce not only make a drool-worthy breakfast, they also double as a dazzling dessert. They offer such wow factor, no one will ever know how quickly you pulled them off.
Warm Weather Brings Food Together
Last winter, our life was bustling with activities. Weekend trips, school events, business meetings, catching up with friends after the holidays… A seemingly endless, and gingerly balanced, checklist of responsibilities and squeezed-in fun.
Now that the weather is warming, we find ourselves stopping, almost involuntarily, to soak up some sunshine. Taking time to sit out on the deck with cocktails, light conversation, and laughter. Strolling through the neighborhood (or woods) as a form of serene exercise.
Especially early spring, before all the kids’ end-of-school activities pick up pace.
We smile more in the spring and summer. We capture moments that we somehow seemed to miss under the blanket of cold gray in winter months.
We enjoy each others’ company, cherishing the little things that tend to annoy us when we’re all cramped up in the house.
It’s amazing what 70-degree weather and blooming tulips will do!
Blintz Pancakes for Breakfast
One of my favorite family moments is the deliciously uneventful relaxed weekend breakfast.
These breakfasts seem almost magical in the springtime with the doors and windows all open to the fresh morning air.
We sleepily make mimosas, omelets, bacon, dutch babies… Yet if we’re really lucky, we have all the ingredients to make creamy Blintz Pancakes with Blackberry Sauce.
Blintz Pancakes are a variety of Blini, or Russian style crepes. They are extremely thin and light egg-based pancakes that cook quickly and are pliable for folding or rolling.
Blini + Cream
Blintz Pancakes refer to Blini that are rolled with fruit, cream, or cheese filling.
The creamy filling is a blend of ricotta cheese, cream cheese, a little sugar, and lemon zest. Rich, yet not overly sweet. Just a whirrr of the blender and the filling is ready.
The fresh perky blackberry sauce is a simple “dump and stir” recipe that can simmer while the pancakes are cooking.
Blintz Pancakes Ingredients
For the Pancakes:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 cup melted butter + extra for pan
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Sweet Ricotta Filling:
- 12 ounce ricotta cheese
- 8 ounce cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Blackberry Sauce:
- 4 cups blackberries, fresh or frozen
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
How to Make Blini Pancakes
These simple Blintz Pancakes take very little time to prep and cook, making them a perfect weekend breakfast with an unforgettable appeal.
- Start by making the blintz batter in a blender. Give the batter time to rest while preparing the creamy filling and sauce. This will help make the pancakes soft and supple.
- Then start working on the cream mixture for filling the blintz.
- The Blintz batter is poured over a hot buttered crepe pan or wide skillet, then swirled into a thin 8-inch circle.
- It takes only a minute or two until the center is cooked through. Then place the Blintz on a plate, scoop the cream filling into the center, and roll.
- When you have two or three Blintz Pancakes ready, put them on a plate, scoop warm tangy blackberry sauce over the top, and hand them to your favorite person in the whole wide world.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a blintz?
This is a popular jewish traditional dish of a rolled pancakes, (usually) filled with a sweet cheese filling or mixed fruit.
Are crepes and blintz the same thing?
These two pancake varieties are very similar. They are both a thin pancake type. However, blintz are usually always filled with a sweet cheese or fruit while a crepe can be eaten on its own, or stuffed with a savory or sweet filling.
Other Breakfast Foods
- How to Make Pancakes from Scratch Recipe
- Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup
- Paleo Pancakes (Coconut Flour Pancakes) Recipe
- Easy Waffle Recipe
- Raspberry Sweet Buns Recipe
- Better than Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
- Kahlua Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe
- How to Make The Best French Toast (Pain Perdu)
Blintz Pancakes with Blackberry Sauce
Ingredients
For the Blintz Pancakes:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 cup melted butter + extra for pan
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Sweet Ricotta Filling:
- 12 ounce ricotta cheese
- 8 ounce cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Blackberry Sauce:
- 4 cups blackberries, fresh or frozen
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients for the pancake batter in a blender. Puree until very smooth. Then let the batter rest while you prepare the filling and blackberry sauce.
- For the sweet ricotta filling: Place the ricotta, cream cheese, sugar and lemon zest in a blender mixer. Blend (or beat) until very smooth, then set aside.
- For the blackberry sauce: Place the blackberries, sugar and cornstarch in a sauce pot. Heat over medium and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 5 minutes, then crush about half of the berries with a wooden spoon. Stir and remove from heat.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet or crepe pan to medium heat. Once hot, brush a little butter over the pan and pour 1/4 cup pancake batter on the hot surface. Quickly swirl the batter around to form a thin 8-inch circle. Cook for 1-3 minutes, until the center is solid to the touch.
- While the pancakes are hot, spoon approximately 3 tablespoons of ricotta filling over the warm pancake and roll it up. Place 2 or 3 rolled blintz pancakes on a plate and spoon warm blackberry sauce over the top. Garnish with sliced almonds or powdered sugar if desired.
Yum! These are so delicious! My kids loved this recipe!
This was so good!! Such a great day starter!
This was my first time making blintz pancakes, but they turned out amazing. Even my mother in law liked them. ;)
Everything about these are fantastic! So deliciously tasty and easy to make too!
Looks amazing! Do you not flip these when cooking? Thanks for a response!
Hi Milli,
No, you don’t. The batter is so thin when you swirl it around, that the pancakes will cook through from one side. :)
I just want to say that you shared a really informative article with us.
These look beautiful and so yummy!