The board of directors of the
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
cordially invites you to our
FOOD
Annual
Meeting
Blintzes are worth it for Shavuot.
Linda Morel
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Wednesday, June 6 • 7:30 p.m.
Marion and David Handleman Hall & Auditorium
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building • Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus
6600 West Maple Road • West Bloomfield
Basic Blintz Recipe
2 eggs
1 cup milk
3 /4 cup flour
1/8 tsp. salt
• Installation of officers and board of directors
• Presentation of the Susan Alterman Leadership
Award to Barbara Bloom & Ted Wagner
• Presentation of the President's Award to
Natalie & Manny Charach and Marc Kahn
• Dessert reception following the meeting
For reservations, call the Center executive
offices at 248.432.5419 by May 31.
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Sprinkle Confectioners' sugar over
blintzes after they are sauteed.
Goat Cheese, Honey Filling
1/2 cup goat cheese, room
temperature
1 cup low-fat whipped cottage
cheese
1 /4 cup honey, plus extra for
drizzling
2 tsp. dried thyme, plus extra
for drizzling
Beat ingredients in a mixing bowl
until smooth. Fills 8 blintzes.
Drizzle extra honey and thyme over
fried blintzes just before serving.
2 tsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. butter, melted, plus 6 Tbsp.
or more for frying blintzes
8-inch frying pan, preferably
nonstick
Place ingredients in a large mixing
bowl and beat until lumps disappear.
Melt additional butter in a frying
pan on medium flame. With a 'A cup
measuring cup, ladle batter into fry-
Chocolate Filling
ing pan quickly. Immediately lift pan's
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips,
handle and swirl batter around to
cold from the refrigerator
evenly cover entire bottom surface of
1 tsp. confectioners' sugar
the pan. Return to flame.
2 tsp. heavy cream
After a minute or two, give pan a
6 oz. semi-sweet baker's chocolate
shake so blintz shell doesn't stick.
for drizzling
Continue frying until edges curl and
Grind chocolate chips and sugar in
begin to brown.
a food processor until chips reduce to
When blintz shell is golden brown,
half the size, about 30 seconds. Add
with a thin spatula flip the shell and
cream and mix well. Fill blintzes with
repeat on other side. When second side this mixture and fry immediately.
is golden brown, transfer to a plate.
Meanwhile, melt baker's chocolate
Pile shells on top of one another.
in a double boiler and drizzle on top of
Give batter a brisk stir before ladling blintzes when ready to serve.
it for subsequent shells. Repeat all
Fills 8 blintzes.
steps until batter is gone.
Move one shell to another plate.
Strawberry Sauce
Selecting a filling recipe below, place
IA cup orange juice
2 scant Tbsp. of filling in an elongated
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
oval in the center of shell. Keep filling
3 /4 cup water
away from edges.
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
Fold top and bottom edges down
i/2 cup sugar
about 1 inch. Fold the right edge over
1 Tbsp. orange liqueur
the filling. Fold the left edge over
1 pound fresh strawberries,
the right flap. Fill remaining blintz
cleaned well, hulled and cut into
shells. (Blintzes can be frozen folded
1 /4-inch dice
side down and defrosted at this point
Warm orange juice in a small pot.
before proceeding.)
Slowly sprinkle in cornstarch and
Melt butter in a large frying pan.
whisk vigorously.
Placing blintzes folded side down,
In a medium-size pot, simmer
saute until brown. Yield: 8 blintzes
water to hot, but not boiling. Add
juice-cornstarch mixture and whisk
Sweet Cheese Filling
vigorously until lumps disappear,
8-oz. package cream cheese,
about 1 minute.
room temperature
Turn off heat. Add cinnamon, sugar
1 /2 cup ricotta cheese, room
and liqueur. Whisk until well blended.
temperature
Add strawberries. Cover pot and sim-
2 tsp. sugar
mer on low flame for about 15 min-
1 /4 tsp. vanilla
utes. Stir every 5 minutes, so sauce
confectioners' sugar for dusting,
doesn't boil over.
optional
Sauce should be slightly thicker than
Beat first four ingredients in a mix-
maple syrup. Serve hot or at room
ing bowl until smooth. Fills 8 blintzes.
temperature. Li