Soup Noodles Or Blintzes Crepes For Passover And Year Round Food

SOUP NOODLES OR BLINTZES /CREPES (FOR PASSOVER AND YEAR-ROUND)

Steps:

• Put all ingredients in one bowl and mix well.
• To a non-stick or cast-iron skillet pour a tablespoon or so of oil and get the pan very hot.
• Lower the flame to medium.
• Whisk batter very well immediately before pouring batter into frying pan.
• Pour in just enough batter to thinly coat the frying pan (if you put in too much you'll be making an egg omelette). As soon as the batter begins to set (do not brown) flip over adding oil as needed .
• Set on paper towels or paper plate to drain and cool.
• Repeat until batter is all gone (do not forget to whisk well before each addition).
• Roll blintz leaves and thinly slice into spirals.
• Add to soup and enjoy. Yum!

BLINTZES FOR PASSOVER

Steps:

• For Batter:.
• Combine eggs, salt, and water. Add gradually to matzah cake meal, stirring hard to avoid lumps.
• Fry into thin pancakes on one side only.
• Place a rounded spoonful of filling onto each pancake.
• Fold envelope fashion -- one end, then both sides, then roll to close completely.
• Fry in oil.
• Note: you can make the blintzes ahead, then put them packed closely together in a baking dish, and reheat in a slow oven, and serve casserole style at the table.

APPLE BLINTZES OR JEWISH CREPES

Steps:

• Combine eggs and oil in bowl and beat until light and frothy. Beat in milk, then flour and salt. Beat until well blended.
• Cover batter and refrigerate for 15 minutes, until flour absorbs and mixture thickens.
• Place an 8-9 inch frying or omelet pan over medium heat. Lightly grease with paper towel dipped in margarine.
• When pan is very hot, quickly pour 1/4 cup batter and swirl quickly to cover bottom.
• When batter starts curling away from sides of pan, shake crepe onto paper towels. Repeat.
• To freeze at this point, cool and then place between wax paper sheets. Stack and wrap bundle in foil.
• To make blintz filling:
• In a bowl combine apple pie filling, diced apple, lemon juice, pecans and cinnamon.
• Place about one tablespoon filling into center of crepe. Fold top down, bottom up, and sides in to enclose filling. Then place fold side down onto platter to await frying.
• When all blintzes are filled, heat frying pan with 2 tablespoons of melted butter or margarine and fry blintzes, a few at a time, on both sides until golden brown. Add more margarine as needed during frying. Serve hot.