Ricotta and orange blintzes – baked thin crepes filled with sweet ricotta with a touch of orange
Thin crepes filled with sweet ricotta cheese and a little touch of orange zest, also known as blintzes. Our breakfast yesterday.
I’m not a pancake person. I love pancakes but if I have to make my own I prefer crepes. There’s something about these paper-thin breakfast treats that makes me crave them every now and then. They are so versatile. You can fill them with almost any type of jam/preserve/compote or just leave them plain and eat with some fresh fruit. Sometimes I go a little on the wild side and spread some Nutella or peanut butter on them, slice some bananas and roll it. Other times I just add the nutella or peanut butter to the thin batter.
Either way, I love their versatility. 
I grew up eating filled crepes but it was in college when I found out they were also called blintzes, especially in the Jewish communities.
Blintzes are thin pancakes filled, mostly with a sweet filling, and fried or baked. I prefer mine baked to the point the filling it’s warm, but you can keep them longer till they crisp just a little. Alternately, you can fry them in a little bit of melted butter.
For the filling I used ricotta cheese mixed with sugar and some orange zest. It’s light and creamy, a little sweet, a great start to any day.
For the crepes I made the batter out of flour, milk, eggs and a little melted butter, with just a few drops of orange extract. 
The funny part about these blintzes is that I’ve made them so many times but never occurred to me to share the recipe with you until the other day when Cheryl aka TidyMom announced her Dairy Breakfast Club – recipe party. Do you have a breakfast recipe that includes dairy? Even if it is an old one, come join #DairyBreakfastClub recipe party at TidyMom along with The California Milk Advisory Board and RealCaliforniaMilk.com
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Sending love your way,
Roxana
What can I say? These sound incredible. Blintzes always take me back to my youth.
Too scrumptious to put into words – love the orange zest and ricotta filling! (I prefer crepes to pancakes too.) 🙂
I totally love these! My mom made me super thin pancakes with cinnamon sugar when I was a kid. Thanks for the reminder – I should post them!
These are fabulous Roxana. They turned out perfectly.
I have always loved blintzes…Yours look amazing — as everything that you do, Roxana!
These look so good, Roxana! Love the ricotta and orange combo!
oh wow! you surprised me! I never thought about making blintzes before but they seem simple enough and look just delicious
Blintzes haven’t been high on my priority list until I saw yours.
Oh, that is such an irresistible treat! Your blintzes look divine.
Cheers,
Rosa
Wow yum, your crepes look and sound so good! I love your photos too!
Very yummy Roxanna, I love everything about these lovely blintzes!
Mmh these must be delicious! Reminds me of the pancakes we used to eat by lake Balaton, those were filled with ricotta and halved, peeled peaches… Lovely! Thank you for sharing.
I haven’t had crepes since we went to St. Maarten a few years ago…I definitely am up for trying some with ricotta in them!!!
This looks awesome!! WOW
The combo of the ricotta and orange is just too wonderful! These look incredible, Roxana!!!
Roxana, your photos have me wanting to sit down at your table and eat breakfast with you. Absolutely gorgeous! These blintzes look so good. Yum!
Holy cow, these sound amazing! I love all breakfast-y foods, pancakes, crepes, french toast, etc. I gotta give them a try! 🙂
Wow! These look soooo good! Great idea adding the orange extract to the crepes batter! I will definitely try this… Have you tried it with other extracts other than orange?
Hi Paola,
I have made it so many times with other flavorings as well. Vanilla, almond, lemon. Sometimes I add some mini chocolate chips with the ricotta cheese inside the crepes. Other times, dried fruit soaked overnight in rum. It all depends on my mood.
Roxana
I like both pancakes and crepes, so this works for me! I love the ricotta filling, and the touch of orange! It’s like having pancakes and orange juice for breakfast, but in one dish all together! Heavenly! I’d wake up for this!
oooh, I’m adding these to our breakfast menu soon!! I love anything orange!! thanks for linking up Roxana!
Wow, these look mouth watering! I’m for sure going to serve those to my friends after a sleep over!
Looks absolutely amazing Roxana! Love EVERYTHING orange!
Oh that filling!!