Crêpe-Style pancakes topped with berries, quark and cream cheese
Blend the cottage cheese and sour cream with a mild cream cheese, for example Smiltene cream cheese, Rasa classic cream cheese or Tukuma Baltais classic cream cheese, giving the dish an even richer and more refined flavour.
Ingredients
For the batter
250 g plain flour
500 ml milk
3 eggs
3 tbsp sugar and a pinch of salt
20 g butter
oil or butter for frying, as preferred
To serve
150 g cottage cheese
150 g cream cheese
1 tbsp icing sugar
3 heaped tbsp soured cream
sugar, to taste
1 tsp vanilla sugar (optional: with some grated lemon zest)
200 g berries – strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, or red currants
Method
Place the flour in a bowl, make a well in the centre, and crack in the eggs. Add the sugar and a pinch of salt. Using a whisk, gradually incorporate the milk in a thin stream until a smooth, creamy batter forms. Finally, stir in the melted butter.
Heat a frying pan and lightly grease it with oil. Pour in a ladle of batter, tilting and swirling the pan so the batter spreads evenly.
Fry the pancake on one side until golden, then flip and cook the other side until also golden. Repeat with the remaining batter, stacking the pancakes and keeping them warm.
Prepare the filling: place the cottage cheese, cream cheese, and soured cream in a blender. Add the sugar, vanilla sugar, and, if desired, some grated lemon zest. Blend until smooth and creamy.
Spread a spoonful of the filling over each pancake and generously top with summer berries and a dusting of icing sugar.
Project No. 25-00-C0LA2002-000001 “Culinary tourism route “Cheese Road” for the promotion and recognition of local cheese producers” is being implemented with the financial support of the EAFRD. Supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Rural Support Service.