S/o crepe vs blintze

zaq

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 2:47 pm

Price. Fancy French name = double the price for the same thing. And you get to feel all snooty and classy as opposed to eating your Bubbe's "peasant food."

amother

Candycane

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 3:02 pm

I thought crepe refers to the flat pancake (possibly filled and folded like a quesadilla) and blintz is when you fill it and fold it in a square?

Genius

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 3:18 pm

zaq wrote:

Price. Fancy French name = double the price for the same thing. And you get to feel all snooty and classy as opposed to eating your Bubbe's "peasant food."

I call it creppy.
You know those words that you purposely mispronounce to the point where you forget to say it right when necessary? Only me? Ok

Isn’t the crepe the thing you fill to create a blintz?

amother

↑ OP ↓

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 4:23 pm

I posted about my blintze/crepe batter being to thick cos I leave it a few hrs to overnight as the recipe says and others have also advised that its better.

amothers advised that is a mistake.

so I posted

https://go.skimresources.com/?.....B2%5D'

https://www.foodrepublic.com/1.....epes/

https://www.crepesmagiques.com.....ored/

and was told these are crepes which are diff to blintzes.

???

amother

Chambray ↓

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 5:23 pm

A blintz is cooked on one side only, then wrapped around a filling and sautéd in butter.

A crepe is somewhat thicker, and is cooked on both sides. The filling is spread on it, and it is folded in half, or in quarters. An instrument is often used to spread the batter evenly across the pan.

A crepe can be served plain. A blintz is always filled.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 5:26 pm

amother Chambray wrote:

what are those made for shavuos - filled with cheese?
blintze or crepe?
the ones that you flip over and cook on both sides for a min or 2?

amother

↑ Chambray ↓

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 5:32 pm

amother OP wrote:

what are those made for shavuos - filled with cheese?
blintze or crepe?
the ones that you flip over and cook on both sides for a min or 2?

I make cheese filled blintzes for Shavuos. They are cooked on one side, the a dollop of cheese filling placed in the center of the cooked side. The edges are folded in, and then they are rolled up in a cylindrical shape, then sautéed in butter, with the uncooked side outermost.

Using crepes would give you a much higher wrapper to filling ratio, and since the are thicker, I don't know if they would fold and roll so well. Traditionally a crepe is folded into quarters, not rolled.

amother

Cyclamen ↓

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 5:38 pm

I fry my blintzes on both sides, not just one side. They come out much better if you flip them and let both sides get golden brown crepe-y designs. A blintz is a crepe that you fill with cheese and roll.
A French crepe gets a bit it citrus confit, fold it in quarters, dust with icing sugar, pour brandy around it and set it on fire.
A palacsinta is the most sublime experience of all.

amother

↑ Chambray ↓

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 5:42 pm

amother Cyclamen wrote:

They get the golden brown crepey design when you sauté them in butter after filling and rolling. The filling is placed on the cooked side, and when you roll it up, that becomes the inside. Then you saute them, in butter, cooking the other side.

amother

↑ Chambray

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 5:43 pm

amother Cyclamen wrote:

A French crepe gets a bit it citrus confit, fold it in quarters, dust with icing sugar, pour brandy around it and set it on fire.
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That's a Crepe Suzette. If its set on fire, it's a Crepe Suzette Flambé.

It's not the only way if serving crepes. They can be served just plain, or with just a sprinkle of lemon juice and sugar, or other sauces.

amother

↑ OP

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 5:53 pm

amother Cyclamen wrote:

thats what I do.

do you leave the batter to set before frying?

amother

↑ Cyclamen

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 6:23 pm

amother OP wrote:

thats what I do.

do you leave the batter to set before frying?

No.

amother

Dodgerblue

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 10:09 pm

If you don't want too deep of an analysis, A blintz is a frum crepe. A crepe is a skinny pancake.