Raise your hand if you love Ina Garten. My hand is raised. She loves her husband deeply, she loves to entertain family and friends with simplicity and style, and her recipes are wonderful! One of Ina's favorite meals to host is breakfast/brunch. With Mother's Day brunch menus on many of your minds, I wanted to share a stress-free recipe for a gathering of people.
Making pancakes and eggs for a family of five is something I enjoy on a regular basis, but who wants to get up in the morning and start being a short order cook for a crowd of people? Not Ina and certainly not me. Here is a recipe of hers that includes all the flavors of a traditional cheese blintz without the fuss of making individual rolled blintzes. Wanting to stick with a more traditional cheese filling, I used cottage cheese and cream cheese in lieu of the ricotta and mascarpone. To make sure the filling is extra smooth and creamy, I run it through the food processor. This also cuts back on extra dirty bowls and spoons, making cleanup even faster *bonus*. You can certainly serve the baked blintz with any fruit topping of your choice, but I highly recommend the fresh blueberry sauce. I even make a little extra to serve over ice cream or yogurt.
