Blinchiki under Bechamel
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- thin pancakes (per No. 1636)
- glass sweet fruit puree / jam or marmalade
- egg + breadcrumbs
- spoon butter (for bechamel)
- glass flour (for bechamel)
- glasses cream or whole milk
- glass fine sugar
- flavoring
Instructions
- Bake pancakes per No. 1636, brown one side, spread with jam or marmalade, roll into tubes, dip in egg and breadcrumbs, fry.
- Make a sweet bechamel: stir 1 spoon fresh butter with 1/2 glass flour, thin with 2 glasses cream or whole milk, boil well several times, strain if lumpy.
- Add 1/2 glass fine sugar and flavor with cinnamon, lemon zest, bitter almond or chocolate; boil.
- Arrange the fried rolls on a dish and pour the bechamel over them.