Blueberry Almond Crepes

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 (16 ounce) container cottage cheese
• 2 egg yolks
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1/2 cup chopped blanched almond
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2/3 cup orange juice
• 4 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)
• 1/2 cup toasted sliced natural almonds

Recipe

• 1 first 5 ingredients are for crepes. to prepare crepes:.
• 2 together mix all crepe ingerdients until smooth.
• 3 spray crepe pan or whatever pan you are using, with non-stick cooking spray; heat over medium heat until hot.
• 4 add about 3 tablespoons batter to pan, tilting to make an even layer.
• 5 cook on one side until crepe begins to brown, about 1 minute.
• 6 place on a sheet of waxed paper, browned side up.
• 7 repeat with remaining batter; layering the crepes with waxed paper.
• 8 to prepare filling:
• 9 in a blender container, place cottage cheese, egg yolks, 3 tablespoons sugar and orange peel; mix until well combined.
• 10 add chopped almonds; mix until smooth; set aside.
• 11 to prepare blueberry sauce:
• 12 in a saucepan combine the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and the cornstarch.
• 13 stir in orange juice and blueberries.
• 14 over medium-high heat, bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened and clear, about 1 minute.
• 15 to assemble:
• 16 place 2 rounded tablespoons of filling on each crepe.
• 17 roll and place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• 18 cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• 19 at serving time: preheat oven to 300 degrees fahrenheit.
• 20 bake filled crepes until hot, about 15 minutes.
• 21 top with blueberry sauce, sprinkle with toasted almonds and, if desired, a dollop of sour cream.