Diabetic Strawberry Blintzes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon lemon rind
• 14 teaspoons artificial sweetener
• 2 cups frozen unsweetened strawberries, thawed
• 3 tablespoons water
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 6 teaspoons artificial sweetener

Recipe

• 1 pancakes:.
• 2 combine all ingredients. batter should be thin so add more milk if needed.
• 3 filling:.
• 4 puree cottage cheese and cream cheese in blender. add lemon rind and juice.
• 5 place in top of double boiler over hot water.
• 6 cover.
• 7 stir occasionally.
• 8 prepare strawberry sauce:.
• 9 in heavy saucepan cook strawberries in 2 tbsps water over medium heat til soft. dissolve cornstarch in 1 tbsp of cold water. add to strawberries and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
• 10 stir in almond extract.
• 11 remove from heat.
• 12 stir in artificial sweetener.
• 13 prepare pancakes:.
• 14 fry six large pancakes, one at a time. stack with paper towels between pancakes.
• 15 stir artificial sweetener into hot filling.
• 16 to serve, place a spoonful of filling on each pancake.
• 17 roll pancake around filling, placing edges underneath.
• 18 spoon warm strawberry sauce over blitzes and serve immediately.