Recipes & How-To's
Nalysnyky

Nalysnyky

These Ukrainian cheese crepes are flavoured with fresh dill, then baked and served with a rich cream sauce. Traditionally served on holidays and special occasions, these delicious savoury crepes are so good you will want them more often.

Storage time: Up to 2 days in the refrigerator.

Cook time

1 hr 30 mins

Recipe Difficulty

Medium

Yield

Makes 28 crepes

Ingredients

Nalysnyky

  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup milk (2%)
  • 6 tbsp water
  • 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Melted salted butter*
  • Cottage Cheese and Dill Filling, recipe follows
  • 1 cup whipping cream, heated
  • Warm Dill Sauce, recipe follows

Cottage Cheese and Dill Filling

  • 2 cups dry cottage cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp whipping cream
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill
  • 1 tbsp thinly sliced green onion, optional
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp white pepper

Yield: Makes 2 cups

Warm Dill Sauce

  • 2 tbsp salted butter
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill

Yield: Makes 3/4 cup

Directions

Nalysnyky

  1. In a medium bowl, beat eggs until light and fluffy.
  2. Gradually add milk, water, flour, sugar and salt, beating until smooth. Batter will be thin.
  3. Heat a large nonstick frypan over medium heat, brush with melted butter, and pour in 2 tbsp portions of batter to make thin crepes about 4 inches in diameter.
  4. Fry crepes until lightly browned on one side, about one minute; do not turn over. Remove crepes to a plate. Continue making crepes until all the batter is gone, buttering the pan lightly each time.
  5. Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter bottom and sides of a 9X13 inch baking dish.
  6. Place one crepe with browned side down. Put about 1 tbsp of filling on one edge of crepe. Roll to enclose filling, tucking in sides as you roll. Place into prepared baking dish.
  7. Continue to make rolls, placing side by side into baking dish. Lay the second layer on top, placing rolls in opposite direction.
  8. Bake for 25 minutes. Pour hot cream over rolls and continue to bake until cream is thick and bubbly, about 25 minutes.
  9. Serve with sour cream, yogurt, or Warm Dill Sauce.

Tip: To freeze these, place filled crepes in a buttered foil pan without the hot cream and wrap well.

Cottage Cheese and Dill Filling

  1. In a bowl, mash cottage cheese with a fork; add egg, cream, dill, green onion, salt and pepper and mix well.

Warm Dill Sauce

  1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
  2. Add onion and sauté until onions are soft and translucent, about 8 minutes.
  3. Add whipping cream, bring to a light boil, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes or until sauce thickens. Stir in dill.
  4. Pour over Nalysnyky and serve.

Nutritional analysis per serving

*Ingredient not included in nutritional analysis.

88 calories, 5.3 g fat, 3.3 g protein, 6.8 g carbohydrate, 0.2 g fibre, 123 mg sodium