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Blintz: An Uzbek Recipe From My Uzbek Grandmas

I know about 5 words in Tajik but every word I use makes my Uzbek grandmas laugh and clap their hands with exuberance like I'm so amazing. When I see them I give them big hugs and say "Ona Jon!" (my husband's grandma - Ona is grandma if I spelled it right) and "Holla Jon!" (her sister) and they say "Kylie Jon!" and kiss me on the cheek. We communicate with Fayoz's native language - gestures. Their favorite gesture is to rub my belly, pretend to rock a baby and then clasp their hands together with a pleading gesture. Silly grandmas. I love them.

My Uzbek grandmas speaking at our Uzbek wedding (I wish we could understand them!)
In Uzbekistan, grandmas are treated like queens (as they should be!). These grandmas fly back and forth from Uzbekistan to live with various children and grandchildren. They come live here for months at a time and sleep on mats on the floor (apparently that's comfortable to them). 

Selfie! That's Holla Jon on the left and Ona Jon on the right.

While they are here the grandmas looove to cook us incredible food, and their favorite breakfast is blintz. Blintz is basically a crepe, but I like to think this recipe is ultra special, because everything is special when it's made by the my Uzbek grandmas.

Uzbek Blintz from Uzbek Grandmas 
Makes about 10
You will need:
  • 5 eggs
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 1 c flour
  • Milk for consistency (I've cheated and used water too)
What to do:
  • Mix ingredients with a whisk. Add the milk until it's runny. 
  • Put a bit of oil or butter in a pan, heat on medium.
  • Pour 1/2 cup of batter into heated pan and tilt the pan so the batter covers the entire pan. Let it heat until the edges are dry.
This is what it looks like when it's ready to flip
  • Flip, cook the other side.
  • When it's done, start stacking it on a plate and REPEAT (except I don't re-grease).
Almost done!

 The Traditional Filling:
Farmers cheese
Sour cream (if I'm out I replace with plain yogurt)
A bit of sugar (to taste)

Mix it together and wrap it up like this:



That's the legit Uzbek filling, but of course you can get creative! Here are our favorites:

Fayoz's Favorite Fillings
  • Sweetened condensed milk with raspberries
  • Bananas, whipped cream and caramel
Kylie's Favorite Fillings
  • Peanut butter and yogurt
  • Swiss cheese, deli turkey and cream cheese


Hopefully yours turned out so good, they inspire this kind of reaction!

He raves about everything I cook for him.

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