Trader Joe's Cheese Blintzes (Board)
Run to Trader Joe's for their Cheese Blintzes in the freezer section for a beautiful holiday spread on the big board! Serve for the holidays.
Ingredients
- 4 boxes Trader Joe's Cheese Blintzes
- 1 pkg Adele’s Chicken Sausage
- 1 loaf Pomander Orange Cake
- 1 loaf Streusel Bread Baka
- 1 jar Italian Strawberries in syrup
- 4 slices Black Forest ham
- ½ cup cranberry jalapeno dip/spread, or favorite cream cheese spread
- Red and green grapes
- Fresh blackberries
- 1 red pear, for garnish
- 1 cup Whipped cream
- Sage and rosemary, for garnish
Instructions
- On a large prepared board, place a large plate in the center (to hold the blintzes). Start the baking or stovetop cooking process of the blintzes about 25 minutes before ready to serve.
- On the stove, heat a skillet on low. Add butter or cooking spray and cook the blintzes on low for about 8 minutes, turning regularly. You can then keep warm in the oven until ready to serve.
- In the oven (or toaster oven) at 400 degrees, spray a baking sheet and bake for 7 minutes. Flip over, and bake an additonal 3 minutes. Turn the oven off and keep warm until ready to serve.
- While the blintzes are cooking, arrange the rest of the food items on the board. Place the strawberries, whipped cream, and the cream cheese spread in small bowls.
- Cook the sausage.
- Spread the cream cheese in the ham; roll and cut into bite sizes.
- When ready to serve, place the warm blintzes on the large plate.
- Garnish with a RED PEAR (festive!), berries, sage, and rosemary and serve!
Notes
Reposted from December 2019 on Reluctant Entertainer.