Classic Cheese Blintzes

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1. 1Step 1: Beat eggs, sugar, salt, and 1/2 cup milk. Continue beating while alternately adding milk and flour. If the batter is lumpy, strain it through a fine mesh strainer.
2. 2Step 2: Allow the batter to rest while making the cheese filling.
3. 3Step 3: In a bowl, mix all filling ingredients well with a spoon.
4. 4Step 4: Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Brush with melted butter.
5. 5Step 5: Pour 1/4 cup of batter into the center of the pan and immediately swirl the pan so that the batter fills the entire pan. Watch it carefully.
6. 6Step 6: As edges begin to dry, flip over and fry for another 30 seconds. Turn the crepe onto a plate.
7. 7Step 7: Brush the pan with fresh butter to make the next crepe and repeat the process until all your batter is used up.
8. 8Step 8: As the crepes cool just a bit, you can start to fill them: Put one heaping spoonful of cheese filling in the center of the crepe. Smear it thin, leaving a wide border. Fold bottom of the crepe up over the filling. Fold both sides in towards the center and roll up tightly.
9. 9Step 9: When all the crepes have been fried, add some fresh butter to your pan and fry the rolled blintzes until nicely browned in each side.
10. 10Step 10: Serve with sour cream or fruit sauce/pie filling.