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Apple Blintzes with Caramel Sauce and Cinnamon

Apple blintzes filled with caramelized apples, served with caramel sauce and sour cream.

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Why it works: Apple and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 5,586 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 10 blintzes

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Heat butter and sugar in skillet.

  2. Add apples, cook until tender.

  3. Remove from heat and top with cinnamon.

  4. Let cool.

Make the caramel sauce

  1. Heat sugar and water in saucepan until mixture turns amber, swirling pan, don't stir.

  2. Add cider, simmer until sauce is consistency of pancake syrup, then stir in salt.

  3. Let cool.

Assemble the blintzes

  1. Spoon 1/3 cup filling into center of each crepe.

  2. Fold sides of each crepe around filling to form square package.

  3. Refrigerate.

Cook and serve

  1. Heat butter and oil in skillet.

  2. Add blintzes, seam side down, cook until crispy and browned.

  3. Remove to paper towels, pat dry.

  4. Serve immediately with caramel sauce and sour cream. Makes 10 blintzes.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Apple + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,586 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Apple + cidertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,042 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Sugar + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Sugar + creamtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

Sugar and cinnamon share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Apples
Soften into the filling and provide moisture and fruity sweetness.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and caramelizes to an amber color in the sauce.
Butter
Adds fat and flavor, and browns the blintzes in the pan.
Apple cider
Adds fruit flavor and sweetness, and thins the sauce as it reduces.
Vegetable oil
Conducts heat evenly and helps the blintzes crisp in the pan.
Crepes
Form the thin outer wrapper that holds the filling.

The step that matters

Cooking the sugar and water for the caramel sauce. Stirring can make the sugar crystallize, so swirling the pan keeps it smooth. Sugar syrup moves quickly from amber to burnt, so watch it closely.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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