This recipe for Apricot Cream Cheese Chimichangas is a perfectly delicious time saver. It not only comes together quickly, but the crispy fried outer tortilla that encases the warm and delicious filling of jam and cream cheese always makes you want to eat more of them than you should.
Heat 1 pack cream cheese in the microwave until soft. Add 3 Tbsp sugar & 1 tsp vanilla, mix to combine.
Serve warm or cold, sprinkled with powdered sugar. *Serve right away for a crunchy pocket.
**For the sweet fillings you can use cream cheese/ricotta with a little bit of sugar and vanilla extract or you can combine it with any kind of jam, or you can use the jam/preserve alone.
***For the savory, you can use grated cheese, or add any kind of meat you might have in your fridge.
Another option is to use ground meat, add some chopped onion, freshly pressed garlic, salt & pepper, spread this on a tortilla, fold it in half and fry in a well oiled pan on both sides. These would be called “chebureki” in Russian, or at least they come very close in taste to the real thing :D
****Savory Option #2, use any kind of ground cooked meat.
*****Savory Option #3, use leftover cooked sauerkraut.
******Savory Option #4, use leftover mashed potatoes.
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