Mixed Berry Crepes With Light Berry Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    5 ounces cream cheese, softened
    2 teaspoons honey
    3/4 teaspoon lemon zest
    2/3 cup sugar
    1 1/3 cups fresh raspberries or 1 1/3 cups frozen raspberries
    2/3 cup fresh blueberries or 2/3 cup frozen blueberries
    2/3 cup fresh blackberries or 2/3 cup frozen blackberrie
    2/3 cup sliced fresh strawberries or 2/3 cup frozen strawberries
    1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (not the bottled kind)
    1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice (not the bottled kind)
    toasted and finely chopped macadamia nuts (optional)
    8 ready made crepes
Preparation
    PREPARE BERRIES:.
    Place sugar, berries and lemon juice in medium saucepan.
    Heat over medium heat, stirring gently, until mixture boils and sugar is dissolved (about 5 minutes).
    Remove from heat; allow to cool slightly.
    PREPARE CHEESE:.
    While berry mixture is cooking or cooling: In a medium mixing bowl, stir together cream cheese, honey and lemon zest until thoroughly blended; set aside.
    TO ASSEMBLE:.
    Place 2 crepes on serving plate; spoon 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture & chopped macadamia nuts, if using, down the center of each crepe.
    Spoon approximately 1/4 cup berry mixture over cream cheese.
    Fold 2 sides of each crepe up and turn over to form roll.
    Repeat with remaining crepes, cream cheese mixture and berry sauce.
    **Replace cream cheese mixture with whipped cream. Allow berry mixture to cool before assembling.

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