Crêpes I
Crêpes I — a pancake recipe, 17 ingredients.
contains glutencontains dairycontains eggscontains nutscontains meat
Ingredients
US
Metric
- 220 g (1 cup / 8 oz) plain flour
- 345 ml (1 ½ cup / 12 fl oz) milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp oil or melted butter
- 1 pinch of salt
- Sugar and lemon
- Raspberry jam and chocolate sauce
- Nutella and sliced banana
- Nutella and chopped hazelnuts
- Whipped cream
- Chocolate, caramel, or butterscotch sauce
- Frangipane
- Peanut butter
- Sugar and butter, possibly with lemon or cinnamon
- Strawberries (fresh or frozen)
- Cream cheese and brown sugar
- Slivers of chicken, broccoli, and cheese sauce
Make it lactose-friendly
- 345 ml (1 ½ cup / 12 fl oz) milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
- 2 tbsp oil or melted butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
- Whipped cream → lactose-free cream or coconut cream
- Sugar and butter, possibly with lemon or cinnamon → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
- Cream cheese and brown sugar → lactose-free cream cheese
- Slivers of chicken, broccoli, and cheese sauce → lactose-free or aged hard cheese (naturally lower lactose)
Steps
- Put the flour at the bottom of a mixing bowl and make a hole in the middle where you put the eggs, the melted butter, the salt and a bit of milk.
- Mix well by hand, slowly combining the liquid with the flour to get a thick paste.
- Continue mixing and slowly add the rest of the milk, mixing well to avoid making lumps.
- Allow to stand, perhaps for several hours, whilst the gluten rests—this is very important for the final texture.
- Heat a crêpe pan (non-stick recommended) or skillet. A drop of water can be used to test the pan temperature: too cold, and the water will sit on the pan, too hot and it will vanish immediately. At the right temperature, the water will seem to "dance" on the pan.
- Grease the pan with some butter. Pour in some batter while tilting the pan to make the crêpe as thin as possible.
- Cook for 30–60 seconds until the cooked side looks like the surface of the moon, then flip it over to cook the other side; with some practice, you can flip it in the air by swinging the pan. See the whole-wheat pancakes recipe for air-flipping instructions.
- Serve with maple syrup, caster sugar, jam, spreads, etc. The crêpes can be filled and folded into triangles or rolled up.
Source
Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0