Crêpes
Crêpes. This is a scrumptious recipe for thin, delicious German style pancakes. I'm a professional musician and recording artist, and I often find myself in the kitchens of recording studios, trying to make something edible from the staple ingredients studios keep in their kitchens. Go French with Alton Brown's foolproof Crepes recipe from Good Eats on Food Network.
Ingredients
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It’s 125 g of flour
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It’s 2 of eggs
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It’s pinch of salt
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Prepare 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract or rum
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Prepare 1 tbsp of brown sugar
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It’s 350 ml of milk
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It’s 50 g of butter, melted
Steps
- In a big bowl, add flour, eggs, a pinch of salt, vanilla extract (or rum), brown sugar and milk. Using a hand mixer or a whisk, mix until well-combined..
- Add melted butter and mix again. Let the batter rest for at least 30 minutes in room temperature..
- Warm the pan over medium heat. If you don't have a non-stick pan, add some butter to grease it. Then pour a ladle of batter into the pan and rotate the handle to create a circle shape with the batter. Turn over the crêpe when it's halfway done (= when the edges begin to rise). The easiest way to flip it is to turn it over with a spatula..
- Cook the other crêpes, occasionally regreasing the pan if necessary to prevent them from sticking..
- Serve with any topping you like (jam, Nutella, sugar, honey…). The crêpes can be stored in the fridge for up to a day. You can reheat them in a microwave, on the pan or even eat cold..
No special pans required for these French-style pancakes. Whisk together the flour and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk together the eggs and sugar in a large bowl until pale. Crêpe A stack of crêpes Alternative names Crepe Type Pancake Place of origin France Serving temperature Warm or hot or cold Main ingredients Wheat flour or buckwheat flour, milk, eggs Cookbook: Crêpe Media: Crêpe A sweet crêpe opened up, with whipped cream and strawberry sauce on it Play media Video demonstration of preparing crêpes A crêpe or crepe and savoury galettes (crêpes salées. Crepe definition is – a light crinkled fabric woven of any of various fibers.
