Crêpes
by CommunityKitchen
FrenchEasy1 hrServes 4
Brittany's thin wheat pancake, celebrated every February 2nd on Candlemas, rested to relax the batter and swirled paper-thin in the pan before it's filled with sugar and lemon or chocolate-hazelnut spread.
Per
serving340kcal
8gprotein
48gcarbs
13gfat
Ingredients
- 150g all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 2 eggs
- 300ml whole milk
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted, plus more for the pan
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons sugar, for serving
- 2 lemons, cut into wedges, for serving
- 8 tablespoons chocolate-hazelnut spread, for serving
- 2 bananas, sliced, for serving
Before you cook
- Whisk the flour, 1 tablespoon sugar and salt together in a large bowl.
- Make a well in the center and crack in the eggs.
- Whisk the eggs into the flour from the center outward.
Steps
- Gradually whisk in the milk until the batter is completely smooth.
- Whisk in the melted butter and vanilla extract.
- Cover the batter and let it rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Heat a lightly buttered nonstick pan over medium heat.
- Ladle 1/4 cup of batter into the center of the pan.
- Immediately lift and swirl the pan to spread the batter into a thin, even circle.
- Cook for 90 seconds until the edges lift and the underside turns golden.
- Flip the crêpe and cook for 20 seconds more.
- Slide the crêpe onto a plate and repeat with the remaining batter, wiping the pan lightly between crêpes.
- For sugar and lemon crêpes, sprinkle with sugar and a squeeze of lemon, then fold into quarters.
- For chocolate-banana crêpes, spread with chocolate-hazelnut spread, add banana slices, and roll.
- Serve warm.
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