Thursday 18 August 2011

Crepes

Crepes are a great casing around all sorts of filling.  I have been known to like greek yogurt and honey or jam.  The kids like lemon and sugar although if I am sneaky I leave out the sugar :)

Crepes

200g Flour
50g Corn Starch
8g Vanilla Sugar
Pinch of Salt

3 Eggs
600 ml Milk
2-3 tbsp Spiced Rum
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Zest of 1 Lemon (Organic is best since your eating the skin)
50g Melted Butter

*In a large bowl mix together dry ingredients.  
*Add eggs and whisk in as best as you can adding the milk as needed ( I do this to try an avoid lumps).
*Add all the other ingredients.
*Let sit for a little bit, while you preheat the frying or crepe pan to med/high heat.  Butter the pan using a paper towel with some butter on it.
*Pour enough batter to coat the bottom of the pan, turning the pan to cover. Once the batter has set, then it is time to turn. The crepes shouldn't be too golden (Although, golden is crispy and also delicious)
*Once turned, let it sit a moment to finish the cooking but don't let it sit too long since it just need to finish setting the batter.
*Set aside on a plate, then cover with a tea towel to keep moist.

Fillings: 
Lemon juice and sugar is a favorite
Yogurt and jam is one of my favorites
Nutella is always popular, you can also add banana.
Yogurt sauce is a close second for the kids.

Yogurt Sauce
1/2 cup Plain Greek Yogurt (or what ever quantity you want)
1 tbsp Honey (or sweeten to taste, you might want more or less depending on taste)


Here is the eggs starting to incorporate the dry ingredients.

Finished batter

Crepes all rolled up,  I fold in the sides and then rolled them up.

2 have the jam and yogurt and the rest are yogurt and honey

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