Crepes (French Style Pancakes)

Adatable to use for sweet and savoury dishes

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Keyword: Crepes, Pancakes, Shrove Tuesdaay

Course: Breakfast, Desserts, Hot, Snacks

Cuisine: English, French

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 30

Servings: Servings

Calories: 421kcal

Author: MJF

Cost: £3.00

Equipment

1 Mixing Bowl
1 Whisk
1 Frying Pan
1 Cutting Board
1 Cutting Board

Ingredients

2 each Eggs
6 oz Flour
1 Pinch Salt or Sugar
¾ Pint Milk
2 oz Butter melted
Vegetable oil for the pan
2 each Lemons
4 oz Castor Sugar fine sugar

Instructions

Mix the eggs with the flour to a paste.
Add the salt or sugar then mix in the milk.
Add the butter.
Adjust as necessary with a little flour or milk until a heavy cream consistency.
Set aside to rest for 2 hours.
Heat a crepe or small frying pan.
Brush lightly with oil and you are ready to cook the crepes.
There is a little technique and practice needed to cook crepes, but it is fun:
Holding the pan in one hand, tilt it slightly, and ladle or pour a little of the batter at the higher point. Quickly move the pan so that the batter spreads out over the surface of the pan, creating the crepe. Any gaps can be easily filled with a little batter.
When the batter is poured, place the pan back on the stove and cook until lightly browned, then turn over to brown the other side.
When cooked, place on a plate, and repeat the process until all of the batter is used up.
For Shrove Tuesday, serve the crepes sprinkled with lemon juice and a little sugar.

Notes

These crepes can be made sweet or savoury, which is why salt or sugar is listed in the ingredients.

From the classic "Crepes Suzette", pancakes on Shrove Tuesday or "Pancake Day", to creamy chicken and mushroom fillings, crepes re quick to make and always popular.

Flipping the pancakes to turn them can be fun, especially if you have kids and don’t mind losing a few!......just make extra batter as it’s cheap enough and worth the entertainment.

If you are new to cooking crepes, don’t worry, with a little practice, the technique becomes easy.

Also note that it may take a crepe or two for the pan to “season” and release the crepes easily when cooking them.

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