I have recently discovered they are a very quick alternative when you don't have any bread for breakfast and don't feel like pasta or rice for dinner. You can stuff them with cottage cheese nuts and fruit, with mushrooms or spinach. Any tasty nutritious filling you like.
I even stuffed them with beans and topped them with taco sauce as enchiladas.
So far I have tried making them with plain white flour and with buckwheat. Both are a great success so the gluten free is a viable option. I am yet to try spelt and am intrigued by besan.
Here's the recipe:
3/4 cup plain flour of your choice
pinch salt
40g butter melted
1 egg
1 cup milk
Mix together the wet ingredients then whisk into the flour and salt. Let sit for a few minutes until bubbles form. Pour half a cup of batter into a hot pan and swirl around until it coats the bottom of the pan. Cook until the crepe lifts off the pan and is lightly browned underneath.
Place your favourite filling into the centre of the crepe and fold edges over. Cook a little longer.
Voila!
Tip 1
The pan! For best results use a non-stick omelette pan with shallow sloping sides. This way the crepe will slide off when done. You may have to experiment until you get the heat right. It should cook quickly but not burn.
Tip 2
You will need more milk with the buckwheat flour than white flour.
Tip 3
If you are going to bake or reheat the crepes as in the enchilada example, you can pile the crepes on a plate before filling and rolling up.
Tip 4
Enjoy them and share your favourite filling ideas with me!
Saffron milkcap mushroom crepe with ewes' milk camembert
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