Easy Crepe Recipe
Crepes sounds fancy, but they are surprisingly easy to make with basic ingredients. You can achieve beautiful and delicious homemade crepes in your own kitchen. This Easy Crepe Recipe is perfect for your favorite crepe filling and toppings.
Equipment
- Non-stick skillet 8-inches in diameter
Ingredients
- 240 g all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk room temperature
- 1 cup water room temperature
- 3 eggs room temperature
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the sifted flour and salt. Whisk in the eggs, milk, water, olive oil and continue to whisk until the mixture is well combined and smooth (Strain through a fine sieve; discard lumps.) Batter should be the consistency similar to heavy cream.
- Heat an 8-inch non-stick skillet over medium heat, and brush with butter. Pour a 1/4 cup batter into the center of the hot skillet; Lift the skillet from the stove entirely and quickly roll in a circular motion so the batter moves evenly around the skillet to form a thin and even circle. Cook for about 1 minute, or until the crepe is golden on the bottom.Run a spatula around edge of crepe to loosen, lift one edge of crepe with an offset spatula, then use your fingers to gently flip crepe to the other side. The other side only needs about 45 seconds to cook. Remove from the pan and place on a plate (Cook a test crepe or two, and adjust the batter with salt, sugar to your taste.)
- Repeat until all the batter is used, stacking the crepes on top of each other on the plate. Serve warm and top with your favourite toppings. Enjoy!
Notes
**To make sweet crepes, add 1 Tsp sugar and 1/2 Tsp vanilla to your batter.
- Smooth lump-free crepe batter: Crepe batter is so thin, you want to be sure it's lump-free. Whisking the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients by hands works just fine, but if you find you have lumps, you can strain through a fine sieve to discard lumps or you can always whizz it up in a blender.
- Crepes fillings: Crepes are a delicious blank canvas for all the fillings, they can be filled with any number of sweet or savory fillings. Some of my favourites filling include ricotta cheese, mushrooms and shallots, whipped cream, jam and nutella.
- Crepes toppings: Crepes are delicious with sweet toppings; fruits (banana slices, berries) drizzle with honey, melted chocolate, melted peanut butter, or a dusting of confectioners' sugar makes delicious sweet topping. For a savory topping crepes are delicious with pesto sauce, hollandaise sauce or mushroom gravy.
- How to store crepes: Store leftover crepes in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days. Reheat in a buttered skillet; or in the microwave or in the oven (place the crepes in oven proof dish with cover and place in a 350 degrees F for about 5 minutes.)
Nutrition
Calories: 103kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.004gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 10mgPotassium: 46mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 85IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 1mg
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