How do you make crepes?
Crêpes are wafer-thin pancakes from France, which can now also be found in many other countries. They can be eaten as dessert, as a small snack or as part of a meal.
What you need:
- 250 g flour
- 60 cl milk
- 3 eggs
- 10 g butter
- a pinch of salt
Traditionally, crepes are prepared on a round, heated plate. The dough Spread very thinly and regularly. At home, however, you can also make crepes in the pan.
The suggested recipe does not include sugar, so the crepes can be combined with both salty and sweet ingredients.
Prepare crepes yourself
- Put the flour and salt in a bowl. Make a well and add that Eggs into it.
- Gradually pour the milk and stir the dough from the center. Add the melted butter, mix again. The dough should be a little runny.
- Let the crepe dough rest for about an hour. Then stir it again. Melt butter in a pan.
- Now you can start baking the crepes. Place a ladle of batter in the center of the pan and rock the pan so that the batter is evenly distributed. Do not use too much batter for this, the crepe should be as thin as possible. At this point it says: Practice makes perfect!
- Let the crepe fry on one side and turn it as soon as the batter comes off the edges and bottom of the pan.
Prepare crepe dough
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Variants for different crêpes
- Alternatively, you can use milk instead water or beer use it to make the dough airier.
- You can also add something to the dough as you wish liqueur or add flavors.
- Top the crepes, depending on your taste, salty or sweet: with ham, cheese, sugar, honey, jam or pieces of fruit (banana with chocolate tastes particularly good, for example). Then roll up the crepe and serve it warm.
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