Sunday, July 19, 2009

Crepe-adoodle-doo!!

Made Crepes with my friend Alex the other day. It was a little ambitious of me to suggest we make Crepes because Alex has never cooked before. Silly me. Anyways we made a savory Crepe- Scrambled eggs (with Paprika, S/P), onions, sliced black forest ham, cheese and a corn salsa. Then we made a dessert Crepe- Bananas, Strawberries and Nutella.

Crepe batter:
1 1/2 cup milk plus 1 egg and 1 egg yolk (First)
Add to 1 cup flour
Finally add 1 tblspn of melted butter

Mix until a little runny, much runnier than a pancake batter. Butter or Pam a flat, un-nonstick (hahah) pan...at med. high. Ladle 1 1/2 spoon fulls of batter into the center of the pan and move the pan in a circular motion, tilting it...as if you have a tired arm and you're drawing a circle in the air!(Do this quickly or your crepe will be ugly!!!) The batter should start to cook really quick. Using a spatula lift the edges of the forming crepe. Once you can completely move the spatula under the crepe, flip it over! Let it get a little toasty so it's a sandy brown on both sides. Take it off the pan and stuff it! I usually just wrap my fillings with the crepe, like a burrito (hahaha).

Overall I would have to give these a 5-6. The filling was yum yum but I need to work on the batter, though it was pretty tasty.

Note: New restaurants to look up:
-Spice Monkey Cafe: Gluten free stuff. Veggie stuff. Pot Pies. Hippie Chicken. Pita Pizza. MMM!
-Brown Sugar Kitchen: SOUL FOOD! Jerk Chicken. Brown Sugar BBQ Ribs. Chicken and Waffles. MMMM!
-Bellanico: Italian. Dolce Gorgonzola Panna Cotta. Stuffed Squash Blossoms. MM!

New things on the mind:
-Zeppole: "Italian Donuts" Fried dough filled with Ricotta Cheese and dusted with powdered sugar! PROBLEM: I don't have a deep fryer. Tear.
-Flour Tortillas: Mom says they're not worth it. But I have to try!

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