Recipe idea: Flash recipe for crêpes: The Breton pancake is so easy

Whether with cinnamon and sugar or jam, with applesauce or chocolate: there are countless ways to fill a crêpe.

Recipe idea: Flash recipe for crêpes: The Breton pancake is so easy

Whether with cinnamon and sugar or jam, with applesauce or chocolate: there are countless ways to fill a crêpe. But before that happens, the dough has to be prepared and baked. All you need for the preparation are five basic ingredients - and a special crepe pan. Because in contrast to an ordinary frying pan, this one has a particularly flat edge, which should help to turn the thin pancake more easily. But it can also be used for fried eggs, omelettes or schnitzel.

Galettes are nothing more than savory crêpes filled with cheese or bacon, eggs or fish: the Breton word "jalet" means "hot stone" on which the buckwheat flour dough was originally prepared. Nowadays, galettes and crepes are not only served in French restaurants, but also at fairs around the world. The liquid dough is distributed in a circle on a round, cast-iron plate (the crêpière) and baked. The sweet version, filled with hazelnut cream or another delicious mess, is particularly popular in Germany. But how exactly do you actually prepare the dough at home – without a crêpière? You will find out in the next paragraph.

One of the best-known versions of sweet pancakes from France is the Crêpe Suzette: it is soaked in fresh orange juice or spread with sweet orange marmalade and then flambéed with orange liqueur. If you don't like it quite as fruity and would prefer to prepare your crêpe with a different topping, you have a free choice. To prepare the French classic, you only need five ingredients and a crepe pan - it distributes the heat evenly and also makes it easier to turn the wafer-thin pancake. But back to the recipe:

For the crepe batter you need these basic ingredients:

And this is how you spread the crêpe batter correctly:

Take a mixing bowl and mix the egg together with the sugar and milk in it - preferably with a hand mixer or a mixer. Then add a pinch of salt and the flour, stirring until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Now it is important to let the dough rest for 15 minutes before you start making crêpes.

Source: Food and Drink

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