J'adore les crêpes
Crepes are my one of my most favourite fancy desserts. My first crepe tasting was in Chennai, India when my bestest friend Rupa wanted me to try this whole French thing. Back then as a teen, we were into trying foreign foods and all, for the foodies we were. This was just the sweet buttery with whipped cream, and I liked it. Next, was in Pune, India at this really fancy restaurant ( I dont recall the name) a sweet one with strawberries and powdered sugar and I loved it even more. Then years later during one of our team lunches at work in San Francisco, USA at this authentic French creperie creperiesaintgermain.com Their banana, roasted almonds and honey crepe with nutella is to die for. The husband does not have a sweet tooth, so I would pass that on. Until recently, my trip to New York unraveled the sweet tooth for crepes in me. Max Brenners and Viva de la Crepe became my favourites, and all I ate was Nutella and chocolate crepes with banana/strawberry and almonds. I wanted to take this back to the Bay Area too and hubby sure promised to get my fill there as well. However, I couldnt wait to go to a creperie, so I blogged for the recipe and made it myself. Voila! I can make these fancy ones too. One trip to Safeway, got Nutella, strawberries, bananas and sliced almonds and it was on the crepe for dinner later that night. The recipe follows:
Serves: 4-6 (depending on the size of the pan)
Prep time: 30 mins
Ingredients:
All purpose flour: 2 cups
Eggs: 2
Milk: 2 cups
Sugar: 1.5 tbsp
Butter/Oil: 1 tsp
Toppings:
Nutella: 2-3 tbsp (add as much as you want)
Strawberries: 4
Banana: 1
Sliced Almonds: 1tbsp
Prep/Cooking:
1. Prepare the batter. Beat the eggs into the sugar and oil.
2. Slowly add the flour and mix in till it runs smooth without any lumps
3. Take a flat pan and heat it on medium flame
4. Meanwhile, slightly warm up Nutella, till its smooth and easily spreadable
5. Slice the bananas and strawberries
6. Once, the pan is hot, pour a laddle full of the batter on to it and gently tilt the pan from all sides, until the batter spreads out
7. You may add a little bit oil on the edges so that it comes of nice and easy
8. When you see it browning a little bit, tilt onto the other side. After 30 secs - 1 min take it off the pan
Garnish:
1. On one half of the crepe, spread Nutella
2. Layer it with banana slices and almonds. Slap more Nutella if you want
3. Close the crepe. Dip a spoon in Nutella and squish it all over it. Layer it with strawberries
4. Add more Nutella if you want and devour.
Bon Appetit!!!
Banana: 1
Sliced Almonds: 1tbsp
Prep/Cooking:
1. Prepare the batter. Beat the eggs into the sugar and oil.
2. Slowly add the flour and mix in till it runs smooth without any lumps
3. Take a flat pan and heat it on medium flame
4. Meanwhile, slightly warm up Nutella, till its smooth and easily spreadable
5. Slice the bananas and strawberries
6. Once, the pan is hot, pour a laddle full of the batter on to it and gently tilt the pan from all sides, until the batter spreads out
7. You may add a little bit oil on the edges so that it comes of nice and easy
8. When you see it browning a little bit, tilt onto the other side. After 30 secs - 1 min take it off the pan
Garnish:
1. On one half of the crepe, spread Nutella
2. Layer it with banana slices and almonds. Slap more Nutella if you want
3. Close the crepe. Dip a spoon in Nutella and squish it all over it. Layer it with strawberries
4. Add more Nutella if you want and devour.
Bon Appetit!!!
