We had a thread on Pizza. Steak. Pommes Frites. Bread - did we had a bread thread? I am not certain, I dont think so, maybe we need a bread thread as well. Waffles? Did we do waffles? I kill for Belgian waffles, never get between me and my waffles if you are not in a suicidal mood. But for the time being, my new passion, since ten days or so: crepes, which effectively are pancakes, just thinner. Though I suck at making them as thin as they should be: thin like paper, so top speak. My technique serves better for plastering foxholes in the street surface.
I do like sweet pancakes as - indeed thicker pancakes, but then only with sugar and citrus juice. I know that banana with nutella and banana with honey is very popular with many folks, I tried them, and found it awful, warm banana just is not my taste. And for fruits like cherries with cream or vanilla, I prefer already mentioned Belgian waffles, I do not do crepes in a sweet style anymore, it snot my thing. So, crepes for me automatically implies: savoury (? = "herzhaft") crepes, not sweet.
The following are my three currently favourite recipes. I have not read them, but I cannot imagine I am the first man on Earth getting to these mixes of ingredients, so although I found these by myself I do not claim authorship and credit for them. By taste they work extremely well, you can trust in that. Just the chef needs quite some more practice in handling the dough...
It looks so easy and elegant when you watch videos about street stands preparing crepes, but it is quite a bit tricky indeed, I found, and I have not found my working technique so far. Any tips on that are welcome.
If you like crepes and have favourite recipes, share them here. This is the non-Pizza, non-Steak, non-Pommes Frites/Chips/French Fries but the Crepes-thread!