Time for another cooking thread: Crépes

[Skybird]

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!

[JU_88]

Thanks Sky, I will certainly watch it when I'm less full of pizza and whisky and am able to look at food again..

[Mork_417]

Those look really yummy!

[Rockstar]

I make sweet crepes a lot for breakfast. I use a hot berry or apple compote most of the time. Prevents the batter from cooking so long that I cant 'roll' it up.

Never been a big fan of arthropods as an ingredient in any recipe. But I will try one of the other savory versions this weekend, makes me hungry!

Another breakfast favorite is Ojibwa bread, but that's another topic.

[Skybird]

Never been a big fan of arthropods as an ingredient in any recipe.

I thought you just call them "shrimps"...? If I would call them arthropods, maybe they would not taste me good anymore, too. Would feel guilty of wiping out some an alien space civilization by accidentally eating it.

Use tuna, if you do not like shrimps. Or something else fishy. The salmon spread/sauce is the dominant frutti del mare taste in the third recipe anyway.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I thought you just call them "shrimps"...? If I would call them arthropods, maybe they would not taste me good anymore, too. Would feel guilty of wiping out some an alien space civilization by accidentally eating it.

Use tuna, if you do not like shrimps. Or something else fishy. The salmon spread/sauce is the dominant frutti del mare taste in the third recipe anyway.

The day I found out cockroaches are in the arthropod family. Was the day I stopped eating the sea going kind of cockroach they call shrimp. Greens, cheese or blueberries will do just find in my crepes thank you. Bon appetit

[Eichhörnchen]

I'm glad there are no squirrels in it this time

[Catfish]

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

I'm glad there are no squirrels in it this time

A squirrel tail to oil the pan does not count...? Should have known that before, I already disposed the rest.

[Jimbuna]

Much prefer a steak, even for breakfast. An omelette would be second choice.

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Much prefer a steak, even for breakfast. An omelette would be second choice.

me too, but at the same time, I don't want to compensate with a bowl of cholesterol pills for lunch.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Much prefer a steak, even for breakfast. An omelette would be second choice.

Nothing wrong with that! But I think Skybird is on to something here. Not that I eat steak and eggs every morning but I sometimes get bored eating the same ol' fare. Never thought to prepare a crepe in this way. Can't wait to try it out.


I make grilled avocado sandwich on sourdough. Sliced avacado, havarti cheese and peach preserves. Though not as savory as those above I might try that combo in a crepe.

[Catfish]

Well i do like to eat smaller shrimps, even if i also like them in real life underwater. Did a lot f diving in the mediterranean sea, fascinating creatures to see and swim with.
I would not eat crayfish (crawfish in US? ->'Languste' in german) though, i like them too much, tree hugger that i am

Still have not tried out the baguette recipe Skybird posted recently, but will this weekend. I'm a fool for fresh baguette, french cheese and red vine, in this combination

I like scrambled eggs, toast and bacon for breakfast, but i try to reduce the frequency lol.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

havarti cheese

Ah, a man of my taste.

Havarti is so good I eat it without anything, just pure. Its like sweets, or chips - I cannot stop. Not even wine for me with it - just me and this chunk of rotting Dane. German Tilsiter cheese is in that direction, too, but milder and not as spicey.

The idea of the crepes above is not revolutionary, I originally thought of Wraps, Falafels, Pitas, Buritos, Pizzas. The dough is different with crepes, not so dry and stiff, but then it rips easier, thats why it is difficult to make a wrap of them that does not fall apart if you eat it while holding it in your hands, like a wrap.

I will try Asian-sytle crepes as well, like Chinese spring rolls' fillings. I also have something with thin slices of paprika and thin slices of roasted beef in a sauce of dark soy sauce, oystersauce, chilli and sugar on my mind.

Thinking about this really unsettles my mind and haunts my soul with unrest.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

havarti cheese

I've just Googled that and seeing as how I like a mild to medium cheese have added it to the wifes shopping list for Thursday.