Pastries

Crêpes

Name: Crêpes
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 2 eggs; 1½ cups milk; Pinch salt

A thin batter of flour, eggs and milk or water that spreads into a thin layer in a flat pan: crêpes, chavitit, blintzes.

⏱ 25 min

1
Whisk the eggs and milk with the salt in a bowl, add the flour and mix to a smooth batter.
BowlWhisk
2
Heat a flat pan and grease lightly.
⚙ Greased Flat PanStoveFrying pan
💡A very thin layer of fat, with the excess wiped off with paper towel: too much fat gives spots and fried edges.
3
Pour in a small ladle of batter and swirl the pan into a thin, even layer.
Ladle
💡The first crêpe almost always gets tossed: it tests the heat of the pan and the amount of batter.
4
Fry about 1 minute, until the edges dry and brown lightly, flip and fry 20–30 more seconds. Repeat until the batter is used up.
Stove

200calories

9 gprotein

26 gcarbs

5 gfat

● protein 19%● carbs 55%● fat 25%

Per serving (146 g), of 4 servings

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Flour: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 120 g · 364 kcal per 100 g · More about Flour →
Eggs: measured in pieces: one ≈ 50 g · 143 kcal per 100 g · More about Eggs →
Milk: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 244 g · 60 kcal per 100 g · More about Milk →
Salt: 1 tbsp = 18 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →

Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
Ladle · Also works: Measuring cup (Cup) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (Slow)
Whisk · Also works: Hand mixer (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

Possible additions: Milk · Water · Melted butter · Sugar · Vanilla · salt · Black pepper (savory) · Resting at room temperature (20) · Fat for frying · Powdered sugar for serving · Oil in the batter · Pan diameter (cm) (20) · Cheese on the crêpe in the pan · Fold the crêpe over the cheese before frying (into an oval) · Honey for serving · Melted butter for serving
Frying time, first side: about 1 minute
Frying time, second side: 20–30 more seconds
Resting in the fridge (minutes): 30
Batter per crêpe: a small ladle of batter