The traditional French Crรชpes recipe
My sweetest childhood memory! The crรชpes were my fatherโs speciality. He enjoyed baking some for my brothers and me. We were used to eating them for dinner with ham, cheese, and a bechamel sauce inside. Then for dessert, we enjoyed them with some sugar, chocolate spread, jam. Itโs, for me, one of my happiest memories.
He was used to baking them โร lโoeilโ, which means without any measuring. Iโm here today to give you my recipe with, of course, all the proportions.
Servings
โ 15 crรชpes
Prep time:
10min
Cook time:
30min
Resting time:
30min
Introduction
About this Recipe
On the 2nd of February, we celebrate โLa Chandeleurโ here in France. Itโs a religious celebration which comes 40 days after Christmas. The name of this day comes from the โchandellesโ (*the candles) which were used during this day.
The tradition on this day is to bake French crรชpe. Once you flip your crรชpes, youโll need to put a gold coin in your left hand. If you succeed to flip your crรชpe correctly, you wonโt lack money for the new year.
Youโll see that I didnโt use any sugar in this recipe as youโll add different toppings to them.
If you want, you can use some sugar or vanilla sugar in your mix. I also really enjoyed adding some orange blossom water, but itโs completely optional.
These crรชpes are different from the galette, which is in the same shape but with buckwheat flour instead of the all-purpose flour used in this recipe.
Itโs quite like a pancake but thinner and lighter!
Ingredients
- 2 + 1/3 cup (550g) of milk
- 2 cups + 1 tbsp (250g) of all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 tbsp of neutral oil (or melted butter)
- *3 tbsp of orange blossom water
- *1 bag of vanilla sugar
(*Optional)
Here are the most common toppings you could find here in France to taste your crรชpe:
- Sugar
- Sugar + lemon juice
- Chocolate spread
- Chestnut cream
- Salted caramel
- Chantilly
- Jam
- Honey
- Maple syrup
Pick yours and taste your homemade crรชpe
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Start by breaking the eggs in a bowl and whisking them.
Add the milk, the melted butter (or neutral oil), and the orange blossom water* (*optional). Stir together.
Step 2
Add the flour 2 times and stir until everything is well combined. There are little tips here to be sure to have perfect preparation. I advise you to use a hand blender to finalize to stir everything together and avoid any lumps in your mix.
Let it rest for approximately 30 mins.
Step 3
Itโs really easy to cook your crรชpe. You only need a crรชpe pan. Itโs almost like a regular pan but thinner and lighter, which will help you to flip the crรชpe during the cooking. If you donโt have one, no problem, you can use a regular pan.
Step 4
Place your pan on medium heat. Let it warm and grease it with some butter. Donโt hesitate to wipe the excess.
Now, take some crรชpe mix and pour around a full ladle on your crepe pan with a ladle. Move the pan to spread the mix on all your pan and let it cook.
Once the edges of your crรชpes start to brown a little bit, you should be able to move it just by moving your pan. If youโre comfortable with that, flip your crรชpe with your pan with a small hand movement. If youโre not, take a spatula and flip your crรชpe.
Step 5
Let it cook on the other side for 1 to 2 minutes; itโs really quick.
Now, place it on a plate and continue to cook all your mix with the same process. Donโt forget to grease your pan each time to avoid your crรชpe sticking to the pan.
Step 6
Your crรชpes are just ready ! You could taste them just warm or completely cool. Just pick your favorite topping and enjoy ๐
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