France
Strawberries and cream crepes
Mahabaleshwar strawberry season in a fold of warm crepe, with clouds of cream on top.
55 minTime
10 gProtein each
mildSpice
Strawberries and cream2 chapters · 1 min readMake it your way
Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original473kcal
10 gprotein
2 gfibre
55minutes
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.
Ingredients
Method
5 steps- 1Whisk the maida, salt and 2 tsp sugar. Whisk in the eggs, then gradually the milk and water until smooth. Stir in 1 tbsp melted butter and rest 30 minutes.
- 2Toss the sliced strawberries with 1 tbsp sugar and leave them to sit while the batter rests.
- 3Whip the chilled cream with the remaining sugar and the vanilla until it holds soft peaks. Keep it in the fridge.
- 4Heat a non stick pan on medium and wipe with butter. Pour 1/4 cup batter, swirl and cook 1 minute, flip and cook 20 seconds. Stack under a towel.
- 5Spoon cream down the centre of each crepe, add strawberries and a little of their syrup, and roll up or fold. Top with more berries and a spoon of cream.
Serve it like this
Roll each crepe loosely and lay two side by side. Spoon cream over the top, pile on berries and drizzle with the pink syrup from the bowl.