Wednesday, April 9, 2008

CREPES or Swedish Hotcakes- as my grandma would call them

Seriously simple. Get out your blender.

4 eggs
2 cups of milk
2 cups of flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cube of melted butter

preheat a frying pan (preferably an electric one) to 350 degrees. mix eggs and milk in blender. add flour. add salt. add butter. be sure to scrape down sides. pour batter(usually about a cup) into the center of the pan and then tilt the pan all around until the batter spreads into a big circle. cook about 15 seconds, when bottom side is dry, flip(using a spatula) and cook other side. makes about 12 crepes.

this is great for any meal- we serve it with fresh berries, homemade whipping cream and powdered sugar. my brothers fold them in half and eat them with peanut butter and syrup just like pancakes.

i also make chicken crepes as a main course that our family loves. i know it sounds weird but they are yummy.

lest i digrecipe

sauce
1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. flour
2 c. chicken broth
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
3 c. grated cheddar cheese

2 c. sour cream
10 oz. cooked broccoli
2 c. cooked chicken breast(app. 5 breasts)

Sauce- over medium heat, melt butter in small sauce pan. stir in flour and whisk it until bubbly and thick. add chicken broth and Worcestershire. cook, stirring constantly until thick. add 2 cups of the cheese. remove from heat and add the sour cream.

now using a large Pyrex, you make them like enchiladas. lay out a crepe, put in a 1/4 c. of cooked chicken, about 2 Tbls of sauce and sprinkle a little broccoli then wrap it up like and enchilada. lay them out long ways, all right next to each other then cover with the remaining sauce and sprinkle with the last cup of cheese. cover with foil and bake at 350 for 20 minutes. serve warm-great left overs(makes 12 crepes).

2 comments:

Likely said...

My in-laws have "swedish hotcakes" but they just call them Swedish pancakes. I think they are similar. They have a fancy way of rolling them up with their fork. I learned the hard way. I was the American nerd that didn't know the fancy European ways.

I love them with the chicken filling.... reminds me of conference time fittingly.

familia Bybaran said...

So delicious, but definitely not that simple. I think I got this recipe from you and tried to make it my first year of marriage and burnt half the crepe and was cursing somewhere in the process of making them, but they were delicious. Thanks for posting this.