Description
Thin pancakes filled with lightly sweetened farmer’s cheese, top with a fruit or chocolate sauce
Ingredients
Scale
for the crepes:
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup warm water
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons melted butter
for the filling:
12 ounces farmer’s cheese
2 ounces cream cheese
1 egg yolk
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
zest of a lemon
Instructions
for the crepes:
- Combine the flour, milk, water, eggs, and salt
- Let the batter rest for an hour
- Add the butter and a little water if too thick
- Heat a pan over medium-high heat, brush with butter
- Add a scant 1/4 cup of batter, tilting and shaking the pan to spread the batter into a circle approximately 8 inches in diameter
- Just as the top of the batter begins to set, flip the crepe and cook the other side for about 15 seconds
- Repeat until the batter is used up
for filling:
- Combine the cheeses, egg yolk, sugar
- Stir in butter, salt, and lemon zest
to assemble:
- Spoon a line of filling about 1 inch by 4 inches in each crepe
- Fold the sides in and roll to wrap filling
- Lightly brown filled crepes on both sides in butter
- Top as desired
Notes
Top with chocolate sauce or a fruit sauce such as this