Crepe With Fruit Flambe Filling Recipes

STRAWBERRY CREPES FLAMBE

Steps:

• Fold crepes in quarters. Heat in 1 tablespoon unsalted butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-high, flipping once, until warm and crisp, 5 minutes; divide between 2 plates.
• Return skillet to heat; melt 3 tablespoons butter. Stir in packed light-brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and a pinch of kosher salt; cook, swirling pan, until darkened slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. Add halved strawberries; cook until tender, 2 minutes. Remove from heat; add silver rum.
• To flambe, return skillet to medium-high heat. If using a gas burner, carefully tilt pan away from you to ignite; if using an electric burner, use a lit long match held just above the sauce. When flame subsides (5 to 10 seconds), spoon strawberries over crepes. Return skillet to medium-high heat and reduce sauce until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes; pour over crepes. Whisk heavy cream until thickened slightly. Drizzle over crepes; serve.

CREAMY STRAWBERRY CREPES

Steps:

• Place the eggs, milk, water, melted butter, flour, and salt in the pitcher of a blender; blend until smooth.
• Blend the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth. Gently fold in the whipped cream.
• Heat a lightly oiled griddle or non-stick skillet over medium heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 2 tablespoons for each crepe. Tip and rotate pan to spread batter as thinly as possible. Flip over when the batter is set and the edges are beginning to brown. Cook until the other side begins to brown. Stack finished crepes on a plate, cover with a damp towel and set aside.
• To serve, fill each crepe with 1/4 cup sliced strawberries and 1/3 cup of the cream cheese filling, roll up and top with a small dollop of the cream cheese filling and more sliced strawberries.

FRUIT 'N' CREAM CREPES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour., In an 8-in. nonstick skillet, melt 1 teaspoon butter. Stir batter; pour about 2 tablespoons into the center of skillet. Lift and tilt pan to evenly coat bottom. Cook until top appears dry; turn and cook 15-20 seconds longer. Remove to a wire rack. Make 3 more crepes, adding remaining butter to skillet as needed., For filling, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth. Spread 1 rounded tablespoon on each crepe; top with 1/4 cup fruit and roll up. Sprinkle with remaining confectioners' sugar.

FRESH FRUIT FILLED CREPES

Steps:

• Break eggs into a medium bowl and whisk together.
• Add milk, vanilla extract, and whisk into the eggs.
• Slowly add the sifted flour while continually whisking to prevent lumps.
• Add the salt, then whisk in the cooled melted butter.
• Let the batter rest for 30 minutes.
• Heat a non-stick 8 to 10 inch pan on medium high heat. Spray lightly with cooking oil.
• Ladle in about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of batter and swirl to coat the pan bottom.
• Fry for 45 to 60 seconds until slightly browned and the edges are starting to curl, then flip the crepe and fry for another 15 to 25 seconds. Remove to a plate. Continue with the remainder of the batter, spraying with a little cooking spray between crepes.
• Fill with topping of choice.

CRêPES WITH FLAMBéED PEACHES

Steps:

• Lightly brush a crêpe with melted butter and warm in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, 15 to 30 seconds. Flip and fold over twice to form a triangle, then transfer to a serving platter. Repeat with the remaining crêpes.
• Sauté the peaches in the butter and sugar in the same skillet over medium-high heat until tender, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Carefully add the rum to the skillet and use a long lighter to ignite. Cook until the alcohol burns off, then stir in the lime juice. Spoon the peaches over the crêpes.

CREPE WITH FRUIT FLAMBE FILLING

Steps:

• Crepes:.
• Sift dry ingredients into a bowl.
• Mix together wet ingredients.
• After making a well in the dry ingredients, pour wet ingredients into the well and gradually incorporate ensureinga smooth batter.
• Allow to rest for 30 minutes.
• When rested process as for crapes.
• Fruit Flambe filling:.
• Melt the butter and sugar in a saucepan. Add the juices and cook for 1-2 min until boil.
• Add the fruit of your choice and gently toss it in the juices. add brandy and grand manier, cook further 30 sec to evaporate the alcohol.
• put fruit flambe on the crape and fold. serve with scoop of ice cream.

FUZZY NAVEL FLAMBE CREPES

Steps:

• To make the peaches: Place peaches in a medium bowl. Pour boiling water over peaches and let stand for 30 seconds. Remove the peaches from the hot water and plunge them into a bowl filled with cold water and ice. When the peaches are cool enough to handle peel the skins using a pairing knife. Cut each peach into eighths. In a medium bowl, combine the peach slices, peach schnapps, sugar and orange zest. Set aside.
• To make the flambe: In a large saute pan over medium heat, melt the clarified butter. Briefly saute one crepe at a time, just long enough to heat through. Fold each crepe into quarters and place on a warm serving plate. Add one third of the peaches and saute for 30 seconds. Carefully add 2 tablespoons of the orange liqueur. At full arm's length, slightly tip the back side of the saute pan towards the gas flame to ignite the liqueur. Let the flame extinguish. Ladle peaches over the crepes. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg. Serve with vanilla ice cream.
• Combine the pastry flour and salt in a medium bowl. Add 1 cup of milk. Whisk until all the lumps are removed and a paste is formed. Add the butter and whisk until well incorporated. Slowly whisk in the 2 cups of milk and the eggs. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 1/2 hour in the refrigerator.
• Heat the crepe pan over very low heat for 3 to 5 minutes. Meanwhile, thin the batter with the remaining milk as needed. Ladle 2 ounces into the dry pan and quickly swirl the batter around until the bottom of the pan is evenly coated (see Cook's Note**). Turn the crepe when the top looks firm, after about 1 minute. Cook for 15 to 30 seconds on the other side. Layer crepes between pieces of wax paper to prevent sticking (see Cook's Note***). Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use.

QUICK N' EASY FRUIT CREPES

Steps:

• Spray non-stick on pan, and heat on medium heat.
• Combine all ingredients in a measuring cup.
• When pan is ready (water droplets thrown on it should sizzle), pour on crepe batter until desired size. (Swivel the pan a little to spread out the batter a bit).
• Once the edges have changed colour and firmed up, flip the crepe and leave on the other side for about 10 seconds.
• Cover with fruit topping and whipped cream.
• Fruit Topping Suggestion: Combine frozen fruit in pot with water and sugar (You can use fresh fruit too, I just happen to have a lot of frozen fruit handy.).
• Heat on medium high heat (while you are making the crepes).
• When it's heated you can either leave as is or puree it.

TROPICAL FRUIT FLAMBé

Steps:

• Set a large pan on the stove over medium-high heat. Pour apple juice into the pan and add brown sugar; let it simmer until golden and bubbling, about 4 minutes.
• Put mango, banana, and strawberry slices in the pan with cinnamon. Stir to cover fruit with the sauce and cook for 3 minutes.
• Remove pan from the heat and add rum. Place back on the heat and use a long lighter to set it on fire. Once the flame has gone out, cook for 1 more minute.
• Divide fruit evenly between 3 bowls and top each with 1/2 scoop ice cream.

TROPICAL-FRUIT CREPE CAKE

Steps:

• Pastry cream: In a large sauce-pan, bring milk, coconut, and salt to just under a boil. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand until cool, about 2 hours. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve; discard solids.
• In a medium saucepan, whisk together granulated sugar and cornstarch. Whisk in egg yolks, then milk mixture. Stir in butter. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then continue to cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Pass mixture through fine-mesh sieve. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing it directly onto surface of pastry cream to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours and up to 3 days.
• Crêpes: Combine flour, granulated sugar, salt, milk, eggs, vanilla, and melted butter in a blender. Blend until smooth. Refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
• Lightly brush an 8-inch non-stick skillet or crêpe pan with butter. Heat over medium until just starting to smoke. Remove from heat and pour a scant 2 tablespoons batter into center, swirling to cover bottom. Cook until edges are golden and center is dry, about 30 seconds. Flip and cook about 20 seconds more. Slide crêpe onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining batter, brushing skillet with more butter and adjusting heat as needed; stack crêpes as you go (you should end up with about 40). Let cool completely. Crêpes can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 3 days.
• Whisk chilled pastry cream to remove any lumps. In a medium bowl, whip 1 cup heavy cream to stiff peaks. Fold into pastry cream. Place a crêpe on a flat serving dish. Spread about 1/4 cup pastry cream onto crêpe. Repeat process with remaining crêpes and pastry cream, finishing with a crêpe. Refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours and up to overnight.
• To serve, whip remaining 1 cup heavy cream with confectioners' sugar to stiff peaks. Arrange pineapple slices on top of cake, overlapping slightly. Dollop whipped cream on top and garnish with toasted coconut.

CHOCOLATE-FRUIT CREPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the buttermilk, eggs and butter. Combine the flour, sugar and cocoa; add to buttermilk mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour., Heat a lightly greased 8-in. nonstick skillet over medium heat; pour 2 tablespoons batter into the center of skillet. Lift and tilt pan to coat bottom evenly. Cook until top appears dry; turn and cook 15-20 seconds longer. Remove to a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter, greasing skillet as needed. When cool, stack crepes with waxed paper or paper towels in between., In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the pie filling, peaches and cinnamon. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 3-4 minutes or until heated through, stirring once. Stir in extract. Spoon 2 tablespoons filling down the center of each crepe. Fold sides of crepe over filling. Drizzle with ice cream topping and, if desired, garnish with whipped cream.