Les Crêpes

Name: Les Crêpes (Pancakes)
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: ½ lb. of flour; 8 tablespoons of cream; 1 tablespoon of brandy; 3 ozs. of sugar; 5 eggs; ½ pint of milk; 4 ozs. of finely crushed macaroons; a pinch of salt; 1½ ozs. of butter

Pancakes

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes of all Nations

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

About

From time immemorial pancakes have been one of the most popular of French entremets. There are various recipes for making them, and they are garnished in different ways. The recipe given below is for crêpes à la Parisienne.

Ingredients

½ lb. of flour
3 ozs. of sugar
5

Europe
France
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Put the flour, sugar and the pinch of salt in a terrine or a salad bowl, make a well in the centre, and put in the eggs, one at a time, mixing in the flour gradually with a wooden spoon. Then add the milk, to which the melted butter has been added gradually, and start beating the mixture. Finally, add the cream and the crushed macaroons. Let the mixture stand in the kitchen for