Crêpes à la Fromage

Name: Crêpes à la Fromage
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature; 5 tablespoons flour; ½ teaspoon salt; 4 egg yolks; 4 egg whites; Softened butter; Clarified butter; Sugar; 3 tablespoons crème fraîche, or sour cream

Cheese Pancakes

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

About

Ingredients

4 egg whites
4 egg yolks
½ teaspoon salt

Europe
France
Brittany
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Beat whites until stiff yet creamy. Then with the same beaters (don’t wash them) beat the yolks until light. Add salt, flour, and cream cheese. Blend well and then add the crème.
Fold in the beaten whites. Mix well. Melt a piece of clarified butter in a skillet. When it is hot, spoon batter into skillet to make 3-inch pancakes. Brown both sides. These pancake