{"id":20739,"date":"2013-11-14T22:41:44","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T03:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=20739"},"modified":"2014-08-13T20:38:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T01:38:20","slug":"how-to-make-crepes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=20739","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Crepes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crepes are so popular right now.\u00a0 In fact, a French Creperie opened recently near where I live.\u00a0 While visiting my friend Francien in the Netherlands this summer, I asked her to teach me how she makes them.\u00a0 Afterall, the Europeans know and love their crepes.\u00a0 The Dutch call them pancakes.\u00a0 She took me through a step by step process, and then we ate them for dessert.\u00a0 Yum.<\/h3>\n

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Crepes have only three ingredients – milk, flour, and eggs.\u00a0 The biggest difference between a crepe and a pancake is that pancakes use baking powder to make them fluffy.<\/h3>\n

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You start by adding an egg to your bowl, and then whisk it.<\/h3>\n

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Then you gradually add all-purpose flour.\u00a0 It’s very important to NOT use self-rising flour.\u00a0 If you did, then your crepes would become pancakes, and we don’t want that.<\/h3>\n

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Then you pour in the milk, a little at a time.\u00a0 All the while, you are still mixing.\u00a0 Crepes have a rubbery consistency, and you get it from all of the stirring.\u00a0 (When making pancakes, you beat them as little as possible. That’s another difference.)<\/h3>\n

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When the batter is at a consistency that you can pour it into the pan, it is ready.\u00a0 You need to make sure that you added plenty of flour and milk, or your crepe will resemble an omelette.<\/h3>\n

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Add about 1\/2 tablespoon of oil to either a crepe pan or a small skillet.\u00a0 Pour in the batter, and tilt the pan in all different directions so the crepe will spread and cook evenly.\u00a0 Then turn it over, but it will only need a few seconds after that.\u00a0 You can only make one in a pan at a time, and you need to add a little oil before cooking each one.<\/h3>\n

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When it is done, roll it onto your plate and add the fillers.\u00a0 A crepe can be either a savory or a sweet depending on what you put inside.<\/h3>\n

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Since this was our dessert, we added orange yogurt (yum) and raspberries.\u00a0 It was delish.\u00a0 This would be a fun recipe to make with your kids.\u00a0 Also, you can make crepes in advance, and store them in the frig with wax paper between them to prevent them from sticking together.\u00a0 Just heat before serving.<\/h3>\n

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Take care and have a great week-end.<\/h3>\n

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Crepes are so popular right now.\u00a0 In fact, a French Creperie opened recently near where I live.\u00a0 While visiting my friend Francien in the Netherlands this summer, I asked her to teach me how she makes them.\u00a0 Afterall, the Europeans know and love their crepes.\u00a0 The Dutch call them pancakes.\u00a0 She took me through a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20739"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20739"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23928,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20739\/revisions\/23928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}