Crêpes/Toppings

[boxerboxer]

Made a batch this morning - just a cup of flour, cup and a half milk, 3 eggs, and a lump of brown sugar, and I got to thinking particularly about toppings.

I love grapefruit and nutella (not on the same crêpe of course) and my family seems to favor strawberries and whipped cream.

I'm curious how others are making the crêpes and what people consider the end all topping.

[zetroc]

The best crepe topping/filling in the universe is a combination of Nutella, sliced bananas, and toasted slivered almonds. I would eat fifty of these at a time if my stomach would allow it.

[false_aesthetic]

I'm one for savory crepes.

Throw some prosciutto into a pan an get it a bit crispy, follow with a lil' bit of butter and some mushrooms n onions.
Place onto crepe add gruyere and greens (arugula). Roll and serve.

Salmon, cream cheese, avocado and tomato also work.

[nick k]

Squeeze a lemon and tap some sugar on the inside while piping hot. Fold and eat, the hot crepe turns the lemon juice and sugar into a sweet/bitter/sour syrup in a few seconds.

Slice bananas and melt a couple of squares of dark chocolate in the microwave. Spread chocolate and a few bananas on the inside and fold, top with more bananas and maybe unsweetened whipped cream. Whip a few tablespoons of barely pasteurized cream with a whisk or even a fork. It takes like 1 minute. Zetroc's almond suggestion above sounds awesome.

Anyone try reducing the amount of white flour? I've been baking with a mix of fine corn meal and almond flours, sometime spelt. Buckwheat (at least partially) is traditional in some pancake-ish recipes. Any other ideas?

[crumpton]

prosciutto, port salut and mache.

and if you don't have a crepe, just shove this into the nearest baguette and for the next 10 minutes, everything will be right in the world.

[JoB]

it works much better if you thin out the nutella with some milk and warm it up a little. add some homemade whipped cream.

homemade jam+whipped cream is also a favorite in my house.

Made a batch this morning - just a cup of flour, cup and a half milk, 3 eggs, and a lump of brown sugar, and I got to thinking particularly about toppings.

I love grapefruit and nutella (not on the same crêpe of course) and my family seems to favor strawberries and whipped cream.

I'm curious how others are making the crêpes and what people consider the end all topping.

[ericpmoss]

All these sound really really good. If you whip the cream with some Bailey's Irish Cream and serve with peaches and cinnamon, it's balleur (new word stolen from blasdelf).

[false_aesthetic]

There is now a standing invite to whomever:

Lemme put this in writing:

Ya'll come to LA, I'll take you to a few decent creperies and (if Lord Ninja Jesus ever fixes my knee) do it on the back of a decent ride in the mountains.

[Zimmermanbicycle]

We've been doing a regular sunday morning crepe over here at casa Zimmerman and usually it's a savory egg prosciutto and pesto followed by nutella/banana or lemon curd.
-Eric

[Shinomaster]

When I Was in Paris: butter, sugar and a shot of Grand Marnier. For savory, smoked jambon, et gruyere, with a grind of black pepper. You can also make a white sauce and and add mushrooms, spinach and ham. Oh man, I heart crepes en Paris.

[false_aesthetic]

We've been doing a regular sunday morning crepe over here at casa Zimmerman and usually it's a savory egg prosciutto and pesto followed by nutella/banana or lemon curd.
-Eric

Wanna go for a ride?

[Coppercook62]

poached seafood and Sauce American( Lobster cream sauce) is really good with a savory chive crepe

[turkish]

I love crêpes with "dulce de leche" o "cajeta".



Floating on custard:

[sk_tle]

Nothing beats crêpes with salted butter + sugar.

Crêpes are for anything sweet. If I want to have a real lunch with things like prosciutto, eggs, mache, pesto, etc, I cook galettes which are thinner crêpes made with buckwheat flour and without any sugar.

[Noteddy]

Inspiring thread. Made a savory batter by leaving out the sugar adding 1/2 tsp salt and a fistful of finely chopped fresh herbs- dill, oregano, chive blossoms,and cilantro, because that's what's growing at the moment.

Filled them with barely set scrambled eggs, crisped prosciutto and asparagus. Topped with a drizzle of chive oil. Didn't suck.

[boxerboxer]

First hand experience from today: whipped cream and home made dulce de leche is hard to beat.

[turkish]

My wife asked me to cook some crêpes for dinner topped with dulce de leche. She likes them small so we ate at least ten crêpes, really enjoyed them. Next time I promised to prepare everything by myself.