Sunday Brunch..

This weekend I plan on making some crepes for the guys..I thought I would share it with you now in case you might want to gather up the ingredients and it on the table for your family this weekend too..

Crepes are simple yet can fail due to technical error. Making the batter is effortless, just put the following ingredients in a blender...

1 cup whole milk

½ cup water

¼ teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon vanilla (I use 1 teaspoon vanilla paste, which is a lovely way to add vanilla beans and that wonderful vanilla fabulousness to anything)

4 tablespoons melted butter

a tablespoon of agave syrup

Blitz until combined. I follow Alton Brown’s rule to let the batter rest for a bit in the fridge to dissipate bubbles but what I’ll often find is that the batter isn’t fluid enough. It should pour from the blender rather easily and you should be able to quickly swirl the batter around the pan to create an even layer of batter over the hot pan. So I’ll just pour in a bit of extra milk to loosen it up. I melt extra butter, around ¼ of a stick, and coat a warm pan with just enough to make the surface glisten but not so much that there’s butter floating about. It’s critical that the pan is warm so the batter moves about easily to form an even layer. I cook crepes just between low and medium heat, never allowing the bottom to brown. And I don’t flip. I just make sure that the batter is cooked through by poking at the crepe to make sure there’s no moisture left. Fold gently onto a plate and add a dash of maple syrup. If you’re the crepe maker, you’ll likely not have much time to partake in your own creation. You’ll be a slave to the pan and batter but rest assured the recipients of your buttery crepes will be forever thankful to you for such a lovely Sunday morning treat.

While you can you can make savory and sweet, you can also make breakfast crepes with eggs and sausage..But one of my favorite ways is to make strawberry crepes..

Just make a stack of crepes from the recipe above and then fill them with...

Ingredients:

1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese (softened)

1/4 cup icing sugar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon lemon zest

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup heavy cream

1 batch crepes

4 tablespoons strawberry jam

2 cups strawberries (sliced)



Directions:

1. Mix the cream cheese, icing sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla in a bowl.

2. Whip the heavy cream and fold it into the cream cheese mixture.

3. Spread 1 table spoon strawberry jam onto a crepe.

4. Add 1/4 cup of the cream cheese mixture and some strawberries in the crepe, roll and serve.

You could even drizzle some melted chocolate over these to really make them special...Even in this time of year you can enjoy some fruity crepes. Also you could stick with seasonal items such as apples, apricots, peaches..You could just go in any direction with these..

A Wonderful Sunday Brunch!

K Jaggers
♥