I’ve enjoyed cooking for you this week, but the final course has arrived!
What 6 course French-inspired meal would be complete without the classic French crepe? Today, I’ll create a No Recipe crepe filling to present as an attractive and delicious dessert.
Making the thin French pancake may be intimidating at first, but after the first few, you’ll be turning them out like a Parisian!
The basic batter of milk, eggs, flour, and butter in a small non-stick pan will make lace-thin crepes that cook very quickly.
Then, you can fill them with your favorite ingredient, sweet or savory. But, you don’t need a recipe for that, you just need an inspiration.
My inspiration for dessert is to add a strawberry crepe filling made from the fruit being gently simmered in brandy and sugar. Once the strawberries soften slightly they can be cooled and simply folded with fresh whipped cream as a quick and easy dessert to top our 6 course celebration of our No Recipe Lifestyle.
Strawberries are only one ingredient in a long list of crepe fillings. If I weren’t able to find strawberries, what do you think I should substitute at the last minute?
I’d love to hear your last-minute fix by leaving a comment below:
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Carla
383 days ago
Great ensemble of food, Chef Todd! Congratulations.
Learned a lot, and yearning for more 
You’re the best…
ChefTodd
383 days ago
Thanks for the kind words, Carla.
Dan
384 days ago
You’re right, it doesn’t take very many before you start getting the hang of it! Having now made crepes (wonderful!!) I would say you could put almost anything in them. Blueberry jelly mashed with cream cheese? Wrap ‘em around ice cream with some butterscotch? You could probably even put something more savory in there, like sweet potatoes – but that wouldn’t really be dessert. I’m also wondering about substituting, say, sour cream for the butter and cutting back the sugar a bit. Lots of room for experimenting with these things!