Crepes By Ratio

Total Time: 4 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 1 ounce milk (maybe another liquid, water, stock, juice, cream, etc. thinner you can increase by up to 25%)
• 1 ounce egg (my large are 1.875 oz)
• 1/2 ounce flour
• salt (optional)
• sugar (optional)
• vanilla extract (optional)

Recipe

• 1 average crepe is 2 oz so adjust recipe to number of crepes you need.
• 2 my large eggs are about 1.875 oz each.
• 3 use a scale and zero bowl, add eggs and note weight. zero scale.
• 4 add same weight milk. zero again.
• 5 add 1/2 the weight of egg.
• 6 whisk well. let it sit fo flour hydrates.
• 7 crepe pans or nonstick pans need less fat for cooking, resulting in a lighter crepe. a well seasoned cast iron would be good. a clean stainless steel pan will suffice.
• 8 using paper towel or silicone brush, lightly cover hot pan with oil or butter.
• 9 2 oz of batter in a 9" pan will be nice and thin. make as thick or thin as you wish.
• 10 cook untouched until set. gently turn and briefly cook other side.
• 11 remove to rack as more are made.
• 12 can cool and stack, cover and refrigerate for later use.
• 13 fold sides in 1st, bottom up and roll. place seam side down.
• 14 make leftovers elegant.
• 15 chicken, duck, beef, lamb, sausage etc.
• 16 cream cheese, sour cream and chives mixed layer lox or smoked salmon.
• 17 ham and cheese.
• 18 corned beef, saur kraut and swiss then bake.
• 19 saute spinach and shallots with salt, pepper and nutmeg add cream and cook till thick.
• 20 lemon curd and top with honey or creme fraiche.
• 21 jam, fold and top w/powdered sugar.
• 22 make a donzen layer crepe cake with your choice filling.
• 23 apple, butter, brown sugar sauted, fold and top with cinnamon.
• 24 saute bananas in butter and brown sugar, add shot rum, roll in crepe and top with chocolate sauce.
• 25 make syrup of oj, sugar and orange zest w/little lemon juice. add shot of gran marnier or other cognac. reheat crepes in syrup, fold into triangle and serve -- or add more liquieur and flame them -- in style of crepes suzette.
• 26 blackberries, cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, brandy, cornstarch, cinnamon and butter.