I was amazed at how nicely these pancakes rise when I spread the batter
in the crepe pan.
Not exact matches
I make pancakes at least once a week
in my regular frypan so when Profiline offered to send me a
crepe pan I was keen to see if it made any difference.
My tip for oiling the
pan for each
crepe is to keep the oil
in a small bowl and then dip
in a bunched up parchment paper and rub over the
pan each time.
Heat a
crepe pan (ideally it should be an iron
pan with shallow rise at the edges to keep your batter
in place, but if you don't have one, you can use any
pan you have!).
Continue with the same procedure, using the buttered paper towel
in between
crepes works great, you do not have to add butter every time to the
pan, a small coat from the napkin will do it.
If your batter looks thick
in the
pan or it doesn't spread all the way to the edge, then adjust the amount of batter per
crepe accordingly.
Wait until the frying
pan is hot, then pour a large spoonful of batter
in the shape of one large
crepe.
I use a
crepe - maker but you can absolutely make these with a frying
pan too, I will cover that more
in the recipe instructions below.
Here
in Ireland soda bread is our normal homemade bread, Everyone has their own family recipe.Instead of baking
in the oven we often cook it on a griddle (i use my cast iron
crepe pan) where it takes a fraction of the time.
I hadn't seasoned my new
crepe pan yet and was impatient, but found with
pan I used that abandoning
crepe technique and making pancakes a bit thicker it was a little like injera
in texture which actually worked really well.
You can warm the
crepes slightly
in the microwave, or spread them out on a baking
pan and place them
in a warm oven for just a few minutes.
Quick tip: When using tomatoes as a
crepe or galette stuffing, you should always cook them before
in a frying
pan so the water they contain doesn't soak your
crepe.
Pour a pancake - sized amount of batter into the
pan, swirling the
pan to gently spread the
crepe and fill
in any holes.
Sweet products sold
in the bread aisle, that target the breakfast market e.g. croissants, petit
pan de chocolate,
crepes
I made the Rice flour Crepes
in the morning, and although I do not have a
crepe pan, actually this was my first attempt, they turned out pretty good, and rolled up very well.
Repeat with the remaining batter, wiping out the
pan with kitchen paper dipped
in the melted butter for each
crepe.
Lay each filled / folded
crepe in the
pan and allow cheese to melt through (cooking for about 2 minutes on each side).
Use a small amount of butter
in pan (2 tsp to fry all
crepes).
made these (the vegan version) this morning but not sure where I went wrong — adding that much milk made the batter supper thin (though
in fact I only added half of what is recommended as I did it spoon by spoon as you said) and the pancakes consequently didn't work at all — they went into the
pan more like
crepes and then died a sad death there.
ON MAKING THIN
CREPES Add the batter while holding your
pan up on an angle, ladling
in just a bit of batter and immediately swirling your
pan.
Instead of using your regular
crepe size
pan, melt butter
in a large shallow skillet, perhaps 12 - 14 inches
in diameter.
Not only perfect for easily making Shrove Tuesday pancakes, beyond that you can also make
crepes and omelettes
in minutes — easier than using a
pan on the hob!