Saturday, 01 March 2008 by
Lore
As you might have noticed, I am in a crêpe phase that just won’t go away. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not anywhere near complaining about this and I’m determined to enjoy it until the last drop, or shall I say crêpe :). Besides, I have a feeling I’m not the only one addicted to these thin layers of melting joy.
The dessert that I’m about to introduce you to has been one of my favourites ever since I was a child. Come to think about it, these layers are my mac ‘n’ cheese of desserts. If you’re looking for that sort of dish, I can assure you that you won’t be sorry. Easy to make and really good at making you ask for a refill. You can even cook them in the microwave oven.
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008 by
Lore
After experimenting with different ingredients to add to the crêpes batter, the banana crêpe turned out to be the winner when comparing: taste, looks and the batter’s behavior when cooking the crêpes.
What did I learn from trying to add other ingredients to the batter?
First of all, any new ingredient I decide to add, it should mix perfectly with the ordinary crêpes batter in order to get a homogenised smooth batter again (grated raw ingredients tend to get burned while cooking the crêpes and thus pretty much ruin the crêpe’s looks. Grated carrots or Granny Smith apples left small burned spots on the surface of the crêpe).
Second: I will never again combine carrots with ground cinnamon, especially if the carrots are really flavourful. That turned out to be a big no-no for me.
The cinnamon’s flavour is enhanced by combining it with icing sugar. I can hear you laughing you know! You probably already knew that, but I’ve discovered it just now. Yes, really 
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From now on, when I will be adding other ingredients to the batter, I’ll make sure the batter’s thickness remains pretty much the same as the thickness of an ordinary crêpes batter.
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Saturday, 09 February 2008 by
Lore
As I said in my last post I looove experimenting and because I know how rewarding it can be, I urge you to experiment as often as you can. Why? Because when experimenting it feels like you are playing, and when you’re successful you get a reward that is just incredible. It’s so comforting to succeed while playing and because our every day life does not offer us a hole bunch of these contexts, let’s just create them ourselves!
These crêpes are my second experiment from those rainy days that just won’t go away. So Kung Fu everyone :)) and let’s fight against gray weather influence!
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