Mixed Berry Crepes With Light Berry Sauce Recipes

THREE BERRY CREPES WITH CREME ANGLAISE AND STRAWBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Place all crepe ingredients together and mix well.
• Allow to stand for 30 minutes.
• Make crepes in a heavy crepe pan.
• Spray crepe pan with cooking oil and pour in enough mixture to form a thin and even layer over pan.
• When crepes begin to bubble turn and cook other side.
• Makes 10-12 crepes.
• While the crepe mixture is'standing'combine the berries and sugar for the filling in a bowl and allow to stand for 20 minutes.
• Filling-------------.
• Blend together all ingredients and put through a fine sieve to remove pips.
• Creme Anglaise-----------.
• Bring the milk to the boil with vanilla extract.
• Beat egg yolks and sugar until pale yellow.
• Pour milk over the eggs and blend.
• Return to a low heat and stirring constantly, thicken the sauce.
• Do not BOIL.
• The mixture is'thickened' when it coats the back of a spoon.
• Cover sauce and chill in the fridge.
• TO ASSEMBLE DESSERT-------------.
• Place generous spoonfuls of berries in the centre of each crepe (dividing the mixture evenly amongst the crepes).
• Fold in the sides of each crepe to form a square'parcel'.
• Allow 2'parcels' per person.
• Spoon the Creme Anglaise on one side of a flat plate and the Strawberry Sauce on the other so that the 2 sauces just meet in the middle.
• Arrange the crepes gently on the sauce.
• Garnish each plate with a strawberry sliced in half.
• Voila!

MIXED BERRY CREPES WITH LIGHT BERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• PREPARE BERRIES:.
• Place sugar, berries and lemon juice in medium saucepan.
• Heat over medium heat, stirring gently, until mixture boils and sugar is dissolved (about 5 minutes).
• Remove from heat; allow to cool slightly.
• PREPARE CHEESE:.
• While berry mixture is cooking or cooling: In a medium mixing bowl, stir together cream cheese, honey and lemon zest until thoroughly blended; set aside.
• TO ASSEMBLE:.
• Place 2 crepes on serving plate; spoon 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture & chopped macadamia nuts, if using, down the center of each crepe.
• Spoon approximately 1/4 cup berry mixture over cream cheese.
• Fold 2 sides of each crepe up and turn over to form roll.
• Repeat with remaining crepes, cream cheese mixture and berry sauce.
• **Replace cream cheese mixture with whipped cream. Allow berry mixture to cool before assembling.

MIXED BERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine berries, sugar, and lemon juice in a small saucepan set over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
• Pour water and orange juice into the mixture and simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
• Raise the temperature to high heat and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 5 minutes more.

MIXED BERRY CREPES

Steps:

• Cook frozen berries and maple sauce for sauce in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until fruit has defrosted and mixture is gently boiling, about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and mash berries with a potato masher until sauce reaches desired consistency.
• While the sauce is cooking, beat eggs in a bowl with an electric mixer until lemon colored, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in milk. Sift flour, sugar, and salt into the bowl and mix until batter is smooth.
• Grease a skillet with butter and heat over medium heat. Drop several tablespoons batter into the hot skillet and cook until light brown on the bottom, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip and cook another 1 to 2 minutes. Remove to a plate and repeat to cook remaining crepes.
• To serve, fold crepe and place on a plate. Add a big spoonful of berry sauce and top with whipped cream.

MIXED BERRY CREPES WITH MASCARPONE

Steps:

• FOR THE BATTER:.
• Blend the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor or blender.
• Add the milk, water, eggs, butter and vanilla extract, and process until smooth.
• Set aside for 30 minutes.
• FOR THE FRUIT:.
• While batter rests, hull and halve the strawberries.
• Toss with blackberries and raspberries, sugar and Grand Marnier, if using, in a medium bowl; set aside.
• FOR THE FILLING:.
• Whisk the cheeses with the sugar, orange zest and juice, and the vanilla extract.
• TO MAKE THE CREPES:.
• Heat a 6" nonstick skillet or crepe pan over medium heat until a drop of water bounces and sizzles briefly on its surface before evaporating.
• Quickly pour in about 2 tablespoons of crepe batter and swirl it to coat the skillet evenly.
• Cook until the batter sets, about 30 seconds.
• Flip the crepe and cook the other side until just barely golden.
• Repeat with remaining batter, stacking the crepes as they cook.
• FOR THE FILLING:.
• Place 1 tablespoon of the cheese filling on the lower left-hand corner of each crepe.
• Fold crepe in half, then half again to make a triangle with the filling in the tip.
• Repeat with the remaining crepes and filling.
• Stack filled crepes neatly on serving platter.
• *THE CREPES CAN BE PREPARED UP TO THIS POINT A DAY AHEAD, COVERED TIGHTLY WITH PLASTIC WRAP AND REFRIGERATED OVERNIGHT.
• TO SERVE:.
• Preheat an oven to 250ºF.
• Cover crepes with foil and warm in the oven until heated through, about 10 minutes.
• Spoon the macerated berries over the crepes and serve.
• Enjoy!