Strawberry Dessert Crêpes Recipes

STRAWBERRY CREME CREPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the milk, eggs, butter and extract. Combine the flour, sugar and salt; add to milk mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour., Heat a lightly greased 8-in. nonstick skillet over medium heat; pour 2 tablespoons batter into the center of skillet. Lift and tilt pan to coat bottom evenly. Cook until top appears dry; turn and cook 15-20 seconds longer. Remove to a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter, greasing skillet as needed. When cool, stack crepes with waxed paper or paper towels in between., In a small saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch; stir in water and lemon juice until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Stir in extract and, if desired, food coloring. Cool. Add strawberries. , In a small bowl, beat the cream until stiff peaks form; set aside. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth; fold in whipped cream. Spoon 2 rounded tablespoons of filling down the center of each crepe; roll up. Top with strawberry topping.

CREAMY STRAWBERRY CREPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, water and butter. In another bowl, mix flour and salt; add to egg mixture and mix well. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour., Heat a lightly greased 8-in. nonstick skillet over medium heat. Stir batter. Fill a 1/4-cup measure halfway with batter; pour into center of pan. Quickly lift and tilt pan to coat bottom evenly. Cook until top appears dry; turn crepe over and cook until bottom is cooed, 15-20 seconds longer. Remove to a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter, greasing pan as needed. When cool, stack crepes between pieces of waxed paper or paper towels. , For filling, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, zest and vanilla until smooth. Fold in 2 cups berries and the whipped cream. Spoon about 1/3 cup filling down the center of each crepe; roll up. Garnish with remaining berries and, if desired, additional confectioner's sugar. Cover and refrigerate or freeze remaining crepes in an airtight container, unfilled, for another use.

CREAMY STRAWBERRY CREPES

Steps:

• Place the eggs, milk, water, melted butter, flour, and salt in the pitcher of a blender; blend until smooth.
• Blend the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth. Gently fold in the whipped cream.
• Heat a lightly oiled griddle or non-stick skillet over medium heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 2 tablespoons for each crepe. Tip and rotate pan to spread batter as thinly as possible. Flip over when the batter is set and the edges are beginning to brown. Cook until the other side begins to brown. Stack finished crepes on a plate, cover with a damp towel and set aside.
• To serve, fill each crepe with 1/4 cup sliced strawberries and 1/3 cup of the cream cheese filling, roll up and top with a small dollop of the cream cheese filling and more sliced strawberries.

STRAWBERRY CREPES FLAMBE

Steps:

• Fold crepes in quarters. Heat in 1 tablespoon unsalted butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-high, flipping once, until warm and crisp, 5 minutes; divide between 2 plates.
• Return skillet to heat; melt 3 tablespoons butter. Stir in packed light-brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and a pinch of kosher salt; cook, swirling pan, until darkened slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. Add halved strawberries; cook until tender, 2 minutes. Remove from heat; add silver rum.
• To flambe, return skillet to medium-high heat. If using a gas burner, carefully tilt pan away from you to ignite; if using an electric burner, use a lit long match held just above the sauce. When flame subsides (5 to 10 seconds), spoon strawberries over crepes. Return skillet to medium-high heat and reduce sauce until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes; pour over crepes. Whisk heavy cream until thickened slightly. Drizzle over crepes; serve.

STRAWBERRY CREPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat together egg, milk, water and oil. Beat in flour, sugar and salt until smooth.
• Heat a medium, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Place a ladleful of crepe batter into center of pan, tilting to coat the bottom. Cook until golden brown on one side, turning once, 2 to 5 minutes. Continue with remaining batter.
• In a small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate chips, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
• To assemble, spread some melted chocolate on the lighter side of one crepe. Place a line of overlapping strawberries down the center of the crepe and roll it up. Top with whipped topping and drizzle with a bit more chocolate. Repeat with remaining crepes.

STRAWBERRY CREPES

Steps:

• Filling:.
• Hull, rinse and slice strawberries into a bowl.
• Add brown sugar and toss until well coated; set aside.
• In a separate bowl whip whipping cream and refrigerate.
• Crepes:.
• In a medium bowl whisk all ingredients together until there are no more lumps.
• Over medium heat, heat crepe pan or non-stick frying pan.
• When heated remove from heat and spray with cooking oil.
• Pour a 1/3 cup of the batter in the pan. Quickly lift pan and tilt and turn until batter evenly covers the bottom.
• Cook over medium heat for 30 - 45 seconds until the edges are dry enough to get a spatula under to flip.
• Cook for another 30 seconds on the other side.
• Should not be totally browned.
• Remove from pan onto a plate.
• Spray pan with cooking spray and repeat for the rest of the batter.
• Stack crepes with wax paper between so they can be easily separated.
• Crepes can be made ahead of time.
• Can also be frozen wrap first in wax paper then put into plastic bag and then foil.
• They stay moist if this is done when still slightly warm.
• Assembly:.
• Down the middle 1/3 of the crepe spread one or 2 heaping spoons of whipped cream (about 2-3" wide).
• On top of the whipped cream spoon some of the berry sugar mixture.
• Fold one side of the crepe over the mixture and then the other side over first side.
• Top with a spoon of berry sugar mixture, whipped cream. Drizzle chocolate syrup or sprinkle shaved chocolate and sliced almond optional.
• Enjoy.

STRAWBERRY CREPES

Steps:

• Make crêpes:
• Sift flour, sugar, and salt. Add eggs, one at a time, and mix until no lumps remain (you may use an electric mixer at slow speed). Mix in lemon rind or vanilla, cognac, and melted butter. Slowly add milk and mix until batter is consistency of thin cream. Let it stand an hour or two before making crêpes.
• Heat a crêpe pan (either 6-inch or 10-inch, according to desired size of crêpes) and rub it with butter. For each crêpe, pour a little batter into the pan, tilting about to let it run over the bottom in a fairly thin layer. When lightly browned on the bottom, turn carefully and brown other side. As each crêpe is cooked, remove it to a hot platter and keep warm. Re-butter pan as needed.
• Make filling:
• Sprinkle washed, hulled, and sliced strawberries with sugar to taste and add sherry. Let stand to mellow. Heap each crêpe with sliced strawberries, roll up and arrange in a buttered chafing dish and heat over hot water. Melt currant jelly and pour over crêpes. Add and ignite cognac. Serve with plain or whipped cream.

STRAWBERRY DESSERT CRêPES

Steps:

• Mix a pint or more fresh sliced strawberries with a teaspoon or two each of sugar and kirsch, orange liqueur, or cognac, and let stand for an hour. Drain, spoon berries generously over the lower underside of a crêpe (page 88), and roll up. Arrange 2 crêpes, seam down, on each serving plate. Drizzle over a spoonful of berry juices and top with lightly whipped cream-crème Chantilly (page 101).

DESSERT CREPES WITH STRAWBERRY CREAM FILLING

Steps:

• To make strawberry cream: Combine the strawberries and sugar and chill, anywhere from an hour to overnight.
• Drain excess water from strawberries and sugar.
• In mixing bowl blend cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth.
• Stir in reserved strawberries.
• To make dessert crepes: Beat eggs; add remaining ingredients (batter can be refrigerated up to 2 hours).
• Heat pan over med-high heat (you can use an actual crepe pan, but I just use a small frying pan).
• When a few drops of water sprinkled on the pan bounces is about the right temperature.
• Pour about 1/8 C of batter into pan, tilting to spread evenly.
• When the crepe has turned a light brown color you may or may not want to turn to brown other side.
• Turn to brown other side if batter has not set.
• Fill crepes with strawberry cream.
• May serve immedietly or chills well in the refrigerator (up to 2 days).
• Before serving I usually sprinkle a little extra powdered sugar on the crepes.
• The dessert crepe receipe will also work well with many other fillings.