Strawberry Filled Crepes Recipes

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.

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.

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.

STRAWBERRY FILLED CREPES

Steps:

• Make the strawberry sauce first. Place sugar and strawberries in a saucepan and stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Add cornstarch mixture and cook until thickened and bubbly. Cool to room temperature.
• For the crepes, sift together flour, salt, baking powder and sugar. Beat eggs and stir in milk, water and vanilla. Make a well in the sifted ingredients. Pour in the liquid and stir quickly to combine. A few small lumps are fine.
• Heat an 8-inch skillet. Grease it with a few drops of oil. Add a small quantity of batter. Tip the skillet and let the batter spread over the bottom. Cook the crepe over moderate heat. When it is brown underneath, reverse it and brown the other side. Use a few drops of oil for each crepe. Yield: 1 dozen crepes.

STRAWBERRY FILLING FOR CREPES

Steps:

• In a pot, melt butter on medium heat.
• Put in frozen strawberries.
• Dissolve cornstarch in cold water, add to pot.
• Add sugar and salt.
• Stir and turn heat down to low-medium.
• Allow to simmer until strawberries are soft.
• Smoosh strawberries.
• If you'd like a thicker consistency, allow to simmer on low heat, uncovered.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool for one minute.
• Add cinnamon and vanilla.
• Wrap in crepes. Make beautiful with fresh strawberries and powdered sugar or whipped cream.

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.

STRAWBERRY-FILLED RICOTTA CREPES

Steps:

• Combine milk, flour, ricotta cheese, eggs, sugar, vanilla, salt, and almond extract in a blender; process until smooth. Let sit for 15 minutes, or cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or longer.
• Heat an 8-inch omelette pan over medium heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Lightly spray the hot pan with nonstick spray and melt a little butter in it. Pour 1/3 cup batter into the hot pan. Wait a few seconds, then slowly tilt the pan in all directions until the bottom surface and part of the sides are coated. Cook until top surface is dry and the edges release easily with the tip of a pairing knife; this will happen quickly.
• Place 2 tablespoons sliced strawberries directly in the center of each crepe while still in the pan. Fold crepe into quarters and transfer to a plate to serve. Cook remaining batter the same way; be sure to stir the batter each time because it settles quickly.