Recipe: Cauchoises Crêpes

Name: Crêpes Cauchoises
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: Crêpes cauchoises pour 4 personnespâte à crêpes :250 g de farine; 1/2 de lait; 2 oeufs; 1 cuillerée d'huile de pépin de raisin; 1 pincée de sel; garniture :2 pommes granny smith ou boskoop; 1 tranche épaisse de jambon blanc (1,5 cm environ); 100 gr de gruyère râpé; 20 cl de crème fraiche crue si possible; 1 citron; si vous avez des ramequins longs pour une personne sinon un plat à four.

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Prep 10 min

Cook 10 min

Total 20 min

Servings 4 serv.

a nice crêpes recipe from Normandy

Ingredients for 4 servings

Cauchoises crêpes for 4 peoplecrêpe batter:

250 g of flour
1/2 of milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of grape seed oil
1 pinch of salt

filling:

2 granny smith or boskoop apples
1 thick slice of white ham (approximately 1.5 cm)
100 gr of grated gruyère
20 cl of fresh raw cream if possible
1 lemon
if you have long ramekins for one person otherwise a baking dish.

Step-by-step directions

1 put flour in a bowl, make a well, crack the whole eggs into it. add the oil, salt and a little milk. work vigorously for lightness and gradually add the milk to obtain a ribbon consistency. let rest for 1 hour. if the batter has thickened, thin it with a little water or milk. 2/ cook the crêpes.
3/ peel and cut the apples into cubes, add a little lemon juice to prevent browning. also cut the ham into cubes.
4/ preheat oven to 200°
5/ put a crêpe in a ramekin or in the dish, fill it with apple and ham cubes, cover with a little gruyère and roll the crêpe so it is completely closed.
put some raw cream on top then gruyère and put in the oven for approximately 20 minutes until the cream is liquid and the gruyère is gratinéed. adjust the oven temperature according to your stove.
enjoy hot, it's a treat!