Peppermint Patootie > wrote:
: I had some friends over for dinner Sunday night, and I was trying to
: think of a super duper dessert for us to have after our turkey pilaf and
: salad. After "make your own trifle" bit the dust (I couldn't get up the
: energy to bake a yellow cake *and* make a fruit sauce *and* make custard
: sauce), I was inspired by someone's reference online to crepes for
: Shrove Tuesday.

: I hadn't made crepes for probably 30 years, but I pulled a very simple
: recipe off the web, used my grandmother's cast iron griddle, and
: produced some fabulous crepes. My guests each had two, while I
: satisfied myself with one. I cleaned out the freezer of some very old
: frozen fruit, making three bowls of sweetened thickened cooked fruit:
: blueberry, raspberry, and peach. I also sweetened up some ricotta and
: thinned it a bit with cream. I used a lot of ricotta and a bit of
: blueberry in my crepe, while my guests threw caution to the winds and
: made some lovely goopy concoctions.

: I've been craving crepes ever since and have been trying to come with
: ways to make them less carby so I might enjoy them from time to time as
: part of my normal eating. Certainly sweetening ricotta with sugar
: substitute and not sweetening the berries would help the filling side of
: it. But for the crepes themselves?

: Here are the ingredients in the crepe batter that made six good-sized
: crepes:

: 2 eggs
: 1/2 cup milk
: 1/2 cup water
: 1/4 teaspoon salt
: 2 Tablespoons butter
: 1 cup flour

: The problem, of course, is the flour, although I can also make it 1/4
: cup heavy cream and 3/4 cup water instead of the 1/2 and 1/2.

: My thought is that almond meal would be too heavy to use in the place of
: the flour, and my intuition says that trying to grind it farther would
: result in almond paste. I could add another egg and make it a cross
: between an omelet and a crepe, but I'd rather keep something closer to
: crepe texture.

: Does anyone have any suggestions?

: Thanks!

: Priscilla
: --
: "What you fail to understand is that criticising established authority by means
: of argument and evidence is a crucial aspect of how science works."
: - Chris Malcolm
Sounds lovely. My oly question is now that Shrove tuesday or Pancke day
has passed, do you have to wait until Easter to try them again:-)

Wendy

In article >,
"W. Baker" > wrote:

> Sounds lovely. My oly question is now that Shrove tuesday or Pancke day
> has passed, do you have to wait until Easter to try them again:-)

Heh! No, because I don't follow those rules or traditions any more. I
was inspired by someone else talking about crepes for Shrove Tuesday. I
wasn't making Sunday into Shrove Tuesday. :-)

That reminds me, though. Oh, dear! Hot cross buns have become a
personal tradition in terms of permitted unhealthy eating. I'm trying
to get back on the stick in anticipation of breaking in a new endo in
early March, but... but... Entenmann's hot cross buns are the absolute
BEST! And they may have them in the local store now. Aaarrgghh!!!
Those angels on each shoulder seem to be wearing spike heels. No fair.
*sigh*

Priscilla, conflicted
--
"What you fail to understand is that criticising established authority by means
of argument and evidence is a crucial aspect of how science works."
- Chris Malcolm

Peppermint Patootie > wrote:
: In article >,
: "W. Baker" > wrote:

: > Sounds lovely. My oly question is now that Shrove tuesday or Pancke day
: > has passed, do you have to wait until Easter to try them again:-)

: Heh! No, because I don't follow those rules or traditions any more. I
: was inspired by someone else talking about crepes for Shrove Tuesday. I
: wasn't making Sunday into Shrove Tuesday. :-)

: That reminds me, though. Oh, dear! Hot cross buns have become a
: personal tradition in terms of permitted unhealthy eating. I'm trying
: to get back on the stick in anticipation of breaking in a new endo in
: early March, but... but... Entenmann's hot cross buns are the absolute
: BEST! And they may have them in the local store now. Aaarrgghh!!!
: Those angels on each shoulder seem to be wearing spike heels. No fair.
: *sigh*

: Priscilla, conflicted
: --
: "What you fail to understand is that criticising established authority by means
: of argument and evidence is a crucial aspect of how science works."
:

Ah Priscila, Are those Entenmenn's hot cross buns kosher dairry or parev
to mix a metapho-)

Wendy
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