Three Berry Crepes With Creme Anglaise And Strawberry Sauce
- CREPES
- 1 cup milk
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 eggs
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon butter
- FILLING
- 1 pint strawberry
- 1 pint boysenberries
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar
- CREME ANGLAISE
- 250 ml milk
- 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 egg yolks
- 75 g sugar
- 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!
milk, flour, salt, water, eggs, nutmeg, butter, filling, strawberry, boysenberries, caster sugar, anglaise, milk, vanilla, egg yolks, sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/three-berry-crepes-with-creme-anglaise-and-strawberry-sauce-20607 (may not work)