Souffleed Almond-Dulce De Leche Crepes
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 eggs, plus 3 eggs separated
- 13 cup flour
- 13 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled, plus butter for pan
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 1 cup dulce de leche or cajeta
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
- Beat milk, almond extract and 3 whole eggs together until well blended.
- Mix flour and 1/3 cup sugar together and whisk into batter.
- Whisk in the butter.
- Strain mixture through a fine strainer and set aside for at least 30 minutes.
- Heat a 6-inch crepe pan.
- Very lightly butter it, then pour in a large spoonful of batter.
- Quickly tilt pan to coat bottom completely, cook until very lightly browned, peel crepe off the pan, turn it over and briefly cook the other side and remove.
- Don't worry if any of the crepes do not turn out well; there should be enough batter to spare.
- Repeat with remaining batter, buttering pan as needed.
- Stack finished crepes on a dinner plate, with the side that was cooked first facing down.
- You should have about 12 crepes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Butter jelly-roll pan and dust it with 1 tablespoon sugar.
- Toast almonds in oven or skillet.
- Set aside.
- Beat remaining egg yolks until thick.
- Stir in 2/3 cup dulce de leche.
- Beat remaining egg whites until softly peaked.
- Add remaining tablespoon sugar and beat until stiff but not dry.
- Stir one-third of egg whites into egg yolk mixture, then fold in the rest.
- Spoon a heaping tablespoon of the souffle mixture in the center of each crepe.
- Roll crepe around filling and place crepes, seam down, on baking sheet.
- Bake until crepes are puffed, about 15 minutes.
- Serve at once, with a little dulce de leche spooned on top, sprinkled with toasted almonds and whipped cream on the side.
milk, almond, eggs, flour, sugar, butter, almonds, cajeta, heavy cream
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/8715 (may not work)