Cornmeal Crepes with Ricotta and Ham
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups whole milk
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus additional for brushing skillet
- 3 1/3 cups whole-milk or part-skim ricotta (30 oz)
- 1 (6-oz) piece Black Forest or Virginia ham, cut into 1/4-inch dice
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup hot pepper jelly
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 6 scallions, thinly sliced and white and pale green parts reserved separately from greens
- 2 cups corn (from 4 ears)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Blend flour, cornmeal, cumin, salt, milk, eggs, and 2 tablespoons butter in a blender until smooth.
- Let batter stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
- Lightly brush a 10-inch nonstick skillet with butter and heat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking.
- Stir batter, then, holding skillet off heat, pour in 1/3 cup batter, immediately tilting and rotating skillet to coat bottom.
- (If batter sets before skillet is coated, reduce heat slightly for next crepe.)
- Return skillet to heat and cook until just set and pale golden around edges, 10 to 15 seconds.
- Loosen edge of crepe with a heatproof silicone spatula, then flip crepe over carefully with your fingertips.
- Cook until underside is set, about 20 seconds more, and transfer crepe to a plate.
- Make 11 more crepes in same manner, brushing skillet lightly with butter for each and stacking crepes on plate as cooked.
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375F.
- Lightly butter a 13- by 9-inch (or 15- by 10-inch) shallow baking dish.
- Stir together ricotta, ham, egg, salt, and pepper.
- Put 1 crepe, paler side up, on a work surface and spread 1 teaspoon pepper jelly in a horizontal line just below center of crepe (toward end nearest you), leaving a 1-inch border on each side.
- Spoon 1/3 cup ricotta filling over jelly and fold in sides of crepe over filling, then, beginning at bottom, roll up to enclose filling.
- Arrange crepe, seam side down, in baking dish.
- Assemble 11 more crepes in same manner, arranging them in 1 layer in baking dish.
- Bake, covered with foil, until filling is hot, about 30 minutes.
- Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook white and pale green scallions, stirring, until softened, about 2 minutes.
- Add corn, salt, and pepper and cook, stirring, until crisp-tender, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add scallion greens and cook, stirring, until softened, about 1 minute.
- Spoon topping over crepes.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cornmeal-crepes-with-ricotta-and-ham-109667 (may not work)