Crepes With Raspberry-Cassis Sauce

Crepes With Raspberry-Cassis Sauce
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Total Time
About 1 hour, plus 30 minutes’ resting
Rating
5(306)
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These sophisticated crepes can be made ahead of time and reheated in a low-temperature oven. The sauce, made by simmering raspberries in a rose-scented, cassis-spiked syrup, is what makes them special. While most of it is poured over the folded crepes, a bit is added to the yogurt, honey and lime filling, making it just sweet enough.

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Ingredients

Yield:6 servings

    For the Crepes

    • cups/300 milliliters low-fat milk, such as skim or 1 percent
    • 2large eggs
    • ¼teaspoon salt
    • 1tablespoon/15 grams sugar
    • cup plus 1 tablespoon/55 grams unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted
    • cup plus 1 tablespoon/55 grams whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour, sifted
    • 3tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus butter for the pan
    • 1teaspoon finely grated lime zest (from about ½ lime)

    For the Raspberry Sauce and Garnish

    • ¼cup sugar
    • ½teaspoon rose water
    • 16-ounce box raspberries (about 1¼ cups)
    • 1tablespoon crème de cassis liqueur

    For the Yogurt Filling

    • cups/300 milliliters plain Greek yogurt (2 percent fat)
    • 1tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon mild honey, such as clover or acacia (more to taste)
    • teaspoons finely grated lime zest (from about ½ lime)
    • 1 to 1½teaspoons fresh lime juice (to taste)

    For the Garnish

    • 16-ounce box raspberries (about 1¼ cups)
    • Powdered sugar for dusting (optional)
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Nutritional analysis per serving (6 servings)

390 calories; 15 grams fat; 8 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 3 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 54 grams carbohydrates; 6 grams dietary fiber; 26 grams sugars; 13 grams protein; 175 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    To make crepe batter, place milk, eggs, salt and sugar in blender. Turn on and, with the motor running, add flours, then melted butter and blend at high speed for 1 minute, until well mixed and smooth. Transfer to a bowl, stir in lime zest, cover and let rest for at least 30 minutes. If resting batter longer, refrigerate. (Whisk again before making crepes.)

  2. Step 2

    While batter is resting, make raspberry sauce. Combine ⅓ cup water and sugar in small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat. Stir in rose water, raspberries and cassis liqueur. Return to heat, bring to a simmer, cover and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat and strain the mixture into a bowl. Press the raspberry pulp through strainer with a spatula and discard seeds. Whisk or stir to blend pulp and syrup and set aside.

  3. Step 3

    Make the yogurt filling: In a separate bowl, whisk together yogurt, honey, lime zest and juice. Taste and adjust sweetness. Set aside.

  4. Step 4

    To make crepes, heat 8-inch nonstick crepe pan or skillet over medium-high heat and brush lightly with butter. Pan must be hot when you add crepe batter. Lift pan off heat and pour or ladle in a scant ¼ cup batter, enough to thinly coat bottom of pan. Tilt and swirl pan to distribute batter in an even layer. Return pan to heat and cook crepe for about 1 minute, until edges color and bottom of crepe is lightly browned. Crepe should not stick to pan. Flip crepe over and cook for 30 seconds on the other side, until speckled. Turn out onto a plate. Continue with remaining batter, brushing pan occasionally with butter if desired.

  5. Step 5

    If you want to serve crepes at their hottest, assemble them as they come out of the pan. Spread a rounded tablespoon of the yogurt mixture over each crepe, drizzle on ½ teaspoon raspberry sauce, fold crepe in half and then in half again. Place on plate or platter. When all crepes are made and filled, spoon or pour sauce over, garnish with raspberries, and, if desired, dust with powdered sugar. Serve.

Tip
  • Crepes can be made ahead and filled and reheated in a 250-degree oven for 20 minutes before being topped with sauce.

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An unsophisticated, but also delicious version:
I used to cook a lacy-thin crepe, put it on a warm plate and hand it to my son.
He would spread a thin layer of cream cheese, and a thin layer of raspberry jam on it, roll it up, hold it up to me for a bite and eat the rest, while I cooked the next crepe, etc. Happy memories...

This is the best thing I tasted in my entire life, I've never been so inspired in my life. Every time I taste it my tounge is in heaven. Sweet, crispy and warm. Please continue to make those wonderful recepies

By "throw out," you mean eat, of course!

These were delicious, but the yogurt filling had the consistency of half-and-half and became a sauce rather than a filling with a lovely lovely flavor.

Added toasted cardamom and nutmeg. Rolled them up with Nutella. Delicious.

I made just the sauce from this, to put on Bailey’s French Toast. It’s a fabulous sauce, and will go in my regular rotation!

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