Serving Suggestions
So, what do you do with all these yummy disks? Recipes abound for good
crepe fillings, but you don't need to get fancy to have quite a treat
on your hands. Here are some quick and easy ways to serve:
Simple and sweet
Fold two crepes in quarters. Place them on the plate so that they overlap,
and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Drizzle with fresh lemon juice.
Rolled with jam
Spread crepes with your favorite jam or preserve (raspberry is my favorite),
and roll them up like tasty cigars. Line them up on a plate, and
sprinkle with the ubiquitous powdered sugar.
Chocolate stack
Spread four or five crepes with chocolate pudding (or if you want to
get fancy, a chocolate ganache) and stack them on a plate. Chill
the stack to firm it up, and then top it with dollops of sweetened
whipped cream. Cut into wedges with a very sharp knife.
What's a chocolate ganache you ask? Chop 11 ounces of bittersweet
chocolate into small pieces and place in a large bowl. Heat 1 1/4 cups
of heavy cream in a saucepan until it boils. Immediately pour the cream
over the chocolate. Let the chocolate melt in the hot cream for 5 minutes.
Gently whisk the mixture, starting in the center of the bowl, until
the chocolate and cream are completely blended. The mixture will thicken
as it cools.
Apples a la mode
Scoop small spoonfuls of vanilla ice cream along the centerline of
a crepe and fold the two sides up to cover the ice cream. Top with
heated apple pie filling (you can get canned pie filling at the grocery
store in the baking aisle). Top with whipped cream, sprinkle with
nuts.
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