Buckwheat Crêpes With Caramelized Apples

Buckwheat Crêpes With Caramelized Apples
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Total Time
About 45 minutes to an hour, plus 1 to 2 hours resting time for the crêpe batter
Rating
5(78)
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Buckwheat crêpes have wonderful earthy/nutty flavor. They are equally at home with a sweet or savory topping. If you have any caramelized apples left over, stir them into your yogurt for breakfast.

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Ingredients

Yield:12 crêpes, serving 6

    For the Crêpes

    • 250grams (1 cup) low-fat or whole milk
    • 75grams (⅓ cup) water
    • 3large eggs
    • 3grams (scant ½ teaspoon) salt
    • 75grams (⅔ cup) buckwheat flour
    • 62grams (about ½ cup) unbleached all-purpose flour
    • 45grams (3 tablespoons) melted butter or grapeseed oil

    For the Apples

    • 30grams (2 tablespoons) butter
    • 15grams (1 tablespoon) turbinado sugar
    • 2tart apples, such as Pink Lady, Gravenstein, Braeburn or Granny Smith, cored, peeled if desired, and sliced very thin
    • ½teaspoon cinnamon
    • ¼teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
    • Yogurt or crème fraîche for serving
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Nutritional analysis per serving (6 servings)

297 calories; 17 grams fat; 5 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 4 grams monounsaturated fat; 6 grams polyunsaturated fat; 30 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams dietary fiber; 11 grams sugars; 8 grams protein; 252 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

    Place milk, water, eggs and salt in a blender. Cover blender and turn on at low speed. Add flours, then butter or oil and increase speed to high. Blend for 1 minute. Transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.

  2. Step 2

    Place a nonstick or seasoned 8-inch crêpe pan over medium heat. Brush with butter or oil and when pan is hot, just before it begins to smoke, remove from the heat and ladle in about 3 tablespoons batter. Tilt or swirl pan to distribute batter evenly and return to the heat. Cook for about 1 minute, until you can easily loosen the edges with a spatula. Turn and cook on the other side for 20 to 30 seconds. Reverse onto a plate. Continue until all of batter is used up. Keep warm in a low oven.

  3. Step 3

    To make the caramelized apples, heat a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add butter. When it begins to color add sugar, apples, cinnamon and nutmeg. Turn heat to high and cook the apples, shaking and flipping them in the pan or stirring with a heat-proof spatula, until they have softened and caramelized, 5 to 10 minutes.

  4. Step 4

    Place a warm crêpe on a plate and spoon apples onto one half. Fold the crêpe over, then fold over again (to a quarter circle) to make room for another crêpe. Repeat with another crêpe. Top with a spoonful of crème fraiche or yogurt, and serve.

Tip
  • Advance preparation: The crêpes freeze well, for several weeks. Stack them between pieces of wax paper or parchment and wrap air-tight before freezing. You can make and refrigerate them up to a day ahead of serving.

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As for “resting” crêpe batter, Jacques Pépin once said “It doesn’t look tired to me. Let’s cook.”

. Ms Shulman’s caramelized apples were the perfect filling for the extra large ployes (10”) using the Bouchard Family’s Ploye Mix on my cast iron griddle.

Absolutely fabulous. Made as directed using two large Honeycrisps. Apples took a few minutes longer to get that them perfectly caramelized. I would use three apples next time as they were over the top delicious as a filling for the tender crepes.

I only used this filling recipe for my regular crepes - it was absolutely lovely. Needed only 1 apple (for two people) and halved the rest of the ingredients. Really wonderful.

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