Crepes Buffet

Name: Crepes Buffet
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, French, European
Ingredients: 2 jiggers Kirsch or Amaretto liquer; 227 grams bacon, chopped; 907 grams pitted black cherries; 59 milliliters brandy, optional, use additional milk if you omit it; 710 milliliters broccoli florets, available pre-washed in produce section; 2 Tbsps butter; 3 Tbsps butter, melted; 4 Tbsps melted butter; 0 teaspoons cayenne pepper, 2 pinches; 1 stick cinnamon; 79 milliliters confectioners sugar, plus additional for dusting; 1 Tbsp cornstarch; 454 grams thick sliced baked ham from deli counter, chopped; 6 eggs, beaten; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 2 boxes chopped frozen spinach, defrosted and drained; 59 milliliters heavy cream, eyeball it; 340 grams cooked lump crabmeat, available fresh in plastic tubs at fish counter; 355 milliliters milk; 454 grams mushrooms, cleaned and sliced; 6 servings Freshly grated nutmeg, to your taste; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan; 1 orange, zested; 118 milliliters grated Parmigiano-Reggiano; 1 teaspoon salt; 6 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 shallot, chopped; 473 milliliters shredded sharp cheddar, 8-ounce brick; 3 Tbsps warm water

The recipe Crepes Buffet could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in roughly 40 minutes. This recipe serves 6. One serving contains 1209 calories, 65g of protein, and 76g of fat. This recipe covers 63% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up milk, cayenne pepper, heavy cream, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a morn meal.

Instructions

For the crepe batter, combine flour and salt in a bowl and make a well in the center.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Add eggs milk and brandy to the well and whisk to combine. Stir in melted butter. Cover batter and set aside for 25 minutes.

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Brandy

Butter

Egg

Milk

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Whisk

For the white sauce, cook butter and flour 2 minutes over moderate heat in a preheated medium saucepan.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sauce

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Sauce Pan

Whisk in milk and season sauce with salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne. Simmer over low heat 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in cream and heat sauce through, another 5 minutes over low heat. Turn burner to warm and stir sauce occasionally to avoid a skin forming.

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Ground Cayenne Pepper

Nutmeg

Pepper

Cream

Sauce

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

Whisk in a little milk if sauce thickens too much to ladle.

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Sauce

Milk

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Ladle

Whisk

To assemble fillings, place cheeses in small bowls with serving spoons. Cook broccoli florets in simmering water or in 1 cup of water in the microwave for 3 minutes on high.

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Broccoli Florets

Water

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Microwave

Bowl

Drain and place steamed broccoli in a bowl. Defrost spinach in the microwave oven and drain well.

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Broccoli

Spinach

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Microwave

Bowl

Oven

Transfer drained spinach to a kitchen towel and wring to remove any residual liquid. Fluff spinach with finger tips and set into a small serving dish.

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Spinach

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Kitchen Towels

Place chopped ham into a bowl with serving fork.

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Ham

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Bowl

Drain and separate lump crab meat and place in a serving dish with a seafood fork.

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Lump Crabmeat

Seafood

For the bacon and mushroom filling, heat a small skillet over medium high heat.

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Mushrooms

Bacon

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Frying Pan

Add oil and bacon and saute 3 minutes.

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Bacon

Cooking Oil

Add chopped shallots and sliced mushrooms. Season the filling with salt and pepper and cook 5 minutes until mushrooms are just tender.

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Salt And Pepper

Mushrooms

Shallot

Transfer filling to a serving bowl.

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Bowl

To make the dessert filling, drain cherries over a saucepan to catch the juice.

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Dessert Filling

Cherries

Juice

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Sauce Pan

Heat the juice, orange zest and cinnamon to a bubble over moderate heat.

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Orange Zest

Cinnamon

Juice

Combine cornstarch with water and stir to the hot juice.

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Corn Starch

Juice

Water

Remove the cinnamon stick. Allow sauce to thicken then stir in cherries and Kirsch or Amaretto and keep sauce warm over very low heat. When your are ready to serve dessert, place filling in crepes, wrap and brush with melted butter. Top crepes with powdered sugar and serve.

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Cinnamon Stick

Powdered Sugar

Amaretto Liqueur

Cherries

Butter

Crepes

Kirsch

Sauce

Wrap

When guests arrive, allow them to help make their own crepes to order. Crepes should be made in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cover the bottom of the pan with just enough batter to coat. Turn the crepes with a toothpick or a very thin spatula.

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Crepes

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Toothpicks

Frying Pan

Spatula

Possible combinations for fillings: cheese or cheeses melted into white sauce with broccoli and/or spinach, warm white sauce with crab, ham with cheese or ham with cheesy white sauce, cheese with bacon mushroom filling, etc. The fillings are only limited by one's taste buds.

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Broccoli

Mushrooms

Spinach

Cheese