Vanilla Crepes With Caramelized Blackberries & Pomegranate Seeds
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One has to wonder:
Why are sweet or savory crepes not on everybody’s table at least once a week ???
I can’t recall to ever have met anybody who’d claim not to like crepes, either in its sweet or savory form, or both.
Crepes can be prepared easily by anybody, even by a child or somebody with two left hands. Even if one does not like to cook, these babies need all of a few minutes to prepare, are very economical and, have I said this already? – are easy and quick to prepare.
In its sweet, plain variation, just sprinkle some castor sugar on top and maybe a bit of whipped cream, and you have a great dessert or sweet snack.
It’s savory, plain version will make a quick meal by drizzling a bit of butter on top and serving them with a small salad on the side.
And then, you have the more elaborate stuff 🙂
Savory crepes can be filled with creamed or buttered mushrooms, vegetables, seafood, chicken, game meats, spicy sausages and a myriad of other, more or less fancy goodies.
Sweet crepes will be happy to be married to caramelized fruit, creams, chocolate sauce, puddings, cream cheese (blintzes anyone?), nutella, yogurt, nuts, etc, etc, etc.
I myself have prepared just about any combination of crepes and “stuff” under the sun. I don’t really have a favorite per se, I love ’em all 🙂
So here is a version of crepes with caramelized fruits. I have to admit that the blackberries and pomegranate are rather expensive, especially when you cook for a large family. But be assured, caramelized apples, pears, oranges, bananas, strawberries, or any other more economical fruit will be just as wonderful – yummy to taste and pretty to look at 🙂
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Vanilla Crepes With Caramelized Blackberries & Pomegranate Seeds
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Vanilla Crepes With Caramelized Blackberries & Pomegranate Seeds
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Vanilla Crepes With Caramelized Blackberries & Pomegranate Seeds
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Preparation :
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- melt 2 oz whole butter, add 2 tblsp sugar, cook until sugar starts to caramelize, add 2 tblsp honey
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- add 2 pint blackberries and 1 pint pomegranate seeds, cook another minute or until the fruit has warmed through, set aside, keep warm (this is enough for 5 crepes)
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- in a bowl mix togetter 1 cup a/p flour, 3 med size eggs, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 1 tblsp sugar, mix well until there are no lumps (if too thick, add a bit of milk; if too thin, add a bit of flour) this will make 5 med size crepes
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- in a medium-hot, lightly buttered pan, spread the batter thin and evenly, cook until lightly browned, flip to other side
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- cook this side until lightly browned
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- remove crepe to a warm platter
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- fold crepe in half
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- repeat with the rest of the batter
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- top the crepes with the caramelized berries, sprinkle with castor sugar
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- Vanilla Crepes With Caramelized Blackberries & Pomegranate Seeds
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- Vanilla Crepes With Caramelized Blackberries & Pomegranate Seeds
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- Vanilla Crepes With Caramelized Blackberries & Pomegranate Seeds
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