Authentic French crepes recipe & filling ideas

Are you looking for an authentic french crepes recipe? I’ve got you covered!

You see as a French person, eating and making crepes has always been something I’d do very often. I always use the same recipe!

So do my mum and grandma. So this easy recipe is as French as it can get!

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Things to know about French Crepes

Before you start here is a couple of things you should know about French crepes and this recipe:

– Crepe batter is meant to be very thin, almost liquid. Although they are the same ingredients as American pancakes, the consistency should not be the same! You may feel like you are putting in too much milk but don’t you worry, it’s normal!

– This recipe is for classic crepes which means that they can, later on, be eaten sweet or savoury. Whichever you prefer!
This recipe will give you between 20 and 30 crepes (20 cm diameter)

Equipment needed to make crepes:

It’s recommended to use a crepe pan as it will make the cooking process way easier and quicker. If you don’t have one yet, you can buy one here or use alternatively a normal pan (just make sure you use butter more often).

Ingredients:

– 250 g of flour

– ½ tablespoon of salt

– 4 eggs (it works well with 3 eggs as well)

– 500 ml of milk

– 125g of butter

Directions:

– In the large mixing bowl, mix the flour and salt

– Add the eggs one by one while mixing with the whisk. You should get a fairly compact dough at the end

– Add the milk slowly slowly. This step is very important. If you add the milk too quickly, you will get a lot of lumps. Make sure the dough is slowly becoming a batter without lumps.

– Melt the butter in the microwave and add it to the batter. Keep mixing a bit

– Leave it to rest in the fridge for a couple of hours (that’s the secret!)

– Use the ladle to pour the batter in the crepe pan. Move your pan so the batter is spread evenly. You generally need about 1 full ladle to make a crepe (again, it depends on the size of your equipment but it should give you an idea)