Savory Crȇpes
Crȇpes Recipe
1 cup of all purpose flour
2 eggs
1 ¼ cup of milk
2 Tbsp melted butter
¼ tsp Salt.
- In large bowl mix together flour and eggs. Slowly, stir in milk. Add salt and butter. Place mixture into refrigerator for at least one hour.
- Mix mixture one more time. Add a splash of milk. Heat frying pan over medium heat with 1 tbsp of butter. Use a ladle to spoon out mixture. Tilt pan in a circular motion spreading mixture evenly. Cook for about one minute or until brown and flip with spatula.
- After Crêpes are cooked set aside.
Chicken and Mushroom Sauce
1 pound of cubed skinless chicken (if you want vegetarian use cubed tofu)
2Tbsp of butter
2 cloves of garlic
2 Tbsp of sherry
½ of chicken or vegetable stock
½ cup of cream
Dash of salt
Dash of black pepper.
- Pan-fry chicken or tofu over little oil. Once browned and thoroughly cooked remove and place aside.
- Add butter and mushrooms and cook over medium heat until brown
- Add sherry, stock, cream and garlic Reduce heat to low and cook until mixture reduces to a think sauce.
- Once sauce is cooked place into a large bowl with chicken (or tofu)
Rolling Crêpes
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Use glass dish and spray with Pam
- Place crêpes on a work surface. One at a time add chicken (vegetarian) sauce and roll leaving enough room to fold both ends.
- Place crêpes into glass dish and grate with Parmesan cheese.
- Cook for ten minutes or until cheese bubbles.
Deirdre Powell, from a very early age thirst for the written word. Her first publication was a prose featured in Lanigan School book at the mere age of seven. Her parents moved to Co. Claire Ireland when she was ten, giving her opportunity to embrace her Irish culture.
While there, she engulfed herself learning Yeats, Wilde, Beckett, Joyce, McCourt and Mythology from ancient Ireland. Whilst in Ireland she attended college for film and television production and then studied in London in 1999 before moving back to the United States to further her studies in Creative Writing, Journalism and Photography earning certificates and credits towards her Masters Degree.
Deirdre is Co-Founder and Editor in Chief of Undergroundwriter, a diverse cultural webzine promoting writers, photographers and artists worldwide. Deirdre has articles, poetry and short stories featured in various publications. When Deirdre is not writing, she is an enthusiastic amateur photographer. Some of her photographs appeared in local Florida newspapers. Coming from an Artisan lineage Deirdre heartily believes that the arts change the polarity of thought and thus she is always supporting the local arts.
