Saturday, April 30, 2011

Whole Wheat Crepes with fresh Strawberry and Walnut and Banana in Maple Syrup


Courtesy Sadhana Prasad aka Mausi

Serves four

Ingredients
  • 1 Quart of ripe Strawberries sliced thin
  • 2 bananas sliced thin
  • 1 cup of maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
  • 1/4 inch butter stick
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • A pinch of salt
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • Approximately 1 & 1/2 cups Milk
How to :
  1. For the syrup, in a pan melt the butter and when the butter starts to bubble add the maple syrup and warm it a little
  2. Add the bananas and stir till the bananas start to wilt
  3. Add the walnuts and stir it again and warm it for a couple of minutes.
  4. For the crepe batter, mix the flour, salt, sugar and milk and whisk. Add milk till the batter is thinner than a pancake batter
  5. Ladle the batter on the nonstick round pan and spread it with the base of the ladle. 
  6. When the pan side is reddish brown flip it over. The crepe should leave the surface easily
  7. Cook the other side for a minute and then flip it on a plate.
  8. Put a handful of strawberries and fold the crepe to make a roll 
  9. Put a ladle of syrup with banana and walnut on top and serve
Serving suggestion
  • You can top with whipped cream or icing sugar to dress it up