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Bougie rhubarb crêpes

Cuisine: French
Keyword: crepes, french pancakes, pancakes, rhubarb pancakes
Servings: 10 pancakes

Ingredients

For crêpes

  • 1 egg
  • 300 ml plant based milk
  • 150 g plain flour
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • a pinch of salt

For filling

  • 350 g rhubarb
  • 50 g sugar (about 4 spoons)
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • ⅛ tsp ginger paste

Garnish

  • icing sugar
  • rose petals

Instructions

  • Measure flour in a big bowl. Add salt and sugar. Crack in egg and whisk together. Now slowly start adding milk and whisk until thoroughly combined. Make sure you mix it well until adding more milk as to avoid clumps. Set to rest for half an hour in a fridge.
  • Cut rhubarb into pieces, add to a pot with sugar and a spoon of water, almond extract, ginger paste and set on medium heat, keep the lid on, it will cook faster. It only takes around 15 minutes for them to soften and become all mashed and delicious. Once they are cooked and start to fall apart, take it off the heat and keep it on the side.
  • When your pancake batter has rested enough, put some oil on a heavy bottomed pan and using kitchen towel transfer it all over making sure every inch of pan is oiled just a little bit (you want the tiniest amount of oil distributed evenly). Put on medium heat and make sure it's hot enough before you pour the batter. The first pancake usually doesn't work out so don't be upset if that happens to you. Use the kitchen towel to add a bit of more oil (I keep a little ramekin with oil on the side and dip kitchen towel in it before each pancake). Be careful when you add more oil, the pan is very hot! Pour batter and move the pan around to distribute a thin layer evenly. Let it cook for about a minute or two; You should see the edges crisping and slightly lifting if the pan was heated and oiled properly. You might need to lift the edges first with a spatula if it's a little sticky. Flip pancake to cook on the other side for another minute.
  • Fill with rhubarb you prepared and serve hot or pack for lunch later. Garnishing with icing sugar and rose petals brings them to another level so if you only can, don't skip this step.