Main ingredients
- Dairy
Ingredients
Method
Ingredients
Filling
- 500g ricotta cheese
- 3 clementines
- 6 tablespoons honey
Crêpe batter
- 500ml cake flour
- 2ml salt
- 2ml baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 600ml milk
- 60ml cream
- 30ml oil
- 12.5ml brandy
Clementine syrup
- 250g sugar
- 100ml clementine juice (from approx. 6 clementines)
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Method
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1For the filling
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2Grate the zest from the clementines and squeeze the juice with our Citrus Juicer (you should have 50ml Clementine juice). Add the ricotta and the honey and mix together well
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3For the crêpe batter
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4Combine the cake flour, salt and baking powder in a large bowl
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5Beat the eggs and milk together in a separate bowl
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6Gradually add the dry ingredients to the milk and egg mixture, beating constantly
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7Beat in the cream, oil and brandy. Thin with a tablespoon or two of water if batter is too thick
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8Preheat a Le Creuset Crepe pan and grease lightly with oil. Pour a thin layer of the crepe batter into the pan, tilting it to cover the whole base of the pan
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9Fry the crepe lightly until golden brown and then flip over gently with a turner or a spatula and fry the other side
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10Continue this process until all the crepe batter has been used. You need 7 perfect crepes. Stack the crepes on a plate to cool down
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11For the clementine syrup
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12Put the sugar and clementine juice in a Le Creuset 16cm 3-ply Stainless Steel Saucepan until the sugar has melted and the syrup turns into a light golden caramel. Allow to cool slightly before using it. If it becomes too thick to drizzle, heat it again gently
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13Assembling
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14Set ½ the syrup aside for the top of the cake
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15Assemble the layers by spreading 1/5 of the ricotta filling on a crepe and drizzling over a little syrup. Place another crepe on top and repeat the process. Repeat this layering with the remaining 5 crepes
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16Place the pile of filled and stacked crepes onto a cake stand or on a pretty plate
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17Drizzle the remaining clementine syrup over the stacked crepes and serve
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18Cook's notes
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19The crêpe batter can be made a day in advance.
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20If clementines are not available, mandarins or lemons can be used instead.