Facebook LinkedIn Email Pinterest Twitter Instagram YouTube Icon Navigation Search Icon Main Search Icon Video Play Icon Plus Icon Minus Icon Check Icon Print Icon Note Icon Heart Icon Filled Heart Icon Single Arrow Icon Double Arrow Icon BLT Icon TV Icon Close Icon Sorted BLT/Search Icon
Recipe

BUCKWHEAT CREPES - GALETTES DE SARRASIN

Serves: 6
If they like it, it serves 6 otherwise  - thinking face emoji
Preparation time: 2 hours
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Totaltime: 2 hours 40 minutes
Additional info: Makes 12

A buckwheat pancake is a pancake made with buckwheat flour. The types of buckwheat pancake associated with specific regions include:
• Blini, Eastern Europe, with a buckwheat variety particularly popular in Russia, Ukraine (hrechanyky or гречаники), and Lithuania (grikių blynai)
• Crêpe bretonne, a savory pancake known as (bleud ed-du) from Brittany in France
• Kaletez (galette de sarrasin), a buckwheat pancake in Breton cuisine
• Memil-buchimgae, a variety of Korean pancake with buckwheat flour and cabbage
• Ploye, a Canadian pancake, particularly popular in the Province of New Brunswick

Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole or 2% milk
    1/3 cup water
    3 large eggs
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 cup buckwheat flour
    1/2 cup unbleached white flour
    3 tablespoons canola oil
    For the Buckwheat Crêpes With Spinach and Egg
    6 ounces baby spinach, cooked and chopped seasoned
    with
    salt
    freshly ground pepper to taste
    2 buckwheat crêpes, above
    2 eggs, poached or fried for four minutes
    2 tablespoons grated Gruyère or Comte cheese

Preparation

  • Step 1
    Place the milk, water, eggs and salt in a blender. Cover the blender, and turn on at low speed. Add the flours, then the canola oil, and blend for one minute at medium speed. Transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate for one to two hours.

    Step 2
    Place a seasoned 7- or 8-inch crêpe pan or cast-iron pan over medium heat. Brush with butter or oil, and when the pan is hot, remove from the heat and ladle in about 3 tablespoons batter. Tilt or swirl the pan to distribute the batter evenly, and return to the heat. Cook for about one minute, until you can easily loosen the edges with a spatula. Turn and cook on the other side for 30 seconds. Turn onto a plate. Continue until all of the batter is used.

    Step 3
    Heat the crêpes in a dry skillet over medium heat (or use the skillet you used to fry your eggs). Top with a spoonful of spinach, setting the egg to one side so you can fold the crêpe over. Sprinkle the cheese over the top, fold the crêpe over, and transfer to a plate with a spatula. Serve hot.
    PS: In France the crepe is made on a large, flat, hot griddle, and the egg is cracked right on top of it.

The {Pageturner} E-Cookbooks Library

The latest

France Complete E-cookbook

USA Complete E-cookbook

Italy Complete E-cookbook

Newsletter sign up

Sign up today and get the latest recipes and offers delivered straight to your inbox