Rose Elliot's Basic Crepes

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 125 g flour (can be white or a mix of half white and half wholemeal)
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons oil or 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 300 ml skim milk or 300 ml milk and water

Recipe

• 1 put the flour in a bowl and beat in the eggs, oil or butter and about a third of the milk. mix until smooth, then gradually beat in the rest of the milk. the batter should be the consistency of single cream.
• 2 heat a 15 cm fry pan over a low heat and brush it with a little oil or butter.
• 3 when the pan is hot enough to sizzle if a drop of water is flicked into it, pour in 2 t of batter and tilt the pan until the base is thinly coated.
• 4 fry for 1-2 minutes until the top is set, then using a palette knife and your fingers, flip the crepe over and cook the other side for a few seconds. cook the remaining crepes in the same way. stack them up on a plate, cover them with another plate and keep them warm over a pan of steaming water.