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Buckwheat Batter

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The following recipe - which cannot be halved successfully - makes twice the batter necessary for the Egg and Bacon Crêpes or the Egg and Spinach Crêpes .

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 8 crêpes

Ingredients

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon buckwheat flour
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups milk
3 large eggs

Preparation

  1. In a small saucepan cook butter over moderately low heat until golden brown with a nutlike fragrance. (Bottom of pan will be covered with brown specks.) Into a bowl sift flours and salt. In another bowl whisk together milk, eggs, and brown butter. Add milk mixture to flour mixture, whisking until smooth. Chill batter, covered, 30 minutes.

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