Today, I started on my Thanksgiving meal.
Every year, I make Julia Child's
Gateau of Crepes.
It's one of those dishes that my family has come
to expect every year,
and I certainly wouldn't want to disappoint.
It's a bit labor intensive,
but well worth the effort.
It's an impressive dish -
layers of broccoli, carrots, and mushroom duxelles,
the layers defined by crepes,
with a cheese custard,
baked in a mold lined with crepes.
And it is truly delicious.
The assembly and baking of this dish
has to wait until Thanksgiving day,
but I can start on the crepes today,
to get a head start.
Here are my ingredients:
2 cups Wondra, or instant-blending flour
1 1/3 cups each milk and water
5 jumbo eggs
1 1/4 teaspoon salt
6 TB melted butter
(I always double Julia's recipe,
since I like to freeze the extra crepes
so I always have crepes on hand.)
Add the milk to the flour.
Then add in the water, whisking.
Add in the eggs, one at a time, whisking,
and the salt.
And finally whisk in the melted butter.
Let the batter rest for 10 minutes so that the flour
granules can absorb the liquid,
making a tender crepe.
Heat the pan,
brush lightly with a little butter,
(usually only necessary for the first crepe),
and pour about 3 tablespoons of the batter
in the pan, swirling to spread the batter.
After the bottom is nicely browned,
flip over and cook the other side.
Whenever you use butter,
the crepe will have this swirly pattern.
This crepe was cooked without the extra butter added.
And the first side always looks nicer than the second side.
The second side never cooks evenly.
After cooking the crepes,
turn onto a cake rack so they will cool.
Stack together, wrap in foil,
and place in a plastic bag.
Crepes will keep in the fridge for 2-3 days,
and for months in the freezer.
Crap, next time check out the background
and remove the brooms,
Swiffer Wet Jet,
and bottle of gingerale.
The Gateau of Crepes is
completed here.
5 comments:
Ok it's like Where's Waldo... I'm not seeing the ginger ale....
I still want to try that gateau.....
And what does Mr. H have to say about your forays into the kitchen after the oyster incident?
MrsVJW, The ginger ale is in the hallway, bottom right, barely visible.
Marilyn, Mr. H. is happy to be seeing me bounce back so quickly, thanks to some powerful antibiotics. He had told me not to do anything, he'd take care of Thanksgiving, but that would have killed me. He would do it "his" way, and not follow my directions.
Would his way include trying a spoonful of your gateau?
Oh xmaskatie, don't even go there.
I do not want to be reminded of that FIASCO. Thanks for the bad memories.
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