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Classic Crêpes

Classic Crêpes is a traditional French recipe for a classic breakfast dish of sweetened millet flour pancakes. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic French version of: Classic Crêpes.

prep time

10 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

30 minutes

Makes:

12

Rating:

Tags : Milk RecipesCake RecipesFrench Recipes

There are really two kinds of pancakes, classic crepes (thin pancakes) and thick American-style pancakes. For me, the crepe wins every time. It’s by far my favourite, it’s also very versatile as it can be filled like cannoli and it can be served as both sweet and savoury food. Pancakes are great any time of year, but as Shrove Tuesday is on the 4^th March in 2025 and pancakes are a traditional way of celebrating the day before lent, why not try these classic French pancakes on this day.

Ingredients:

140g (1 cup) plain flour
200ml (4/5 cup) whole milk
2 eggs
25g unsalted butter, melted, plus a little extra for greasing

Method:

Sift together flour and a pinch of salt into a medium-sized bowl then form a well in the centre. Combine the milk with 100ml of water in a jug. Break the eggs into the well in the flour and start whisking slowly. Add the milk and water as a slow, steady, stream, whisking constantly and gradually incorporating the flour as you do so.
Continue whisking until the batter is smooth and all the flour has been incorporated. Set the batter aside to rest for 30 mins, then whisk the melted butter into the batter.

Heat a non-stick pan over a medium heat. Very lightly grease the pan with melted butter. Using a ladle, pour roughly 2 tbsp of batter into the pan and swirl it around so the bottom of the pan is evenly coated. You want to use just enough batter to make a delicate, lacy pancake.

Cook the pancake for about 45 secs on one side until golden and then using a palette knife or fish slice, flip the pancake over and cook the other side for about 30 secs until it freckles.