As Candlemas is celebrated this Thursday, February 2, are you looking for a recipe for pancake batter that is both simple and tasty? This article is made for you !
[Mis à jour le 2 février 2023 à 15h43] This Tuesday, February 2, it’s Candlemas and foodies are already salivating! If this festival is of Christian tradition, it for many the occasion to eat pancakes. Flour, eggs, milk and butter: after gathering the basic ingredients, it’s time to start cooking. Do you know the real recipe for Candlemas crêpes? If everyone adds their secret ingredient (a few drops of beer, orange blossom or cinnamon), the main gestures are the same for everyone and ensure a successful snack.
“Simple as pancakes”
- Classic recipe (ingredients for 4 people) : 250 grams of flour, 0.5 liters of milk, 50 grams of melted butter, 4 eggs, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 pinch of salt.
- Preparation : First, put some flour in a salad bowl. Add next sugar, eggs and melted butter. Then beat everything, pouring milk little by little: you will thus obtain a fluid and smooth batter. It should then be let rest the dough at room temperature for one to two hours. An ultra-important phase, which should not be avoided.
- Cooking : After the preparation and the waiting time, you can pour the batter onto a heated pan. Don’t forget to spread oil on the pan between each crepe using a paper towel. Without this, it will be impossible to blow it up, as required by the tradition of Candlemas. To make it fly well, first loosen it slightly with a spatula, then shake the pan to make sure that the pancake is well unstuck. Afterwards, a dry and firm blow of the wrist should give the expected result!
- Accompaniement : Depending on taste, the accompaniment varies: sugar, chocolate, salted butter, honey, caramel, jam, chestnut cream, lemon, fruit… In short, the pancake filling is endless. And there are also regional particularities: calvados and apples in Normandy, beer in the dough in Alsace…