We celebrated Chandeleur on Friday 1st instead of 2nd February, which is the correct date for Candlemas. It is apparently a religious festival but I just know this date as a "make crepes, eat crepes and drink cider" day. The tradition says that if you can hold a coin in your right hand whilst flipping your crepe on the frying pan with your left arm, you will become rich in the coming year. I did not even try, I don't trust my left arm and did not want to spill batter all over the kitchen floor.
Recipe to make ~25 crepes
500g plain flour
6 eggs
500ml milk
250ml water
pinch of salt
1 TBSP Calvados (or Brandy or Cointreau)
3 TBSP beer (makes the pancakes lighter and fluffier)
1. Mix all the ingredients together with an electric whisk for at least 5 minutes. The longer the better.
2. Leave to settle overnight. (optional but better)
3. Whisk the batter again thoroughly just before making the pancakes. Add some milk if the batter is too thick.
4. Heat a frying pan and brush with a little oil. Pour some batter. Fry for 2 minutes. Flip the pancake over and cook for less than 1 min on the second side. Repeat until you have used all the batter. As far as I'm concerned, the thinner the pancake the better, but some people may disagree.
To serve with the crepes:
Marple syrup, caster sugar & lemon juice, jam, powdered chocolate, cinnamon, etc...
I had also made some apple & blueberry stew which was fantastic with apples, blueberries, muscovado sugar and cinnamon. This was a very popular filling.
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