Spinach Crepes With Mixed Mushrooms
From pat2me 16 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Elegant crepes that are great for a starter or a light meal if served with a green salad. Photo and recip from "Crepes, Waffles and Pancakes" 4 main servings or 6 appetizers
Ingredients
- Basic Crepe Batter (12 crepes) shopping list
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- Mushroom Filling shopping list
- 5 C spinach, trimmed shopping list
- 2 tsp olive oil shopping list
- 2 shallots, finely chopped shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped shopping list
- 1/4 stick unsalted butter shopping list
- 1 Tbl fresh thyme, finely chopped (or 1 tsp dried) shopping list
- 4 1/2 C assorted fresh mushrooms, wiped and sliced shopping list
- 4Tbl dry white wine shopping list
- 1 1/4 C heavy cream shopping list
- salt and pepper shopping list
- Fresh thyme for garnish shopping list
How to make it
- Wash the spinach and pack into a saucepan while still wet
- Cover and cook over gentle heat for about 5 minutes until leaves are wilted
- Drain well, pressing against side of colander to extract as much moisture as possible; allow to cool and chop finely
- Prepare the crepe batter and stir in spinach; make the crepes and keep warm
- Take care not to overcook, these will be thicker and more difficult to fold
- Heat oil in a large frypan and gently saute the shallots and garlic for 3 minutes or until just softened
- Add the butter and melt to bubbling, then stir in the thyme and mushrooms and cook, stirring about 5 minutes or until brown and tender
- Stir in the wine and cream and bring to a simmer, heat through until piping hot
- Season, then fill the crepes with the mixture
- Garnish with thyme
The Rating
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Awesome recipe!! This is one of my all-time favorites, as well as that of my guests. One quick cheat that I've used if you're in a hurry, is using frozen, chopped spinach (about half a bag). Thaw under cold water, squeeze out the moisture and then ru...more
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Ohhhhhhhh Pat Im trying this one too:)
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This looks wonderful!
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