Crepes With Caramel Sauce And Toasted Pecans Food

BUTTERED CREPES WITH CARAMEL AND PECANS

Steps:

• Place cinnamon, cloves, milk, eggs, salt, sugar, vanilla, and flour in the jar of a blender or bowl of a food processor. Blend or process until smooth, stopping machine once to scrape down the sides with a spatula.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter. With the machine running, pour in melted butter. Let stand 2 hours before using. Mixture should have consistency of heavy cream. If it is too thick, add a little water to thin it out.
• Place a 7-inch skillet or crepe pan over medium to medium-high heat. Brush pan lightly with oil. Add 1/4 cup batter and quickly swirl to coat the bottom of the pan; immediately pour any excess batter back into blender jar.
• Cook until edges begin to dry, 45 seconds to 1 minute. Loosen edges with a knife and trim off jagged edges. Using a spatula, turn crepes, continue cooking until golden brown, about 1 minute more; transfer to a plate. Repeat process with remaining batter, stacking each crepe on top of one another as you work.
• Place remaining 8 tablespoons butter in a medium skillet over medium-low heat. Add pecans and toast, stirring frequently, until nuts are toasted and butter is browned, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer nuts to a small bowl; reserve browned butter.
• Butter a large baking dish and set aside. Lay a crepe flat on work surface and brush with browned butter. Place a scant tablespoon goat milk caramel on one side. Fold in half and press to gently spread out filling. Brush one side with butter and fold in half again. Brush top side with butter and place in prepared baking dish. Repeat with remaining crepes and arrange each in the prepared baking dish in two layers, overlapping slightly. Cover with parchment-lined foil. Refrigerate until ready to serve, up until 1 day. Reserve any remaining caramel.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place crepes in oven until warmed through, about 10 minutes. Place caramel in a small saucepan and heat over medium-low heat until warmed through. Drizzle over warmed crepes and sprinkle with toasted nuts. Serve immediately.

CREPES WITH CARAMEL SAUCE AND TOASTED PECANS

Steps:

• For crepes:
• Combine first 6 ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. Let stand 1 hour at room temperature. Blend again before using.
• Brush 8- to 9-inch-diameter nonstick skillet lightly with melted butter. Heat over medium-high heat. Pour scant 1/4 cupful batter into skillet, tilting to allow batter to coat bottom of skillet. Cook until crepe is golden on bottom, about 1 minute. Turn crepe over and cook until brown on bottom, about 45 seconds. Transfer to paper towel. Repeat with remaining batter, making about 24 crepes and stacking crepes between paper towels. Cool.
• For sauce:
• Combine cajeta, milk, and butter in heavy medium saucepan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until sauce is reduced to 2 3/4 cups, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in Cognac.
• Place 1 crepe on work surface. Spread with 1 tablespoon sauce. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon chopped pecans. Fold crepe in half over filling, then in half again, forming triangle. Repeat with remaining crepes, sauce, and pecans. Arrange crepes in two 13x9x2-inch glass baking dishes. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill crepes and remaining sauce separately. Rewarm sauce just until pourable before continuing.)
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Pour remaining sauce over crepes. Bake until heated through, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle with any remaining pecans and serve.

CARAMEL APPLE CREPES

Steps:

• Place 1/4 cup raisins in small bowl and add 2 tablespoons of rum or brandy. Set aside.
• Crepes:.
• Combine flour, milk, eggs, oil and salt; beat until smooth and lump free.
• Heat a small skillet or crepe pan, spray with non-stick oil and remove from heat.
• Spoon in 2 Tbsp batter; tilt skillet to spread evenly.
• Return to heat; brown on one side.
• Invert pan over paper towel to remove.
• Repeat with remaining batter.
• Apple Filling:.
• In a heavy small saucepan melt butter, add brown sugar; cook and stir over medium-high heat until sugar is dissolved and creamy. Remove from heat. Slowly and carefully stir in whipping cream (mixture will bubble up).
• Set aside.
• Toss apple slices with lemon juice, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Melt butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add apple slices; cook, uncovered, for 4 to 6 minutes until tender, stirring occasionally. Add raisins and 1/4 of the caramel sauce.
• Top crepes (browned side down) with apple mixture and fold (browned side is now showing). Place 2-3 crepes on individual serving dishes; top with pecans and dust with powdered sugar.
• Serve with ice cream with caramel sauce drizzled over top.

CARAMEL PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250°F.
• Pour pecan halves into greased 9x13" pan and place into oven for 5 minutes.
• Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup and cook until sugar is dissolved (this takes at least 3-4 minutes).
• Remove pecans from oven and pour into saucepan/caramel mixture.
• Stir to coat and pour back into 9x13" pan.
• Place back into oven for 45-60 minutes stirring every 15 minutes or so.
• Remove pan and spread pecans onto parchment paper or silpat (I've used wax paper but it sticks at times-if it does put in fridge and remove when cold).
• Separate pecans as they cool (2 forks work well).
• I often HALF this because I can't keep out of them!

CINNAMON CREPES WITH CARAMEL SAUCE AND PECANS

Steps:

• Note: use Basic Whole Wheat French Crepes, adding 2 tbls sugar, or crepe recipe of your choice with 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon and 1/8 tsp ground cloves added to the batter.
• In a small bowl, combine 1 tbls.
• of the milk, the cornstarch, and baking soda.
• Set aside.
• In a large heavy saucepan, bring the remaining milk to a boil over moderate heat.
• Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the cornstarch mixture.
• (The milk will bubble up.) Return to the heat, reduce the heat to low, and stir in the sugar and cinnamon.
• Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove the cinnamon stick and continue to simmer, stirring frequently, until the sauce is very thick-about 30 minutes more.
• Set aside.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a 7-inch skillet over moderate heat.
• Add the pecans, and saute, stirring frequently, until the nuts are toasted and the butter is browned-about 10 minutes.
• Remove from the heat.
• With a slotted spoon, remove the nuts and set aside.
• Reserve the butter.
• Preheat the oven to 325*F.
• Place a crepe with the more attractive side down, brush with the browned butter, and put 1 tbls.
• of caramel in the center.
• Fold the crepe in half, pressing gently to spread out the filling; then fold it in half again to form a wedge.
• Brush the edges with butter and place the crepe in a buttered, 13"x9"x2" baking dish.
• Repeat, overlapping the crepes slightly in the pan.
• *Atthis point the dessert can be stored.
• Cover the crepes with foil and place the nuts in a tightly covered container.
• Cool the sauce to room temperature, then cover tightly.
• Refrigerate all for up to 24 hours.
• *.
• Bake the crepes, uncovered, until heated through-8 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining sauce over low heat, stirring frerquently, until warmed through-about 5 minutes.
• Drizzle the caramel over the crepes, then sprinkle with the pecans.
• Serves 6.
• Enjoy!

CREPES WITH CARAMEL-PECAN SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. To make crepes: Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Refrigerate for 1 hour and blend again before using. Heat a small nonstick pan (about 8 inches)over medium heat and brush lightly with butter. Ladle or pour about 1/4 cup of the batter into it, tilting it all around to coat the bottom (the crepes should be thin but not completely see-through). Cook until the top is a nice golden color, flip carefully with a spatula, and cook until the second side is browned, 2 minututes total. Transfer to plate and repeat to use up all the batter. When all the crepes are stacked up, separate them one by one and stack them again(this is to prevent sticking). The crepes can be made ahead of time and cooled, wrapped well in plastic, and frozen for up to 1 month. Let thaw before proceeding with recipe.
• 2. To make the caramel sauce, melt the butter in a large pan over medium heat until it begins to turn a slight brownish color and gives off a nutty aroma. Add the cajeta and milk and cook until bubbly and thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add brandy and return to heat, tilting the pan slightly to light the alcohol and burn it off (BE CAREFUL). Add the crepes, one by one, submerging them in the sauce and folding them in half and then in half again so they look like a triangles. Place 3 on each plate and top with toasted pecans.

CARAMEL PECANS

Steps:

• Line a 13-in. x 9-in. pan with foil; grease the foil with 2 teaspoons butter and set aside., In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugars, corn syrup, 1 cup cream and the remaining butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil. Slowly stir in the remaining cream. Cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 245° (firm-ball stage)., Remove from the heat; stir in pecans and vanilla. Pour into prepared pan (do not scrape saucepan). Let stand until firm. Using foil, lift candy out of pan. Discard foil; cut candy into 1-in. squares. Wrap individually in waxed paper; twist ends.