Galettes De Sarasin Savory Buckwheat Crêpes Food

GALETTES DE SARASIN - SAVORY BUCKWHEAT CRêPES RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. In a clean bowl, place the buckwheat flour and salt. 2. Whisk the two together. 3. In three installments, add the water, mixing each time. 4. Keep whisking until all lumps are gone. 5. Add egg. 6. Mix completely, then cover and place in the fridge for at least one hour. 7. After the batter is done resting, heat a crêpe pan or griddle to medium-high heat. 8. Grease surface with butter. 9. Add 1/3 cup batter to heated surface. 10. Using a crêpe spatula or by tilting pan around, make the batter into a big enough circle to fill surface. 11. Let cook for 2-3 minutes or until no liquid remains on top of the galette. 12. Using a flat spatula, release edges of the galette and insert spatula until 1/3 of the galette. 13. Carefully lift and flip the galette. 14. Cook for 2 minutes or until it starts to brown slightly on underside. 15. Stack galettes until batter is completely used for remaining galettes. They are now ready for assembly. Assembly: 16. On a medium-heat surface, place the galette, then place cheese in the middle. (The typical cheese is Emmental, but does not exist for us, the Americans. I substituted it with Swiss. Gruyère is also a great substitute!) 17. Add fillers, such as: sautéed mushrooms, onions, bacon, ham, potatoes, spinach, etc. (I used sautéed mushrooms with onion and bacon.) 18. Crack an egg on top of fillers and cheese. 19. Once the egg white is firm, fold galettes edges over and serve!

BUCKWHEAT CRêPE MADAMES

Steps:

• Mix the flour, 1 egg, the milk and a pinch of salt in a jug or bowl. Set aside for 30 mins, or up to 3 hrs. Mash together the mustard, cream and cheese in another bowl. Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6, and line two baking trays with baking parchment or foil.
• Melt the butter in a large frying pan, then once foaming, add enough batter to just cover the pan, swirling it to cover the surface in a thin layer (pour any excess back into the batter bowl). Cook until the surface is set and the underside is browning, carefully flip and cook for another minute or 2, then take off the heat.
• Spoon a quarter of the cheese mixture onto the middle of the pancake, using the spoon to create space in the centre to hold an egg. Crack one into the space and lay a few pieces of ham around the edges. Fold each side of the pancake in towards the centre to make a square. Cook in the pan for another 30 secs-1 min, then transfer to a baking tray. Repeat with the rest of the pancakes, then bake for 6-7 mins until the egg whites are set. Serve with fried mushrooms or wilted spinach, if you like.

GALETTES COMPLèTES (BUCKWHEAT CREPES)

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk 3 eggs with 1 cup water until frothy and uniform. Sift in buckwheat flour, and whisk until as smooth as a new can of paint. Season with salt and whisk to combine. Cover batter and refrigerate overnight (at least 8 hours, or up to 24 hours).
• Heat a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium-low. Ladle in 1/4 cup of batter, then quickly tilt the pan in a clockwise motion to swirl the batter all the way to the edges into a perfectly round, very thin pancake. The batter should disperse quickly; if it is too thick - and doesn't swiftly radiate to cover the width of the pan - you'll need to stir a few extra tablespoons of water into the batter and try again with a second crepe. Expect to lose the first two or three crepes as you get used to the swirling motion, the amount of batter to add and the hotness of the pan. When all three factors align, you can make six savory crepes in about as many minutes.
• When you feel you have the hang of it and are ready to go live, ladle in 1/4 cup batter, swirl and allow crepe to set for just 10 seconds. Crack an egg in the center, and use the back of a spoon or a small rubber spatula to spread the egg white, which will allow the egg to cook evenly in the amount of time it will take the cheese to melt and the galette to crisp. Sprinkle about 1/3 cup Gruyère across the surface, then tear 2 or 3 pieces of ham and set them flat on top, surrounding the egg yolk.
• Allow the crepe to crisp up and brown on the bottom while the egg cooks sunny side up, and the ham warms through, 3 to 4 minutes. In Brittany, these are cooked on a large, round cast-iron griddle, and the four sides of the galette are folded in to become a large square before being slid onto a plate. This is harder to do in a slope-sided pan, but try it if it suits you - you'll want to fold the sides about 1 minute before the egg is done cooking. Otherwise, an open round is just fine. Slide it onto a plate, and repeat with remaining galettes.
• Season with salt and pepper. Drink with hard cider, not too cold.