Herb Crepes With Goat Cheese Filling Food

HERB CREPES WITH GOAT CHEESE FILLING

Steps:

• Place the milk, water, eggs, canola oil and salt in a blender. Cover the blender, and turn on at low speed. Add the flours, and increase the speed to high. Blend for one minute. Transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate for one to two hours. When ready to cook, stir in the herbs.
• Place a seasoned or nonstick 6- to 8-inch crepe pan over medium heat. Brush with butter or oil. When the pan is hot, and just before it begins to smoke, remove from the heat and ladle in three to four tablespoons of batter (depending on the size of your pan). Tilt or swirl the pan to distribute the batter evenly, and return to the heat. Cook for about one minute until you can easily loosen the edges with a spatula. Turn and cook on the other side for 30 seconds. Turn onto a plate. Continue until all of the batter is used up. You'll get about 12 crepes with an 8-inch pan, 16 with a 6-inch pan.
• Combine the cottage cheese and goat cheese in a food processor fitted with the steel blade, and blend until smooth. Add the yogurt and pepper, and blend together. Transfer to a bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• Cut each crepe in half. Spread a scant tablespoon of the herbed goat cheese on the less cooked side of each crepe. Fold in half, then in half again. Arrange on a platter. To serve warm, heat for 30 seconds in a microwave or for 10 minutes in a low oven.

HERBED CREPES WITH SMOKED SALMON AND RADISHES

Steps:

• Make crêpes:
• Blend milk, flour, egg, and 2 teaspoons oil in a blender until smooth. Add chives and dill and pulse 1 or 2 times to just combine. Chill batter, covered, 30 minutes.
• Stir batter to redistribute herbs. Lightly brush a 10-inch nonstick skillet with oil, then heat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. Holding skillet off heat, pour in half of batter (1/4 cup), immediately tilting and rotating skillet to coat bottom. (If batter sets before skillet is coated, reduce heat slightly for next crêpe.) Return skillet to heat and cook until crêpe is just set and pale golden around edges, 10 to 15 seconds. Loosen edge of crêpe with a heatproof plastic spatula, then flip crêpe over carefully with your fingertips. Cook until underside is set, about20 seconds more. Transfer crêpe to a plate. Make another crêpe in same manner, brushing skillet again with oil.
• Prepare filling and assemble hors d'oeuvre:
• Stir together cream cheese, lemon juice, zest, and pepper in a small bowl until smooth.
• Put 1 crêpe, browned side up, on a work surface, and spread with all of cheese mixture. Arrange salmon in an even layer over bottom half of crêpe (side nearest you), then scatter radishes over salmon. Beginning at bottom, tightly roll up crêpe, then cut roll crosswise into 4 pieces, trimming ends if desired.