Polish Dessert Crepes Food

NALEśNIKI: POLISH PANCAKES (CRêPES) WITH SWEET FARMER'S CHEESE FILLING

Steps:

• Get a large bowl. Add flour, a pinch of salt and vanilla sugar into it, combine with a fork.
• Gradually pour in milk and water, stirring vigorously with a whisk - to prevent lumps from forming. Add the eggs and mix again.
• If you have 2 tablespoons of soft butter - add it as well. You can mix with a whisk by hand, or with an electric mixer. If there are some lumps anyway, you can pour the dough through a strainer.
• Set the batter aside for 30 minutes, let it rest. (You can skip this step)
• Preheat a non-stick frying pan (or even better - a crêpe griddle) on a medium heat. Spread a drop of cooking oil with a silicon brush (paper towel works too).
• Using a ladle, pour in just enough batter to fully cover the surface of the pan. Move the pan around, let the batter spread - we're trying to make our Naleśniki as thin as possible.
• Fry until the bottom is browned (40-50 seconds) and the top of the pancake is no longer liquid. Turn over with a spatula and fry for a moment (20-30 seconds) until golden. Once done, remove from the pan and onto a plate.
• Continue until you're out of batter.
• Serve on their own or fill them with a filling of your choice (such as sweet farmer's cheese filling - instructions below).
• Move farmer's cheese into a bowl, add powdered sugar and vanilla sugar.
• Smash everything together with a fork. If your cheese is very dry in texture (that's especially the case if the cheese is made out of skimmed milk), feel free to add a spoonful or two (or more!) of cream.
• Cover each crêpe with the filling. Fold intro triangles or roll.
• You can serve Naleśniki as they are, or alternatively - you can warm them up gently on a frying pan.
• Sprinkle with powdered/icing sugar or drizzle with honey. Garnish with fresh fruit and sweetened cream.

MOM'S NALESNIKI (SURPRISINGLY EASY POLISH CREPES)

Steps:

• Combine the flour, salt, egg and 1/2 cup each of milk and water and blend with hand mixer.
• Keep adding the remaining milk and water until you get a batter that's a bit thinner than sour cream. I've included some pictures to get an idea, but it should be pretty runny.
• Heat a frying pan (approx. 9" diameter) over high heat and spray with non-stick spray (or coat with oil that can withstand high temperatures).
• Pour about one and a quarter soup ladle on the center of the hot, greased pan. Tilt the pan immediately to spread the batter around. Remember, the batter may look really thin in spots, but that's ok, it'll still flip once it's cooked through (this is where I always went wrong because it seemed too thin and I panicked, but if it gets too thick it won't set properly).
• Let cook for a few minutes, depending on how hot the pan is this could take from 1-3 minutes. You can tell when it's ready to flip when 1) the crepe slides around when you move the pan and 2) you don't see anymore soft or uncooked areas in the top of the crepe. They're pretty thin so you can literally see the runny sections firm up!
• Flip the crepe over and cook for 30seconds - 1 minutes then slide onto a plate.
• If folding with any mixture, place mixture on half of crepe, fold over then fold over again so you get a quarter triangle. Depending on the filling, they can be served immediately or if using cheese filling (described in the intro, adjust ingredients to your personal preference), fry them up in a bit of butter to get the outside crispy and melt the cheese a bit. For jam or apple sauce, we just roll them up and top with sour cream and/or sugar.

DESSERT CREPES

Steps:

• In large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, melted butter, flour, sugar and salt until smooth.
• Heat a medium-sized skillet or crepe pan over medium heat. Grease pan with a small amount of butter or oil applied with a brush or paper towel. Using a serving spoon or small ladle, spoon about 3 tablespoons crepe batter into hot pan, tilting the pan so that bottom surface is evenly coated. Cook over medium heat, 1 to 2 minutes on a side, or until golden brown. Serve immediately.

DESSERT CREPES

Steps:

• In large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, melted butter, flour sugar and salt until smooth.
• Heat a medium-sized skillet or crepe pan over medium heat. Grease pan with a small amount of butter or oil applied with a brush or paper towel. Using a serving spoon or small ladle, spoon about 3 tablespoons crepe batter into hot pan, tilting the pan so that bottom surface is evenly coated. Cook over medium heat, 1 to 2 minutes on a side, or until golden brown. Serve immediately.