Bit Bit is going back to visit ex-colleagues - Moose, Jackalope and Lion, and Bit Bit is very happy.
Bit Bit had been thinking of making crepes for some time, and a mille crepe sounds good.
This dish took about 2 hours to prepare.
Things that Bit Bit found out about mille crepe:
- Letting the crepe batter sit overnight in the fridge will let the flour better absorb the liquids, and this will make the crepe more yummy.
- Try not to add too much liquid (milk or water) at first, so that one can add more later if the batter is not as runny as it should be.
- If one does not like an eggy taste to the crepe, remove an egg yolk from the recipe. Bit Bit likes the eggy taste as it feels more fragrant and chewy.
- When cooking, pure milk is better than low-fat or skimmed milk.
- Instead of butter, one can use canola oil or other healthy oils for the batter.
- Bit Bit's initial plan was to make mille crepe with whipped cream and nutella, however after whipping the cream, the cream gets watery after a while, and so Bit Bit gave up on the idea of adding whipped cream and changed to banana instead. Bit Bit wasted about 5 crepes.
- For whipped cream, using just cream and sugar is insufficient as the cream will start to get watery in room temperature after a while, and it makes the bottom layers of the mille crepe 'move' around. Remember to add some gelatin or corn starch to stabilise the cream.
- Bit Bit thought that nutella is very sweet and decided to spread just a thin layer on it, but in the end the mille crepe did not turn out to be as sweet as it should be. Remember to add a more generous amount of nutella, so that the nutella and banana will complement each other.
- Chicken Eggs - 4 Whole
- All Purpose Flour - 200gm (About 2 Cups)
- Pure Milk - 400ml to 500ml
- Sugar - 3 Tbsp
- Canola Oil - 1 Tbsp
- Banana - 2 Medium
- Nutella - About 1/2 of a Small Bottle
Method that Bit Bit used to make Mille Crepe:
- Crack the eggs into a big bowl, and mix a little.
- Add in half of the flour, and mix well.
- Add in the other half of the flour and sugar, and mix well.
- Pour in half of the milk, and mix well.
- Pour in another half of the milk, and mix well.
- Add in canola oil and mix well.
- Sift the crepe batter, which is now smooth and runny.
- Store the batter in the fridge overnight.
- Remove the batter from the fridge the next day.
- Let the batter warm up to room temperature before making the crepes.
- If the batter feels thick, add a few tbsp of milk and stir well.
- After batter has warmed up to room temperature, stir the batter well before using.
- Heat up a pan at medium heat.
- Pour about 2 to 3 tbsp of batter into the pan.
- Use your wrist to swirl the batter around in the pan to form a flat sheet of circle.
- Cook the crepe for about 1 minute.
- When there are bubbles appearing, flip the crepe over for about 10-15 seconds, and remove from pan.
- Repeat steps 14 to 17 for the remaining batter.
- While the crepes cool down, peel and slice the banana into thin slices.
- When the crepes have cooled down, lay one piece of crepe on a plate, spread nutella over the crepe.
- Lay another piece of crepe over the nutella crepe and put some banana slices on it.
- Lay another piece of crepe over the banana crepe and spread some nutella over it.
- Repeat steps 21 to 22 for the remaining crepes.
- If the last second layer of crepe is for banana, spread some nutella over it before adding bananas on top so that the banana won't fall off.
- Cover the stack of crepes with the last piece of plain crepe.
- Store the plate of mille crepe in the fridge for 1 to 2 hours.
- Remove the mille crepe from the fridge and cut into slices.
- Serve and eat!
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