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Stage 5: Scampi and artichoke crêpes recipe
- Cuisine: French
- Serves 2
Stage 5: Carhaix – Cap Frehel
The most beautiful crustaceans, like lobster, crayfish, scampi, crabs and spider crabs, come from the clean, cold waters of Brittany. Gabriel finds them at the local market, and a chef assembles an amazing seafood platter. In the kitchen Gabriel prepares delicious crêpes with scampi, artichokes and cauliflower.
Ingredients
1 cup plain flourA pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 egg
About 1 cup milk
About 80g butter
2 tbsp finely cut chives
1 egg yolk and 1 tbsp water
Juice of ¼ lemon
2 tbsp whipped cream
½ cup cooked cauliflower flowerets
½ cup cooked artichokes, each cut into small pieces
12 cooked scampi, peeled (but leave 2 whole for decoration)
Preparation
Place the flour, salt and pepper in a bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour the egg and half of the milk into the well. Whisk the egg and milk together, then gradually incorporate the flour, slowly adding the remaining milk to form a smooth, thin mixture. Rest this batter for 15 minutes.Melt a teaspoon of butter in a crêpe pan. When it becomes foamy, whisk the melted butter into the crêpe batter. Stir in 1 tablespoon of chives.
Place enough crêpe batter in the pan to lightly coat the base. Cook the first side then turn the crêpe to cook the second side. Cook three more crêpes in the same way.
Place the egg yolk and water in a small bowl resting over a bath of simmering water. Beat the yolk and water until it becomes light and fluffy, then remove from heat.
Melt the remaining butter, without boiling it, then, bit by bit, whisk almost all of it into the egg yolk in the bowl. Season with lemon juice and fold in the whipped cream.
Reheat the cauliflower, artichokes and scampi in the remaining butter. Add the remaining chives.
Garnish each crêpe with 2 or 3 scampi tails and some vegetables. Top with a little sauce and fold each crêpe.
Serve 2 pancakes per person, garnished with 1 scampi in the shell.
If you enjoyed this Stage 5: Scampi and artichoke crêpes recipe then browse more French recipes, seafood recipes, nut-free recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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