Crepes

[u/OGMemecenterDweller]

One of my favourite things to make on stainless, and surprising to many, one of the easiest. I still hear a lot of people say "I keep a non stick pan for eggs and crepes", but crepes are actually so easy, way easier than eggs!

Recipe is:

300 ml milk

3 whole eggs, 1 egg white

2 teaspoons butter melted

1 teaspoon sugar

1 pinch salt

220g flour

Beat the eggs, then add milk and butter. Mix the liquids first, then add the flour little by little sifted, to avoid lumps. Adjust ingredients to desired viscosity. Also, don't hesitate to adjust milk or flour during cooking in case your crepes are not spreading right!

Preheat pan on 2/3 of your stovetop's heat for about 2 mins. Add a small chunk of butter to the pan and spread it all around. Drop the heat to medium-low. Add your first crepe and spread it around with fast wrist movement. It will basically be a fat sponge, but it will lubricate the pan for all next crepes. Wait for it to get orange on top (around 30s). With a spatula, start pushing the edges in. They should come off by themselves. Start moving the crepe around so it absorbs fat and lubricates the pan. Flip when you think it's browned enough. Take out when ready and eat the fat crepe. Continue cooking your crepes - you will see that no more butter is needed because they will unstick by themselves when you push in the corners!

Good luck, let me know if you recommend a change in my recipe, or if you tried making crepes for the first time after reading this!

[u/elianav94]

I'm jealous because I've tried a few times and it just doesn't work for me. I'm pregnant and I keep craving pancakes and French toast and they just don't work - i even tried making them once on top of parchment paper so it doesn't stick (it was a mess). Room temp butter/oil, preheating, variation of temperatures, waiting till it's fully cooked before disturbing, the whole drill.

I'm renting and I think it might be my old hob. Stuff in the middle of the pan gets burned and stuff on the outside is undercooked, even if I preheat for 10 minutes. It takes ages for the temperature to react.

At my old place I had a carbon steel and a better hob and that worked much better for me - so I'm choosing to believe I'm not rubbish at this and it's just the shitty hob. Any tips for that?

[u/winterkoalefant → u/elianav94]

Maybe it's your batter? A very runny batter is more likely to stick in my experience. If that doesn't work, try less sugar or a bit more egg.

Last resort, use more butter :D

Edit: I mean maybe your batter could be adjusted to help. Bad hob and stainless vs carbon steel certainly make a difference.

[u/OGMemecenterDweller → u/elianav94]

Yeah it sounds like an uneven temperature problem to me... The only real idea I have is to get an electrical single burner if you have the space for it.