Crepes with Nutella and chopped pistachios for a delicious snack

Almost everyone has tried, at least once in their life, a cooking crepes: classic snack for children, but also for adults, prepared with very few ingredients easily available in any home. For breakfast, afternoon snack or midnight snack, crêpes are always the ideal solution, delicious and very fast! In this recipe we offer you a version with simple Nutella and chopped pistachios, but you can fill them with many other creams and also prepare savory versions. But be careful, there is only one problem with this recipe: you may not be able to stop eating them!

Ingredients for 10 crepes

  • Flour 00: 200 g
  • Medium eggs: 3
  • Milk: 500ml
  • Butter: 60g
  • Powdered sugar: to taste
  • Nutella: 1 glass
  • Pistachio grains: to taste
  • Preparation: 25 minutes
  • Cooking: 15 minutes
  • Total: 40 minutes
  • Calories: 360 Kcal/crepes

Method

1

Start by melting the butter in a saucepan, keeping the flame low so it doesn’t burn. In a glass bowl, mix the milk and eggs until well blended.

2

Pour the melted butter into the milk and egg mixture. Sift the flour and add it a little at a time to the liquids, stirring with a whisk, so as to mix it slowly and not risk the formation of lumps.

3

Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

4

After the standing time, place a crêpe pan on the heat over low heat with a small piece of butter and wait for it to melt. In the meantime, give the dough a vigorous stir. Once the butter has melted, pour a ladleful of dough into the pan and rotate it so that the dough covers the entire surface.

5

Cook for two minutes, slowly lifting the edges of the crêpes with a spatula. When it comes off completely, turn it over and cook another minute on the other side. Consider that when the pan is hotter, cooking times will also be reduced. The crêpes will be ready when they take on a golden color with brownish veins.

6

Gradually transfer the crêpes to a plate. Once all the crêpes are cooked (about 10 by 18 cm in diameter will come out) spread the Nutella and add the chopped pistachios.

7

Fold the crêpes twice to form a triangle. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and add more chopped pistachios to taste.

Advice and tips

Freshly cooked crêpes can be keep in the fridge for 2 dayscovered with transparent film. Alternatively, you can also freeze them by stacking the crêpes alternating them with sheets of parchment paper, in order to defrost the number you want when necessary.

The crêpe dough can be stored in the refrigerator, closed in an airtight containerfor about 12 hours.

You can use any type of milk you prefer: whole, fresh, semi-skimmed, skimmed, highly digestible, lactose-free. You can use too vegetable milk such as almondoats and hazelnuts, particularly recommended to obtain a more particular flavour.

You can add 1 tablespoon of rum, marsala or cognac to the dough, so as to make your crêpes even tastier!

You can vary as you like the filling of the crepess. Here are some tasty variations: sweet pistachio and icing sugar cream, peanut butter and fresh fruit, custard with berries, white chocolate spreadable cream with raspberries.

Since the basic recipe is sugar-free, you can also fill your crêpes with savory variations: gorgonzola and walnuts, broccoli and robiola, pesto, mozzarella and cherry tomatoes for summer crêpes.

History

The origin of crêpes is French, but many similar recipes or with some variations are widespread in many European countries. It is said that the first crêpes were made at the behest of Pope Gelasius I who, in the fifth century, welcomed French pilgrims to Rome and ordered his cooks to make soft scones made with eggs, milk and flour. The Pope’s guests, back home, spread the recipe in their region. Over the centuries, even the basic recipe has undergone numerous changes: in the Middle Ages, for example, instead of milk white wine was used. In France, crêpes are still traditionally prepared on February 2, candlemas daytogether with friends and relatives: eating crêpes together is a symbol of friendship and alliance, and keeping a crepe in a hidden corner of the house, according to the French, can bring luck and money.

Ingredients for 10 crepes

  • Flour 00: 200 g
  • Medium eggs: 3
  • Milk: 500ml
  • Butter: 60 g
  • Powdered sugar: to taste
  • Nutella: 1 glass
  • Pistachio grains: to taste
  • Preparation: 25 minutes
  • Cooking: 15 minutes
  • Total: 40 minutes
  • Calories: 360 Kcal/crepes
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