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Buckwheat Batter

The following recipe - which cannot be halved successfully - makes twice the batter necessary for the Egg and Bacon Crêpes or the Egg and Spinach Crêpes .

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 8 crêpes

Ingredients

2

tablespoons unsalted butter

3

/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon buckwheat flour

1

/3 cup all-purpose flour

1

/2 teaspoon salt

1

1/2 cups milk

3

large eggs

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. In a small saucepan cook butter over moderately low heat until golden brown with a nutlike fragrance. (Bottom of pan will be covered with brown specks.) Into a bowl sift flours and salt. In another bowl whisk together milk, eggs, and brown butter. Add milk mixture to flour mixture, whisking until smooth. Chill batter, covered, 30 minutes.