Tag: breakfast

gluten free waffles with blueberry syrup sauce and cream

gluten free waffles with blueberry syrup sauce and cream

I love it when a gluten free dish is just as good if not better than the original, and these certainly qualify. They are fluffy, light and crispy, all things a good waffle should be. This makes 4 to 5 large waffles. Leftover waffles can be 

homemade smoked salmon (lox)

homemade smoked salmon (lox)

I love smoked salmon or lox, but hate to pay $8.00 a tiny little package, so a few years ago I started to research the process of cold smoking. I came up with the simple method below. The key is the ratio of salt to 

crepes with passion fruit glazed fruit

crepes with passion fruit glazed fruit



Crepes are a great weekend breakfast standby in our house as we always have the core ingredients on hand. This version has been dressed up a little with fruit and a passion fruit glaze, however they can be enjoyed with everything from fresh berries and whipped cream to Nutella. For the purists out there just drizzle with a little maple syrup.

crepes with passion fruit glazed fruit

Author: Mary Griffiths

Ingredients

Crepes

  • 1 cup of unbleached all-purpose flour after all who needs bleach?
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/4 cup of milk
  • 2 tbs of butter
  • pinch of sugar

Passion fruit sauce

  • 3 large/heavy passion fruit to make 3 tablespoons of juice after sieving
  • 5 tablespoons sugar

Fruit of choice, such as oranges, strawberries or bananas.

    Instructions

    Crepes

    • Add the flour and sugar to a mixing bowl, then add the eggs and a little milk and start mixing at a low speed. If using a KitchenAid use your paddle mixer. When the batter is smooth add some more milk. Keep adding the milk in stages until all the milk is incorporated.
    • Melt 1 tbsp of the butter in a cup in the microwave. Swirl it in your cup a little to cool the butter a little. Turn your mixer back on, on a low setting and slowly drizzle the butter into the mixture. Set aside the batter for 15 minutes to half an hour.
    • crepe batter
    • After your batter has rested, melt the remaining tablespoon of butter in a cup in your microwave. Heat a frying pan to a medium heat. When your frying pan is hot, brush some of the melted butter on the pan with a silicone brush.
    • Pour half a ladle full of batter into your pan. Tilt your frying pan to spread the batter uniformly over the cooking surface. After a minute or 2 you will see the edge of the crepe brown a little, when this happens flip over the crepe with a spatula. Let the crepe brown a little more and then remove it from the pan.
    • Brush the frying pan with a little more butter and add the same amount of batter for your next crepe.
    • You can serve the crepes as you cook them or keep them warm in a low oven until they are all ready. Don't worry if you first crepe sticks to your pan or if it looks bad, the first crepe of a batch is usually not worth serving.

    Passion fruit sauce

    • Sieve juice from seeds of 3 passion fruit. Place juice and sugar in pan and simmer for around one minute until slightly thickened. Juice will thicken as it cools. Add desired amount of fruit - oranges, strawberries and bananas work well. If oranges are juicy simmer again to reduce slightly.
    • crepes strawberries 2

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    chai spice cinnamon rolls with cardamom icing

    chai spice cinnamon rolls with cardamom icing

    The smell of these never fails to wake up any last snoozing members of our household. I have made these in both muffin tins and a ceramic/pyrex dish, or one of each, and found that they were slightly moister in the ceramic dish, but were