Breakfast with the crepes

Julian grabs about a dozen of them at once, puts butter in between and syrup or preserves on top. Hania covers hers with Nutella, preserves and sprinkles it with brown sugar. I put Nutella and jam.

They come in three sizes. Hania likes to pick the big ones. The small ones go to me.

Sometimes Hania is afraid that daddy is going to eat all of them.

Crepes stay warm and moist throughout breakfast. They are put in a warm dish and are covered with a piece of aluminum foil and then a cotton cloth to keep the foil down.

I make the crepes as thin as possible. So they often have eyes.

Sunday morning is our only sure date for a family meal. And that's OK.

We almost never eat crepes any other day. Hania said it would be confusing.

Although I don't change the recipe much at all, Julian always makes a comment that they are good or different or especially good...he is not allowed any other comments. "Different" borderlines "not allowed".

And that's that. There is no designated person to do the dishes. They stay till someone gets the urge.

Recipe adapted from Julia Child
time: 30 min preparation + 2 hrs inactive
makes about 25 pieces in 3 different sizes

 ingredients 
1 cups (240 ml) almond milk
1 cup (240 ml) ice water
4 medium eggs
3 Tablespoons (45 ml) oil, olive or your favorite
1/2 teaspoon (4 g) salt
1 1/2 cup (360 ml) flour; I used 1/2 cup (75 g) white flour + 1 cup (120 g) whole spelt flour

 instructions 
Place milk, eggs, oil and salt in the blender. Blend for 1 minute on high speed. Add flours. Blend for another minute. Sit it in the fridge for 2 hours (at least 30 minutes).

Heat up a pan on medium/high, smear it a bit with extra butter. Pour batter onto the pan moving it around to spread the liquid evenly (pour any excess batter back to the blander). After about 10-20 seconds, flip it to the other side. Cook it for another 10-20 seconds. I stack the crepes on a warmed (preheated in the oven) dish and cover them with aluminum foil and a cotton cloth. Our plates are also preheated in the oven. 

NOTES NOTES NOTES NOTES NOTES NOTES NOTES NOTES NOTES 

• that's a lot of crepes for the three of us and occasionally some are leftover for later;
• because if there is something I don't like about Sunday mornings, it would be ... dust on the TV set, or running out of crepes.