Rourke McNamara

So, after Sunday I still had quite a bit of sweet crepe batter left to use. Jen and I ended up with sweet crepes for dessert on Monday and Tuesday night. I didn’t want to make exactly the same thing both nights, so I tried a couple of different options.

Monday night I substituted stawberries for banana, but otherwise left everything the same. The stawberries were thinly sliced, and I ate the ends and used mostly the “meat” in the crepes. As expected, this classic turned out quite well. Once again, the hardest part was spreading the Loacker (or Nutella) on the crepe while it was still cooking.

BOURGOGNE BLANC SURVEY - Vino Vino Wine (3/29/2006)

• 2004 Bernard Morey Bourgogne Blanc - France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
  Oak, bright. Sharp, acidic. Drrrry finish. (-)
• 2002 Simon Bize Bourgogne Blanc Les Champlains - France, Burgundy, C?te de Beaune, Bourgogne Blanc
  Very muted nose complexer finish. Grew to like it. Medium long. Later liked it more — smoothed out or palate fatigue? Long complexer finish still. (o … +?)
• 2003 Arnaud Ente - France, Burgundy
  Comparitively complexish finish, but not much there until the finish. (o)

Tonight, I took another crack at making sweet crepes with Nutella and banana. I started with Alton Brown’s recipe from the Food Network and modified it as follows:

2 large eggs
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1 cup flour
3 tablespoons melted butter
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons Chambord

In a blender, combine all of the ingredients and pulse for 10 seconds. Place the crepe batter in the refrigerator for 1 hour. This allows the bubbles to subside so the crepes will be less likely to tear during cooking. The batter will keep for up to 48 hours.

Have you ever had peanut butter and eggs on toast before? I was really skeptical the first time Jen and I made this — peanut butter on eggs? It seemed crazy. Jen swore it was really good, and it is. Trust me.

Scramble some eggs and toast some bread. Spread peanut butter on the toast, and then spread the scrambled eggs over the top of the peanut butter and eat. It couldn’t be any simpler or faster to prepare.