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Chocolate Crepes are fun and easy to make with children or for the big kid in you!  You can experiment with different fruit fillings too – try raspberries or strawberries! Crepes Suzette is another fruit option for the orange lovers out there.

Ingredients:

For the crepe batter:

• 120ml milk
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 ½ tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp icing sugar
• 5 tbsp plain flour
• A few drops of vanilla essence
• 2 tsp hazelnut liqueur

For the chocolate sauce:

• ½ tbsp butter
• 2 tsp hazelnut liqueur
• 2 tbsp icing sugar
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder

Preparation Guidelines:

1. Make the crepe batter first.  Melt the butter and leave to one side to cool slightly.  Then mix the milk, butter, egg yolk, vanilla essence and hazelnut liqueur together in a medium-sized bowl.  Add the icing sugar, whisking it in until very well mixed.  Gradually add the flour, whisking it together until the crepe mixture is completely smooth. Put the batter to one side.
2. Next make the chocolate sauce.  Take a saucepan, and add the butter to it, melting it nice and slowly over a low heat.  Stir in the milk and the hazelnut liqueur.  Add the cocoa powder and the icing sugar, combining all the ingredients thoroughly.  Turn the heat down very low to keep the mixture warm as you cook the crepes.
3. So now it’s time to cook the crepes.  Grease the surface of a non-stick frying pan (or a crepe pan if you have one) with a little butter and place on a medium heat.  Pour in about 60ml of the crepe batter, swirl it into a thin disk and leave on the heat for around 2 mins before flipping it and cooking for a minute on the other side.  Have fun with the flipping too – call the family in to watch this bit!
4. And to put it all together!  Pop the crepe on a plate and spoon over with the chocolate sauce.  Fold or roll the crepe as you like it, drizzle a little more chocolate sauce over the top, and sprinkle over with a little icing sugar.  Repeat the process until all 4 crepes are cooked, filled and decorated.

Note: These crepes are delicious with slices of chopped banana added too.

Time: 25 mins to prepare, 10 mins to cook

Cocoa Treats: 4

Tags: butter, chocolate, Chocolate Crepes with Hazelnut Liqueur, chocolate puddings, cocoa powder, cocoa treats, crepes, desserts, eggs, flour, hazelnut liqueur, icing sugar, milk, vanilla essence

This entry was posted on Monday, 21 May, 2012 at 5:13 pm by Christina Warren and is filed under Desserts, Less than 30 minutes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the feed RSS 2.0. You can leave a comment, or make a trackback from your own blog.