Cheese, Ham and Mushroom Crêpes

Now you can do any version of savoury pancakes from ones that are toped with hollandaise sauce filled with seafood to very rustic ones that are full of minced beef and very little else.  My personal favourite is this following and it is not for the light hearted ,  or the weak hearted either , god only knows how many calories are in this one .

You will need

125g/4½oz plain flour

2 eggs

300ml/10½fl oz milk

Butter

50g/2oz butter

50g/20z plane flour

600ml/1pt full fat milk

100ml/3½floz double cream

100ml/3½floz dry white wine

50g/2oz strong farmhouse cheddar cheese

75g/2½oz mozzarella cheese

75g/2½oz parmesan cheese

Salt, fresh ground pepper and pinch of nutmeg to taste

1 leek

12 or more mushrooms

8 rashers of smoked bacon

Once again you have to start by making your  pancakes or crêpes in advance and finish the sauce just before serving.  Just sift the flour into a bowl.  Add the egg and milk and whisk to a smooth batter.

Heat a frying pan but not to hot melt a little butter in the pan and make you pancakes, once cooked place them on a plate with a piece of greaseproof paper between each one so they do not stick.

Now the next thing you need to do is slice you bacon leeks and mushroom.  I normally do this quit rustically but you can do it as you want.  Add the butter to the pan and a similar amount of flour and work together to make a roux. Then add the bacon, leeks, mushroom, and start to cook that in with the flour and butter.

Once every thing is well combined, add the white wine and let that cook for a bit then start to slowly add milk a little at a time. What you want to avoid is any big lumps of flour in the mix so make sure they all are worked in to the sauce.  Once you have done this add the farmhouse cheddar cheese let that melt in and then take it of the heat and in to a container to let it cool.

Once cooled spoon the mix in to you pancakes and then set them in a dish, one, or two per person all depending on how big you want to make them.  Then cover with the double cream, mozzarella cheese  and parmesan . Now put it in a oven set at 180c/350f and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until just beginning to crisp at the edges and the cheese and cream have made a really rich sauce.

And then just sit back and enjoy one of the best pancakes that you probably will every have, well maybe not that good but it is very tasty.