Crespelle (stuffed pancakes)

Name: Crespelle (stuffed pancakes)
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 75 g + 30 g butter; 200 ml + 500 ml milk; 75 g + 30 g flour, 5 eggs (size M); 7-10 Tbsp salt, white pepper; 250 g fresh leaf spinach (or 150 g frozen leaf spinach); 2 Garlic cloves; 1 TABLESPOON Oil (e.g. olive oil); 1 (125 g) Mozzarella bag; 1 package (250 g) Ricotta cheese (substitute for Schichtkäse); 100 g Parmesan cheese; 4 Stem(s) Parsley; 2 stem(s) Basil; 3 TABLESPOONS butter/margarine; 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg; 7-10 Tbsp parchment paper

AUTHOR
Janie Gentry

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
120 mins

TOTAL TIME
120 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6

75 g + 30 g butter
200 ml + 500 ml milk
75 g + 30 g flour, 5 eggs (size M)
7-10 Tbsp salt, white pepper
250 g fresh leaf spinach (or 150 g frozen leaf spinach)
2 Garlic cloves
1 TABLESPOON Oil (e.g. olive oil)
1 (125 g) Mozzarella bag
1 package (250 g) Ricotta cheese (substitute for Schichtkäse)
100 g Parmesan cheese
4 Stem(s) Parsley
2 stem(s) Basil
3 TABLESPOONS butter/margarine
7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
7-10 Tbsp parchment paper

Directions

1
Melt 75 g butter. Stir 200 ml milk and 75 g flour until smooth. Beat the eggs, 1 pinch of salt and liquid butter. Leave to rest for 30 minutes. Clean and wash the spinach. Peel and chop garlic and fry in hot oil. Steam the spinach for about 5 minutes
2
Drain the mozzarella. Dice mozzarella and ricotta. Grate parmesan. Wash parsley and basil. Squeeze the spinach well. Chop everything and mix with mozzarella, ricotta and half of the parmesan. Season with salt and pepper
3
Heat the fat in portions in a pan (approx. 16 cm Ø). Bake 12 pancakes in it one after the other until golden brown. Pile them up with parchment paper in between. Then spread the spinach filling on each pancake, roll it up and place it in a greased casserole dish
4
Sweat 30 g flour in 30 g butter. Deglaze with 500 ml milk, simmer briefly. Stir in 2 tablespoons of parmesan, season. Pour over the crespelle. Sprinkle with the rest of the parmesan. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C / convection oven: 175 °C / gas: level 3) for approx. 25 minutes