Clementine Crêpe Cake

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Recipe by Le Creuset


Serves: 6-8

Cooking time: Under 1hr

Ingredients

For the filling

500g ricotta cheese

3 clementines

6 tablespoons honey


Crêpe batter

500ml cake flour

2ml salt

2ml baking powder

2 eggs

600ml milk

60ml cream

30ml oil

12.5ml brandy


Clementine syrup

250g sugar

100ml clementine juice (from approx. 6 clementines)

Method

To make the filling

  • 01

    Grate the zest from the clementines and squeeze the juice with our Citrus Juicer (you should have 50ml Clementine juice). Add the ricotta and the honey and mix together well.

For the crêpe batter

  • 02

    Combine the cake flour, salt and baking powder in a large bowl.

  • 03

    Beat the eggs and milk together in a separate bowl.

  • 04

    Gradually add the dry ingredients to the milk and egg mixture, beating constantly.

  • 05

    Beat in the cream, oil and brandy. Thin with a tablespoon or two of water if batter is too thick.

  • 06

    Preheat a Le Creuset Crepe pan and grease lightly with oil. Pour a thin layer of the crepe batter into the pan, tilting it to cover the whole base of the pan.

  • 07

    Fry the crepe lightly until golden brown and then flip over gently with a turner or a spatula and fry the other side.

  • 08

    Continue this process until all the crepe batter has been used. You need 7 perfect crepes. Stack the crepes on a plate to cool down.

For the clementine syrup

  • 09

    Put the sugar and clementine juice in a Le Creuset 16cm 3-ply Stainless Steel Saucepan until the sugar has melted and the syrup turns into a light golden caramel. Allow to cool slightly before using it. If it becomes too thick to drizzle, heat it again gently.

Assembling

  • 10

    Set ½ the syrup aside for the top of the cake.

  • 11

    Assemble the layers by spreading 1/5 of the ricotta filling on a crepe and drizzling over a little syrup. Place another crepe on top and repeat the process. Repeat this layering with the remaining 5 crepes.

  • 12

    Place the pile of filled and stacked crepes onto a cake stand or on a pretty plate.

  • 13

    Drizzle the remaining clementine syrup over the stacked crepes and serve

*Cooks note:The crêpe batter can be made a day in advance. If clementines are not available, mandarins or lemons can be used instead.

Cast Iron Crepe Pan

LE CREUSET

With a generous circular cast iron surface and minimal walls, this pan is perfect for making authentic, feather light french crepes and removing them from the pan with ease. Cast iron is the ideal material for cooking crepes and pancakes, with gentle and even heat distribution to give you a consistent colour and texture, plus make use of the included spreader to get your batter ultra-thin.


Plus, the versatility of Cast Iron means that this pan is also fantastic for a quick sear or grill.