Crepes and Flaming Desserts
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A crepe is a light, delicate pancake with a French name. It may be sprinkled with sugar and a few drops of lemon juice or encased by an unending variety of fillings.

Many great dishes evolve from simple beginnings. An appetizer made from leftover ham, chicken or turkey stuffed into a crepe, makes a perfect beginning to a fine meal. Seafoods or vegetables may be incorporated into a sauce and spread in a crepe for a main course. A handful of fresh fruit wrapped into a crepe and flamed with brandy will make a spectacular ending to the finest dinner.

Crepes, blintzes and pancakes have evolved from many countries. With scattered regions developing their own specialty, it is not surprising that their name evokes certain nostalgia that few other foods can match. Not so long ago a wealthy Russian would dine on buckwheat blintzes filled with black caviar and topped with sour cream; the less affluent had red caviar and the poor had a revolution - but always there were blintzes.

Serving crepes with 3 or 4 different fillings can be the foundation of many a successful party. The fillings can be made ahead of time and kept warm in chafing dishes, fondue pots or on warming trays. Guests will often try their hand at making their own crepes and at the end of the evening you don't even have to wash the crepe pan. Toss a few crepes around and your reputation as a cook is made forever. Certainly nothing could be easier. Countless times I have seen people timorously approach a paper thin crepe and discover that they too can be as theatrical and flamboyant as the suavest Maitre d' on the pancake trail!

Basic Buckwheat Crepes	Basic Crépe Batter	Basic Dessert Crepes
Beer Batter Crepes	Beer Batter Crepes 2	Chocolate Flavored Crepes
Cornmeal Crepes	Dessert Crepes	Fancy French Crépes
Potato Crépe Batter	Vanilla Flavored Crepes	Whole-Wheat Crepes

Sauces For Crépes

Blender Hollandaise Sauce
Blender Melba Sauce

Chocolate Sauce

Handmade Hollandaise
Handmade Melba Sauce

Lemon Sauce

Marmalade Sauce
Mornay Sauce

Peach Sauce
Pineapple Sauce

Spiced Apricot Sauce

Tomato Sauce

Veloute Sauce

White Sauce

Entreé Crépes

Cheese Crepes
Chicken and Oyster Crépes
Chicken Liver Crépes in Madeira Sauce
Crab Crépes with Tomatoes and Herbs
Crepes with Smoked Salmon and Chive Creme Fraiche

Green Bean Crepes

Ham and Asparagus Crépes

Lobster Crépes

Cornmeal Crepes with Maple Sausage and Blueberry Vinagrette Sauce
Mushroom Crépes with Ham

Ratatouille Crépes

Seafood Crepes
Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Crépes
Spinach and Ham Crepes
Spinach Crepes with Smoked Salmon

Tuna Fish or Salmon Crépes

Dessert Crépes

Apple Crépes With Roquefort Cheese
Apricot Crépes With Marmalade Sauce

Banana and Chocolate Filled Crepes
Black Cherry Crépes
Blueberry Crépes

Chocolate Soufflé Crepes
Crépes Au Kirsch
Crépes Suzette 2
Crepes with Chocolate Chestnut Butter
Crepes with Lemon Butter

Mixed Fruit Crépes With Whipped Cream

Orange Soufflé Crepes

Peach Crepes
Pear Filled Crepes
Praline Crépes

Strawberry and Orange Crépes

Flaming Desserts

Baked Alaska
Baked Melon Glace
Bananas Flambé

Cherries Jubilee
Crépes Suzette

Flaming Peaches With Almonds

Ginger Pears With Rum

L'Omelette Souffle Flambé

Pineapple In The Shell With Kirsch