19317 Brown Butter Crepes with Strawberries, Ricotta, and Orange Beurre Blanc Serves 6 Thu May 07 02:31:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 08:18:31 -0700 2009 French Licensed http://www.chow.com/recipes/19317 Thu, 07 May 2009 15:18:31 GMT Welcome warm weather Warm crepes layered with creamy ricotta, orange butter sauce, and strawberries. Pastry chef Emily Luchetti of San Francisco’s Waterbar shared this elegant dessert with us.

]]> For the brown butter crepes:
  1. Make a brown butter with the butter.
  2. Sift together the flour, confectioner’s sugar and the salt. Whisk together the eggs, egg yolk and the milk. Add to the dry ingredients.
  3. Whisk in the brown butter.
  4. In a 6 inch nonstick skillet with 1 ounce of batter for each crepe, make 12 crepes.
For the filling:
  1. Mix together all the ingredients. Place a tablespoon in the middle of 12 crepes. Fold into quarters.
For the orange beurre blanc:
  1. Reduce the orange juice and sugar by half. Remove from the heat and whisk in the butter a nugget at a time. Sauce should not break. Add salt. Keep warm in a Bain Marie until ready to serve.
To serve:
  1. Warm the crepes briefly in the oven. Spoon some orange beurre blanc in the middle of each of 6 plates. Place two crepes on top. Spoon strawberries over the crepes. Serve immediately.
]]> http://www.chow.com Emily Luchetti 54 Sweet/Dessert For the brown butter crepes::

]]> 4 tablespoons unsalted butter

]]> 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour

]]> 298 1 cup confectioner’s sugar

]]> 301 Large pinch salt

]]> 2 eggs

]]> 1 egg yolk

]]> 1 1/3 cups milk

]]> For the filling::

]]> 1 1/4 cups ricotta

]]> 298 3 tablespoons sugar

]]> 292 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

]]> 1 tablespoon heavy cream

]]> 301 Pinch of salt

]]> 48 Zest of one orange

]]> For the orange beurre blanc::

]]> 48 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

]]> 298 2 tablespoons sugar

]]> 4 ounces unsalted butter, softened

]]> 301 Pinch salt

]]> To serve::

]]> 25 2 pints strawberries, hulled and diced

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