GOURMANDE in OSAKA

Crêperie gourmande

My — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:21:46 +0000

La Chandeleur, crepe day is February second, in France and some other countries in Europe. That’s a very old celebration that correspond to the Day of the Marmot in America and the Setsubun in Japan. The start of “Spring”, well, maybe Spring. At least, Sun is coming back in the skies after the darkest months. So crepes look like small suns..

The French tradition is each member of the family cooks his/her crepe in flat pan. And you have to hold some money in one hand and flip the crepe with the second hand. If you succeed, you will be rich during one year. If not…you get a crepe on the floor, on the head, or whatever, and you’ll have had a good time laughing about your clumsiness.

WHEAT CREPES
crêpes de froment

Easy recipe :
1 average size egg
3 tbs of flour
1 glass of milk (1/2 US cup)
1 tbs oil or melted butter

A-whip well B-wait 2 hours C-cook the crepes

a few savory variations

Ficelles picardes (gratin crepes with ham and mushroom filling)

BUCKWHEAT CREPES
Galettes ou crêpes au sarrasin or crêpes de ble noir

Galette day

100% buckwheat crepes

egged buckwheat crepes (quick version)

DESSERT :

crêpes boisettes

crêpes Suzette

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Sestubun : Oni hunt is opened. Don’t count your daizu before they are hatched. (via GiO)

My — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:31:48 +0000

Be prepared. It’s a busy week for foodies in Osaka. Tomorrow crepe days. And the day after Setsubun Japanese Spring Day. This year, Setsubun (the bean nd giant maki day) is February 3rd, and Rishun the rise of Spring is February 4th.

These ugly oni invaded this blog (and all Japan)…let’s fight them with BEANS !

Crêpes marée noire -”black wheat” crepes (via GiO)

My — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:06:37 +0000

Chandeleur crepe festival is tomorrow. Get ready.
LY : making pure buckwheat crepes

Sarrasin et sa farine.