Crepes con crema al limone
Pancakes with lemon curd
In Italy pancakes are mainly street food served at fairs and festivals with a spreading of Nutella. I prefer my pancakes with lemon curd and a coulis of red berries.
As a dessert pancakes are normally served with ice cream, but this version with a cold, velvety lemon curd makes a deliciously refreshing alternative.
Ingredients
For the pancakes
5 eggs
50 g sugar
Pinch of salt
175 g flour
500 ml milk
50 melted butter + more butter for the fryingpan.
For the lemon curd
Juice of 1/2 lemon
3 eggs
150 g sugar
100 g butter
For the red berry coulis
100 g (frozen) raspberries or strawberries
50 g powdered sugar
This picture stopped me in my tracks. And the recipe, well I’ll tell you how it turns out this weekend. Thanks so much.
Can’t wait to hear how it turned out:)
Hello,
I love all things citrus and I can foretell that this lemon curd can be useful for other desserts. (over a shortbread base?)
Am I not seeing properly, but what is the amount of cream required?
Just beginning research, to read and enjoy your “Italian notes” on Puglia. Am planning 25 days in June there with hopes to cycle 2 weeks (on our own, not inclined yet to join a group) and need to rent 2 good bikes, possibly find 2 or 3 towns to base ourselves such as Martina Franca and ??? You may not be a cyclist but any thoughts or advice? Thanks!
Zshu-Zshu
Hi Zshu-Zshu
The beauty of this recipe is that it requires no cream, whotsoever. Neither in the pancakes nor in the lemon curd.And I promise you won’t miss it one bit.
I biking tour of Puglia sounds great, and I wouldn’t join a group either. Just remember the weather can be really hot in June, so it can be hard to cycle in the middle of the day. Martina Franca is a good place to be based within easy reach of Alberobello,
Castellana and the white cities such as Cisternino, Locorotondo and Ostuni. It is the most hilly part of Puglia, so you will get a lot of exercise.
For a second stop on the biking trip I’d go for Nardò, so you can experience the tip of Salento and towns like Lecce and Gallipoli.. Whatever you choose I’m sure you’ll have a great time.