sugar plum crepes with ricotta and honey
One of the things that has surprised me the most as I’m chugging my way along to my finish line is how little clear my vision was for it from the beginning, and how little I’ve erred from my original list of recipe ideas, as in real life, I am a bafflingly indecisive person. “What should we order for dinner?” can send me into a tailspin. “Which colander looks best from Amazon?” will lead me to read 30 minutes of reviews. And yet, half the recipes that are lined up for the book right now (except ; we should definitely not discuss that again) are pretty much as I scribbled the ideas while my then-newborn was napping in the fall of 2009. It’s probably for the best I jotted it all down then because my brain has probably not been so centered for 5 minutes since.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 14 of 15 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Ricotta Cheese | 1/2 cup (124g) part-skim | 174 |
| Pistachio | 1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels) | 159 |
| Milk Fat | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Plum | 1 medium (66g) | 30 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled slightly (I browned this first, which probably won’t surprise you)
- 1/2 cup milk (fat level shouldn’t matter, but I use whole)
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- Two pinches of salt
- Few gratings fresh nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 pound sugar or other plums, pitted and cut into quarters if tiny, eighths if larger
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Pinch of ground cinnamon
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1 cup ricotta (ever wanted to
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- 3 tablespoons slivered fresh mint leaves
- Toasted and chopped pistachios or almonds
- Additional honey, if desired