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A crêpe or crepe (/ k r eɪ p / ⓘ KRAYP [3] or / k r ɛ p / KREP, French: ⓘ, Quebec French: ⓘ) is a dish made from unleavened batter or dough that is cooked on a frying pan or a griddle. Crêpes are usually one of two varieties: sweet crêpes ( crêpes sucrées ) or savoury galettes ( crêpes salées ).
The crêpe has been consumed for thousands of years everywhere in the world, constituting the basic food of a meal. Historians claim that the crepe has existed since 7000 BC. The crepe was quite thick, made with a batter mixing water and various crushed cereals.
The origin of the dish and its name is disputed. One claim is that it was created from a mistake made by a 14-year-old assistant waiter, Henri Charpentier, [2] in 1895 at the Maitre at Monte Carlo's Café de Paris.
The crêpe batter is baked for a few minutes, and the crêpes are allowed to cool; as they cool, they become crisp. In French, these crispy crêpes are called crêpes gavottes or crêpes dentelles ; but when crumbled into small shards, they become feuilletine .
A pancake is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan. In Britain, pancakes are often unleavened, and resemble a crêpe. In North America, a raising agent is used (typically baking powder). The North American pancake is similar to a Scotch pancake or drop ...
The Magic Pan logo, ca 1970s Guest Receipt from 1975. The Magic Pan is a small American chain of fast-food and take-away creperies using the recipes of a now-closed chain of full-service restaurants that specialized in crêpes, popular in the early 1970s through early 1990s, which peaked at 110 Magic Pan locations [when?] throughout the United States and Canada.
The first Gundel crêpe was created and invented by Károly Gundel, [1] [2] who made the pancake with ground walnuts, raisins, and rum filling, served flambéed in a dark chocolate sauce made with egg yolks, heavy cream and cocoa. The original recipe is secret; only the Gundel restaurant knows it. The restaurant serves 25,000 portions to their ...
Kaiserschmarrn served with whipped cream, blueberry and fruits. Kaiserschmarrn (German pronunciation: [ˈkaɪzɐˌʃmaʁn] ⓘ) or Kaiserschmarren (German: [ˈkaɪzɐˌʃmaʁən] ⓘ; [1] ' Emperor's Mess ') [2] is a lightly sweetened pancake that takes its name from the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I, who was fond of this fluffy shredded pancake.