Try out this evergreen Chocolate Crepe Recipe with a strawberry filling

Arguably, only a few treats have captured the hearts of foodies with perceptive taste buds as the delicate, velvety crepe has. Originating from France, these thin pancakes have been a canvas for a range of culinary creativities, with their wide range of fillings - from classic fruits to rich chocolates.

This one is an indulgent chocolate crepe recipe with a sweet and tangy strawberry filling. This compatible combination is going to throw you right into pure happiness as the juicy, fresh strawberries provide the perfect palate cleansing for the dark and rich chocolate. This is possibly one of the oldest sweet crepe recipes, along with banana and chocolate.

This dessert will blow the minds of your family and friends, as it is sure to be a head-turner. It's great to make this dish for any special occasions – even children’s birthday parties. After all, all children love chocolates and strawberries. Further, by incorporating fruits into the dessert, you will also be making sweet treats that are comparatively healthier. To make them even healthier, you can mix refined flour with atta or wheat for the base of the crepes.

With each cranny of this fragile crepe melting in your mouth, you'll experience a burst of strawberry and chocolate flavor in your mouth that’ll ensure you crave for more.

In this saga of crepe recipes for breakfast, you'll be unlocking secrets for making such beautiful chocolate crepes - right from the raw batter up to the final assembly.

Ingredients:

• 505 ml milk
• 254 ml water
• 2 large eggs
• 59 gm granulated sugar
• 12 gm salt
• 125 gm flour
• 22 gm unsalted butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 25 gm Cadbury cocoa powder
• 203 gm sliced strawberries (for filling and garnish)
• 18 gm cornstarch
• 2-3 tbsps lemon juice
• Whipped cream

Method:

1. First, pour milk, water, eggs, sugar and salt into a blender, and mix until it becomes silky smooth and creamy.
2. To the concoction, add flour, melted butter, vanilla extract, and cocoa powder, and mix the ingredients well such that they become lump-free.
3. Rest the batter for half an hour.
4. Then, place a non-stick pan over medium heat, pour a ladle full of the batter, and tilt it so the pan is covered.
5. You need to cook it for 1-2 minutes on one side, and cook for 30 seconds on the other.
6. In this manner, you have to repeat with the rest of the batter until it is completely used.
7. For the strawberry filling, you have to combine sliced strawberries, sugar, and cornstarch in a saucepan.
8. Then, cook it over medium heat, stirring constantly until the mixture is thick.
9. Next, you are going to remove it from heat and stir in lemon juice.
10. You have to wait to let the filling cool down completely.
11. To assemble the crepe, you need to spread a chocolate crepe on a flat surface, and spoon 1-2 tbsps of strawberry filling onto one half.
12. You are going to very carefully fold the crepe in half to enclose the filling. Repeat with remaining crepes and filling.
13. Your recipe will be ready to serve, but right before that, garnish your crepes with sliced strawberries and some beautiful, white whipped cream.

You can use a combination of different types of berries or fruits with strawberries for your filling. However, taste the filling and adjust the tartness and sweetness as per your taste. If you add blueberries, the crepes would require a more generous dusting of icing sugar than if you use sweeter strawberries and raspberries.

With this recipe, you are all set to whip up delicious chocolate crepes with strawberry filling. Even though it takes a little bit of practice to master, this recipe is largely beginner-friendly, and if you prepare a big batch of the batter, you can give yourself more room for error, and have a greater chance of getting the perfect crepes.

Further, you can make this dish for dinner, breakfast or for a packed dessert in the kids’ lunch boxes. You can also make a filling of jaggery and toasted coconut shavings to make the classic Bengali delicacy Patishapta using the same crepe recipe. Only, once you wrap the filling into the parcels, you need to fry them in ghee on each sides, and secure the flap with a clove.