Silver Spoon Crepes

This is kind of a duel post, half about the best cookbook ever and half about the crepes that I made out of that very same book. The Silver Spoon is an Italian cookbook with hundreds of recipes for every possible ingredient or situation. There are complete menus, simple basics and interesting flavor combinations that range from 15 minute meals for one to all-day family creations. The chapter on "Variety Meats" is a keeper. I made an oxtail recipe one cold afternoon and it was fantastic.

One night, I needed a snack. A sweet snack that tasted good and was warm and comforting. It was between sweet cream biscuits and crepes. I decided to go for the crepes. The recipe was much easier and less time consuming. There was a basic crepe recipe in the Silver Spoon book and I made it.

It was the easiest, most well explained recipe I have ever used and it worked like a charm. I made a small batch of perfectly round, golden yellow and thin pancakes. They were slightly sweet with the tiniest bit of egg-y goodness. I truly believe that they would have been good with any filling. Savory or sweet.

I put apples in mine. I sautéed the apples in a little butter, a smattering of sugar and a pinch of cinnamon. They were honey crisp apples so they really didn't need much sugar. This whole process took me less than 30 minutes and I know it would have impressed anyone, even if they were more culinarily adept than I.