Red Velvet Crepes Recipes

RED VELVET CREPES WITH CREAM CHEESE FILLING

Steps:

• Combine eggs, milk, water, salt, sugar, vanilla, and 3 Tablespoons melted butter in a blender and pulse until foamy, about 30 seconds.
• Add flour and cocoa powder and pulse until smooth.
• Add the food dye at this time, if using. You will need to make the batter a little brighter than you want your final product to be.
• Refrigerate the batter for 30 minutes or overnight.
• When ready to prepare your crepes, heat 1 Tablespoon of butter in a crepe pan or other shallow frying pan. Ensure that the butter has coated the entire surface of the pan before adding 1/4 cup of crepe batter and swirling to cover the surface of the pan.
• Cook crepes one minute, flip carefully, and then cook other side for half a minute. (The edges will start to crisp and turn up slightly, but the surface won't get as bubbly as pancakes.)
• Repeat this process with remaining batter.
• To make the cream cheese filling, whisk the cream cheese filling ingredients (powdered icing sugar, cream cheese, milk and lemon juice) together, adding more or less milk to preference.
• Spoon the filling into a piping bag and pipe a straight line across each crepe before rolling.
• Garnish with chocolate sauce and leftover cream cheese filling.

RED VELVET CREPES WITH CHEESECAKE FILLING

Steps:

• Add all the ingredients for the crepes, except the food coloring and nonstick spray, to a blender and blend until combined and smooth.
• Add about 3/4 teaspoon of red gel food coloring and blend until combined.
• Transfer the mixture to a glass bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and salt to a food a bowl and mix with a spatula until smooth and combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Transfer the mixture to a pastry bag and set aside on the counter so it remains room temperature.
• Uncover the crepe batter and give it a quick whisk.
• Heat an 8-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat and spray with nonstick spray.
• Scoop 1/4 cup of batter into the center of the skillet and immediately tilt and swirl pan to coat the bottom of the skillet.
• Cook for 2 minutes until the edges have dried and lifted slightly from the sides and the center is set. Flip over and cook for another 30-60 seconds. Repeat with remaining batter. You should end up with 12 crepes.
• Pipe a thick layer of the cheesecake filling on the bottom half of a crepe. Spread with an offset spatula if needed.
• Fold the top half of the crepe over to cover the cheesecake filling. Fold in half so that you get a neat triangle. Repeat with remaining crepes.
• Serve with a dust of confectioners' sugar, a drizzle of chocolate syrup, a dollop of whipped cream and some berries on the side.