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Kale-filled crepes recipe

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Ingredients

Kale filling

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ red onion (chopped)
  • ⅔ cup stock
  • 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
  • 1 cup kale (chopped)
  • 1 cup turnip greens (chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley (chopped)
  • 2 petite summer squash (chopped)
  • Salt to taste
  • 8-10 nasturtium blossoms

Salal Raspberry Syrup

  • ½ cup wild black raspberries
  • ½ cup salal berries
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 4 tablespoons raw sugar

Crepes

  • 1 cup sifted white flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup water
  • 3 tablespoons butter (melted)
  • Bacon grease

Directions

Kale filling

  1. Heat olive oil in a large pan. Add onions. Sauté 1-2 minutes.
  2. Add a splash of stock and the garlic. Continue cooking until onions are translucent.
  3. Add kale, turnip greens, squash, parsley, salt and remainder of stock. Cover and cook for 2 minutes.
  4. Remove from heat and add nasturtium blossoms.

Salal Raspberry Syrup

  1. Blend water and berries in blender.
  2. In a small sauce pan, melt butter over a low flame. Add berry mixture. Add sugar and stir.
  3. Simmer for 3-4 minutes. Stir regularly.

Crepes

  1. Put milk, water, salt and eggs into blender. Add flour and butter. Blend at high speed for about a minute.
  2. Put batter in freezer for 30 minutes, or refrigerate for an hour or two.
  3. Heat one teaspoon of bacon grease in a 6-inch cast-iron pan at medium until it begins to smoke, but just barely.
  4. Remove from heat. Pour ¼ cup of batter into pan. Roll your wrist until batter spreads across entire bottom surface of pan. Return pan to flame. Cook for 45-60 seconds.
  5. Loosen edges of crepe with rubber spatula. Shake crepe back and forth in pan. Use spatula to turn crepe. Cook for an additional 10-20 seconds.
  6. Repeat.
  7. Serve, filled with toppings and sour cream or yogurt.


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