Beggar’s Purse Crêpes (Aumônières de Crêpes)
Beggar’s Purse Crêpes
Beggar’s Purse Crêpes are an ironic description for a crêpe-based dish given that these elegant, plump flavor packages allow for an extra cha-ching to that restaurant bill. For the home cooks, this food bling bling upgrades your status as a chef de maison and offers fun ways to showcase what is truly a “fast-slow food”. Beggar’s purse crêpes are versatile and can be stuffed with savory or sweet ingredients.
Crêpe batter is easy to prepare (5 ingredients in 5 minutes)
After learning a couple simple tricks, crêpes are easy to make—see my take on crêpes.
Aumônières de Crêpes
My chefs in Paris had me adding some chopped chervil into the batter and calling the recipe Crêpes Celestine without any mention of the “purse” food styling. Celestine refers to in the style of and often includes green, leafy herbs. Typically the French version is called aumônières de crêpes where aumônière means purse in French.
The tasty morsel above is from Amarosa vineyard and restaurant in Tuscany, Italy. The herbed version below I made in Paris where the chefs had us stuffing them with a creamy scallop filling.
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