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Apple and blackberry crêpes

  • Time to make: 45 mins
  • Serving: 8 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 4 apples, peeled, cored, sliced
    • 2 tablespoons castor sugar
    • 2–3 drops vanilla extract
    • pinch ground cinnamon
    • 300g blackberries (frozen or fresh)
    • 8 basic crêpes (see tip)
    • 1 cup reduced-fat Greek yoghurt, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 To make filling place apples, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon in a pan with 2 tablespoons water. Cover and cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes until apples are soft. Add blackberries. Cook for 5 more minutes.

    2 Top each crêpe with one-eighth of the fruit mixture and fold over. Serve one crêpe per person with yoghurt and any extra filling on the side.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free rice flour in crêpe mix and check cinnamon and yoghurt are gluten free.

    HFG tip

    Basic crêpes

    1 cup flour
    2 medium-sized eggs, lightly beaten
    200ml trim milk
    oil spray

    Step 1 Sift flour into a bowl. Add eggs, milk and 100ml cold water. Whisk until smooth.

    Step 2 Spray a non-stick frying pan with a little oil and place over a medium heat. For 1 crepe swirl 4–5 tablespoons of batter to coat base of pan. Cook for 1–2 minutes until golden. Flip or turn crêpe over. Cook for 1 more minute until golden.

    Step 3 Transfer each crepe to a plate and cover with a thick tea towel to keep warm.

    Five crêpe ideas

    • Spread each crêpe with 1 teaspoon lemon curd and serve with fresh or frozen berries.
    • Top crêpes  with sliced banana and serve with a drizzle of honey and a dollop of low-fat yoghurt.
    • Top with pineapple and passionfruit and serve with light coconut milk and mango-flavoured frozen yoghurt.
    • Add sliced mango and vanilla fromage frais.
    • Spread each crêpe  with 2 teaspoons low-fat tropical yoghurt and top with sliced golden kiwifruit.

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