Egg And Bacon Buckwheat Crêpes

Serves: 6

Callie Medhurst

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

38

Spice

42

Sweetness

62

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.2

Difficulty

Ingredients:

Directions:

1

Cut bacon into strips about 1/8 inch wide and 1 inch long

2

In a skillet cook bacon over moderate heat, stirring, until golden and crisp and transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain

3

Preheat broiler

4

Brush a 10-inch non-stick skillet lightly with oil and heat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking

5

Remove skillet from heat

6

Working quickly, stir batter and fill a 1/4-cup measure

7

Pour batter into skillet, tilting and rotating skillet quickly to cover bottom

8

Cook crêpe over moderately high heat until bottom is golden and top appears almost dry, about 1 minute

9

Turn crêpe over and break 1 egg onto center

10

Sprinkle one-fourth Gruyère and one-fourth bacon over egg and season with salt and pepper

11

Fold in edge of crêpe to form a square, leaving egg exposed, and cook about 30 seconds

12

Slide crêpe from skillet onto a large baking sheet

13

Make 3 more crêpes with remaining batter, eggs, cheese, and bacon in same manner, brushing skillet lightly with oil before cooking each crêpe

14

Broil crêpes 4 to 5 inches from heat until egg whites are set, about 30 seconds

15

Cut bacon into strips about 1/8 inch wide and 1 inch long

16

In a skillet cook bacon over moderate heat, stirring, until golden and crisp and transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain

17

Preheat broiler

18

Brush a 10-inch non-stick skillet lightly with oil and heat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking

19

Remove skillet from heat

20

Working quickly, stir batter and fill a 1/4-cup measure

21

Pour batter into skillet, tilting and rotating skillet quickly to cover bottom

22

Cook crêpe over moderately high heat until bottom is golden and top appears almost dry, about 1 minute

23

Turn crêpe over and break 1 egg onto center

24

Sprinkle one-fourth Gruyère and one-fourth bacon over egg and season with salt and pepper

25

Fold in edge of crêpe to form a square, leaving egg exposed, and cook about 30 seconds

26

Slide crêpe from skillet onto a large baking sheet

27

Make 3 more crêpes with remaining batter, eggs, cheese, and bacon in same manner, brushing skillet lightly with oil before cooking each crêpe

28

Broil crêpes 4 to 5 inches from heat until egg whites are set, about 30 seconds