Savory Crepes Recipe With Spicey Ground Beef

❤️About This Recipe & Why We Love It!

Savory crepes can be a meal saver. What do I mean by this? If you have any leftovers from the night before you can mix up some crepes and use your leftover meal wrapped up and warmed in the crepes. Delicious!

When you make this easy recipe you will see how easy a ground beef, ground turkey or chicken, and chopped ham would be served in this way.

You can get the scoop on how to make the best crepes here.

📋Ingredient List

• plain flour
• salt
• eggs
• oil
• water
• milk

📝Ingredient List

• ground beef
• onion
• bouquet garni (bay leaf, sprig of thyme, parsley) or
• a little Espelette pepper or other of your choice to taste
• dark beer
• salt and pepper
• garlic cloves
• tomato
• celery
• chives
• red wine vinegar
• sugar
• A little sour cream and more chives on top.
• cheese of your choice, cheddar, mozzarella to sprinkle on top.

For The Crepes

1. Stir crepe batter with a whisk until smooth, do not beat.
2. Let batter stand for an hour before cooking for best results.
3. Heat pan slowly (use a non-stick crepe pan unless you are experienced) until it is hot about 200°C /400°F.
4. Butter pan quickly and pour in batter. Cook fast or they will be rubbery.
5. When edges start to lift, it is time to turn.

✍️Written Instructions For Filling

1. Brown the ground beef in a pan. When completely cooked place in a bowl, discard the fat and scrape pan.
2. Place olive oil in pan, heat, add the onions and soften them without browning.
3. Put the meat back in the pan. add the beer and, if needed, add a little water to cover the meat and season with salt and black pepper.
4. Add the bouquet garni, or pepper. Simmer the meat uncovered until the liquid is reduced.
5. Add all the other vegetables and continue to simmer gently. While the liquid in the ground beef mixture is reducing, make an additional flavorful sauce to add to the beef.
6. Heat the vinegar with the sugar in a small saucepan until it bubbles and forms a dark caramel (watch constantly to prevent burning). Stir in two tablespoons of boiling water and then add this mixture to the pan, this gives it a good color and added flavor!

👩‍🍳Instructions For Assembling The Crepes

1. Lay a crepe on a plate.
2. Place a spoonful of the filling down the center of the crepe. (You could also use the filling and crepe in this recipe in the same way that Best Easy Apple Pie Filling Galette is made!).
3. Fold one side of the crepe over the filling, then the other side, use a toothpick through the center to hold it together if necessary).
4. Lay in a casserole dish.
5. Continue until all crepes are filled.
6. Sprinkle cheese on the crepes and place in the oven to melt the cheese and keep the crepes warm until serving.
7. Remove from oven, sprinkle each one with chives and a dollop of sour cream!

🔄Substitutions

• Use ground turkey, ground chicken, or chopped ham instead of ground beef.
• Use up leftovers in place of the crepe filling given in this recipe.

🙌More Savory Crepe Recipes To Try

• Discover This Savory Crepes Recipe With Spinach, Bacon, Mushrooms, And Cheese, it is so delicious and easy to make.
• Make a very traditional French crepe called Ficelle Picarde, a magnificent savory ham and mushroom crepe smothered in a creamy cheese sauce.
• You have no doubt heard or even eaten a ham and cheese sandwich. Well, here is the French equivalent, a Ham and Cheese Galette. Galettes are simply crepes but made from buckwheat flour. There are endless varieties to make and this one is a good starting point.