In Search Of A gluten-free, Nut-free, Soy-free Crepe Recipe!

[CCR]

My 8th grader's French teacher wants to have a monthly French food party in class. She is very open to accommodating his allergies (nuts, soy) as well as his celiac disease. I told her I'd search for a gluten-free crepe recipe. Anyone have one? I'd be very grateful.

Carin

[JenPen]

My 8th grader's French teacher wants to have a monthly French food party in class. She is very open to accommodating his allergies (nuts, soy) as well as his celiac disease. I told her I'd search for a gluten-free crepe recipe. Anyone have one? I'd be very grateful.

Carin

Hi Carin,

Growing up, crepes were a special fun-night tradition at our house. It was one of the first things we tried when my brother first went gluten-free. It was a complete failure (what's xanthan gum???). Now that he and I both don't do gluten, we've reworked things and gotten quite a bit closer to the real thing. My non-gluten-free sister now claims to like these better because they're softer as they cool:

Approx. 12 gluten-free Crepes

Contains mods for CF, SF

3/4 c white rice flour

1/4 c tapioca starch

1/2 c potato starch

1/2 t baking powder

1/2 t salt

1/2 t xanthan gum

2 1/2 c milk (or rice milk)

2 eggs

1 t vanilla

2 T melted butter (or 1T ghee melted and 1T coconut oil melted)

2 T sugar

Mix ingredients well so they are not lumpy. You may want to use a hand mixer. Crepe dough needs to be thinner than pancake dough, and maybe slightly thicker than the consistency of whipping cream. Add more milk or some extra flour to get to this consistency. Heat a Teflon coated frying pan to slightly more than medium temp (I've found the temp needs to be higher than with regular wheat dough). Either spray the pan with cooking spray, or melt a small amount of coconut oil and spread around the pan. Put a ladle full of dough into the pan and rotate pan around to spread out dough evenly in a circle. When dough appears to be cooked mostly through (a minute or two), flip with a spatula. Heat second side slightly (maybe 20 seconds)

We usually have a pie pan in the warm oven to put the crepes into until they are all done. It is quite the process, but is worth it 8^) We eat them with strawberry sauce and whipped cream.

Easy Strawberry Sauce

3 T cornstarch

Small package strawberry Jello

2 c cold water

Put ingredients into 8 c microwavable bowl. Mix and heat in the microwave. Stir every 30 seconds. Let the mixture boil for three minutes or so, still stirring every 30 seconds. After this has cooled slightly, add fresh cut strawberries or thawed frozen strawberries

[CCR]

I can't thank you enough! I will give these a whirl. They sound great!

[RissaRoo]

Yum! Another great topping for these is just powdered sugar and lemon wedges...

[CCR]

Just wanted to thank you for that recipe, JenPen. I made a double batch for the French class yesterday and they were a huge hit. The teacher emailed me to ask for the recipe (I hope you don't mind that I gave it to her!) because she said they were some of the best crepes she'd ever had and she has a celiac friend who would love them. I can attest to how yummy they were because I ate the two that tragically ripped when I tried to turn them. Quel dommage, n'est-ce pas? (pardon my lousy French)

I think I'll be making them every month. My son was so happy and so was I. Thanks!