Make a French Breakfast
If you want to do something different, try having an elaborate breakfast with a French-inspired flair. This variation, which includes crêpes, freshly squeezed orange juice and homemade hot chocolate special day, especially if presented as breakfast in bed.
Contents
Ingredients
- 4 glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice (with or without for pulp as desired)
- A selection of breads and croissants
- A selection of cheeses including brie, Emmental, Roquefort and Camembert
- For the crêpes:
- 3 eggs
- 500 ml (2 cups) milk
- 300 g (2.4 cups) flour, sifted
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 50 g (3.5 tbsp) butter
- Fresh mixed berries
- Maple syrup
- For the hot chocolate:
- 300 ml (approx. 1 1/4 cups) double cream or heavy whipping cream
- 600 ml (2.5 cups) milk
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 4 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 100 g (3.5 oz) dark chocolate, finely chopped
- A little fresh whipped cream
Steps
- Make the crêpes.
- Into a bowl crack the eggs, add the milk and whisk together.
- Carefully add the flour and mix it in thoroughly with a whisk.
- Add the salt, baking soda, and the sugar and mix.
- Add the oil and mix in until the mixture thickens.
- Heat up the frying pan and add a knob of butter.
- When the butter has melted, ladle in the crêpe mix in a circular motion, around the edges first.
- Fill in the middle and use just enough to cover the base of the pan.
- After a few minutes, the crêpe will have formed. Turn it over to cook the other side.
- Once it is cooked, remove from the pan and repeat this process to make 1 crêpe per person.
- Make the hot chocolate.
- Into a pan, add the double cream, milk, vanilla essence and the cinnamon sticks. Bring this to the boil and then simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove the cinnamon sticks. Add the chopped chocolate and cocoa powder.
- Whisk together, simmer for a further two minutes and remove from the heat.
- Pour the orange juice.
- Top the crêpes with fruit and maple syrup.
- Add whipped cream to the top of the hot chocolate.
- Serve everything, including the bread and cheese, and indulge.
Tips
- A more convenient, more typical, and healthier French breakfast to enjoy daily would consist of French bread (baguette or farmhouse bread) with jam and/or butter, occasionally croissants, and a cup of freshly brewed black coffee (it can also be tea or hot chocolate).
Warnings
- For the crêpes recipe use all purpose flour. If you use self-rising flour you do not need to use the baking soda and salt.
- French crêpes do not contain baking soda or powder.
- While this French-themed breakfast appeals to the taste buds, it is murder on the waistline and arteries. Limit it to special occasions.
- If you have food allergies make sure to check the ingredients you are using.
Things You'll Need
- 1 butter knife
- 1 cheese cutter
- 1 cheese knife
- 1 mixing bowl
- 1 whisk
- 1 spatula
- 1 non stick frying pan
- 1 saucepan
- 1 ladle
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