Ube crêpes
Thin, supple, a tender purple: ube crêpes fold, roll and fill to your heart's content.
A smooth batter, a hot pan, and the purple stack grows.
The crêpe goes purple
The crêpe is a blank canvas, or rather a purple one, ready to welcome anything.
Ube colors the batter and gives it a vanilla sweetness that calls for coconut, white chocolate or fruit. Thin and supple, these crêpes are enjoyed at breakfast as well as dessert. A basic transformed.
A crêpe batter that rests for an hour makes more supple crêpes: the flour hydrates fully.
Ube crêpes, step by step.
A few ingredients, a little patience, and purple takes on dessert.
Ingredients
- 150 g flour
- 2 eggs
- 300 ml milk
- 1 tbsp Kinampay ube powder (approx. 10 g)
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- A little butter for the pan
Equipment
- A mixing bowl and a whisk
- A pan or a crêpe pan
- A ladle
Preparation
- Dissolve the ube powder in a little milk, until you get a smooth base.
- Whisk the flour, sugar, salt and eggs, then add the rest of the milk and the ube base.
- Let the batter rest for 30 minutes to an hour.
- Grease the hot pan, pour a ladle of batter, cook 1 minute per side, until the edges color.
The whole Desserts family
Cheesecakes, cookies, entremets: all the indulgent purple, from one recipe to the next.
Ube cheesecake
The purple cheesecake, wonderfully creamy.
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Ube cookies
Soft in the center, golden at the edges.
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Ube brownies
Fudgy, dense, marbled with purple.
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Ube loaf cake
A soft loaf cake, purple to the core.
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Ube and white chocolate muffins
Indulgent, risen, with white chocolate.
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Ube donuts
Soft, glazed a bright purple.
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Ube financiers
Small, soft, with brown butter.
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Ube madeleines
The golden bump, the purple heart.
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Ube tiramisu
The tiramisu reinvented, all in purple.
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Ube panna cotta
Wobbly, creamy, a soft purple.
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Ube crème brûlée
The caramel cracks, the purple cream melts.
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Ube mousse
Airy, light, a cloud-purple.
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Ube macarons
Smooth shells, purple ganache.
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Ube cupcakes
A soft heart, a cloud of frosting.
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Ube cinnamon rolls
Soft rolls, a purple swirl.
See the recipe →The chef's touch
Good crêpes come down to the batter and the pan.
Let the batter rest for supple crêpes, and aim for a consistency that's neither too thick nor too runny. A hot, barely greased pan keeps them from sticking. Adjust with a splash of milk if the batter thickens.
Fill them with coconut cream and mango: the tropical pairing elevates ube.
Mistakes to avoid
Three pitfalls for wonderfully thin crêpes.
Explore the world of ube
Dessert is just one facet: explore the whole purple universe.
Drinks
Lattes, smoothies, ube frappés.
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Cheesecakes, cookies, cakes, pancakes.
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Ice creams, nice cream, frozen mochi.
Explore →Breakfasts
Bowls, porridges, overnight oats.
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Halaya, ensaymada, leche flan.
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Your questions about this recipe.
How do you make ube crêpes?
Dissolve the ube powder in the milk, prepare a classic crêpe batter, let it rest, then cook 1 minute per side in the pan.
Why let the batter rest?
Resting hydrates the flour and relaxes the gluten, making more supple crêpes.
Do ube crêpes contain caffeine?
No, ube is naturally caffeine-free.
What fillings go with ube?
Coconut, white chocolate, mango, banana or a simple drizzle of condensed milk.
Can they be made vegan?
Yes: replace the eggs with a little more flour and use a plant milk.