Sometimes, it seems impossible to cook at school. Tiny kitchens, next to no equipment, no money and no time its not a surprise that ramen is the most common food made by college students. After itching to make something for a while I hopped on my friend Gabby's floor program (she is an RA too) so that she would have an extra person helping her. Gabby decided to make something that no one would expect to be made in a dorm room kitchen--crepes. And needless to say, it was much easier than you would think.
We started cooking at 10 in the kitchen of her dorm, which is pretty scary, mainly because people don't clean up after themselves. This meant that before we could cook, Gabby and I had to clean and prep. I handled the cleaning while Gabby stole butter, peanut butter, eggs, bagels, and a few other ingredients. After arranging all of the ingredients on the table we began to cook.
Here are the ingredients you'll need:
1 Cup all purpose flour
1 1/4 cups whole milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 eggs
4 teaspoons of sugar
pinch of salt
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
(this recipe is adapted from Relaxed Cooking with Curtis Stone )
Crepes with only seven ingredients look easy, right? That's because they are! First, you whisk the milk, cream and eggs together, and then you gradually add in the flour and sugar. When the first five ingredients are completely combined you add in the salt. That's all you need to make the batter - no refrigeration, no frustration…just mixing.
Some might think that the hard part is cooking the crepes, but the steps to creating crepes are enough quell any fears. You just need to heat your pan to medium heat, and coat it with butter. Then, pour about a quarter of a cup of the batter onto the pan and swirl it around so that it coats the pan. Let it sit for two minutes and then flip the crepe using a spatula. The other side will not take as long to cook, so be sure to watch it!
Finally, you just top it with whatever you want. I chose to use peanut butter and bananas, a combination that I never can never tire of. Other people chose scrambled eggs, some people mixed oranges and confectioners sugar. The possibilities for the fillings are endless.
In total, this only cost 12 dollars to feed over 15 people--a quick and easy meal for anyone on a budget.
We started cooking at 10 in the kitchen of her dorm, which is pretty scary, mainly because people don't clean up after themselves. This meant that before we could cook, Gabby and I had to clean and prep. I handled the cleaning while Gabby stole butter, peanut butter, eggs, bagels, and a few other ingredients. After arranging all of the ingredients on the table we began to cook.
Here are the ingredients you'll need:
1 Cup all purpose flour
1 1/4 cups whole milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 eggs
4 teaspoons of sugar
pinch of salt
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
(this recipe is adapted from Relaxed Cooking with Curtis Stone )
Crepes with only seven ingredients look easy, right? That's because they are! First, you whisk the milk, cream and eggs together, and then you gradually add in the flour and sugar. When the first five ingredients are completely combined you add in the salt. That's all you need to make the batter - no refrigeration, no frustration…just mixing.
Some might think that the hard part is cooking the crepes, but the steps to creating crepes are enough quell any fears. You just need to heat your pan to medium heat, and coat it with butter. Then, pour about a quarter of a cup of the batter onto the pan and swirl it around so that it coats the pan. Let it sit for two minutes and then flip the crepe using a spatula. The other side will not take as long to cook, so be sure to watch it!
Finally, you just top it with whatever you want. I chose to use peanut butter and bananas, a combination that I never can never tire of. Other people chose scrambled eggs, some people mixed oranges and confectioners sugar. The possibilities for the fillings are endless.
In total, this only cost 12 dollars to feed over 15 people--a quick and easy meal for anyone on a budget.
No comments:
Post a Comment