Salmon Crepes

By Addie

Ingredients

• 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted (for crepes)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 4 Tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter (for crepes & sauce)
• 3 Tablespoons flour (for sauce)
• Dash of pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon leaf tarragon, crumbled
• 1 1/2 cup light cream or table cream
• 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 (1 lb.) can salmon, drained, boned & flaked
• 1 Tablespoons freeze dried chives
• 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
• 3 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Preparation

Step 1

Combine the 3/4 cup flour and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt in a medium- size bowl. Beat eggs until blended in a small bowl; stir in milk; beat into flour mixture until smooth.

Heat a 7-inch frying pan slowly; test temperature by sprinkling in a few drops of water. When drops bounce about, temperature is right. Grease pan lightly with butter. Measure batter, 2 tablespoons at a time, into pan, tilting pan to cover bottom. Bake crepe 1 to 2 minutes, or until bottom browns; turn; bake 1 minute longer. As crepes are baked, stack on a plate with paper toweling between; keep warm. Repeat with remaining batter, buttering pan before each baking, to make 12 crepes.

Melt remaining 3 tablespoons butter in a medium-size saucepan; blend in the 3 tablespoons of flour. Cook, stirring constantly, until bubbly. Stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper, tarragon, and cream. Continue cooking until sauce thickens and boils 1 minute. Beat egg yolks slightly in a small bowl; stir in about half of the hot sauce, then stir back into remaining sauce in pan. Cook 1 minute longer, remove from heat.

Blend 3/4 cup of the sauce with salmon and chives in a medium-size bowl; stir lemon juice into remaining sauce. Place a heaping tablespoon of the salmon mixture on each crepe; roll up, jelly-roll fashion; place in a single layer in a buttered broiler- proof dish, (13 x 9 x 2 inches). Pour remaining sauce over crepes; sprinkle Parmesan cheese over all.

Bake in hot oven (400 degrees) 10 minutes, or until bubbly. (If you prefer top slightly brown, place in broiler for 2 to 3 minutes). Serve hot.