Wednesday, February 22, 2012

C is for Carnivál and for Crepes

Carnival is to Spain what Halloween is to the U.S, minus the overabundance of prevocative costumes. It's refreshing really, to see people young and old, from all walks of life, get dressed up and take the streets, hammered. My friends and I started drinking at 5PM dressed as people upside down.
See below
Not only was this costume hideous and only discernable from the front, but it also made pee'ing a huge hassle.

Anyhow, one of the other great things about Carnivál here in Galicia are filloas (fee-joe-ahs) which are really really thin, salty, crepes. While they aren't exactly the easiest things to make, they are incredibly DELICIOUS and worth a try.

Ingredients
1.5 cups flour
4 cups water (for more flavor add 1/3 cup of chicken stock or caldo as they have here in Spain)
4 eggs
pinch of salt
butter for the pan


Batter up
Pour the water (with stock or into the bowl.
Add flour and mix with a hand mixer.
Add the eggs and salt and blend.
Chill in the fridge for 40 minutes.


Heat a medium sized pan on medium and add a little butter.Take a ladle and pour a small amount into a non-stick pan and swirl it around. If it creates a thin layer covering the pan repeat, if not add more or less accordingly.
The batter should start to make bubbles and look like a sponge. Cook until it starts to come away from the edges of the pan. Once it starts to pull away, take your hands (BE CAREFUL not to burn yourself) and peel it from the pan, flipping it over.


(note: be prepared to throw the first few or in my case dozen away)
Stack them on top of each other and eat with honey, cream, chocolate or fruit :)

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