If you love serving your crêpes with lemon and sugar, why not try adding lavender, too? These Lavender lemon Crêpes with white chocolate are rich, decadent yet refreshing and luscious. Perfect summer way of enjoying some crepes!
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Update on Our Backyard
Oh well, hello Monday! You always arrives so quickly (Unlike the weekends), right? Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well. And if you feel LIKE MONDAY today, no worries. That’s the reason I decided to share these Lavender lemon Crepes with you. I bet they will make any Monday much more bearable.
But first, a quick update on our backyard situation. We have tackled the trees! Well, not exactly. We cut all the trees into smaller stumps (Some of them are super large and heavy, though). While the work isn’t over yet (Not for the next couple of weekends, that’s for sure), it’s not so urgent anymore as there’s no trees on our way. Also, we got an electric log splitter which makes our lives so much easier. On the other hand, our shed is full, and we will need to figure out where to keep the remaining wood. I will repeat: that’s a lot of wood to manage. Perhaps, the size of another shed haha.
Let’s talk about these delightful crêpes now for a minute, shall we?
Crêpes, More Crêpes!
You know my love for crepes. And it won’t be bragging to say you can find some quite creative ideas on this blog like these Crepes with Rose Jam or Banana Mango Sauce Crêpes.
Indeed, there’s quite a few crêpe ideas have been waiting forever to be published on the blog; however, I am not sure if I can manage everything until fall. Why? Too many lavender ideas to share with you! Also, still have some recipes with cherries that I don’t want to ditch out. And cocktails. And now the season of watermelons. Nope – defiantly won’t manage everything I’ve created so far. And I also know from my experience that leavening unpublished recipes for the next season doesn’t really work for me either.
#FoodBloggersProblems #FoodBloggersHardChoices
By the way, if you needed to choose, what would you prefer – crêpes with a blueberry or peach sauce?
Lavender lemon Crêpes
Now, I will admit these Lavender lemon Crêpes are not for the times when you are dieting. Cream, white chocolate, honey… While I didn’t count, the amount of calories in one serving roughly equals a huge slice of cake, I believe. That’s a lot? Yeah! Is it worth it? Absolutely!
Importantly, these crepes are not overly sweet thanks to lemon, both juice and zest. So refreshing! Even though you can have them for your breakfast, I would classify this as a dessert. But I don’t see any issues having them along with your morning cup of coffee. Either way, that will be delicious!
Also, I used for this recipe fresh lavender. As dried lavender is more potent, I thought delicate fragrance of fresh lavender is more appropriate here. But if you don’t have fresh lavender, that’s fine. Use dried lavender buds, twice less (or even more), just to introduce a subtle aroma. Plus you will need to finely mince it.
I hope you like these Lavender lemon Crêpes, and you will give it a try soon. If you make it, let me know in this post or send me an Instagram message or share you photos adding the hashtag #havocinthekitchen.
Cheers!
Lavender lemon Crêpes
Course: Dessert, Breakfast3-4
servings5
minutes10
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minutesLavender lemon Crêpes with white chocolate are rich, decadent yet refreshing and luscious.
Please note this is not the precise recipe but mostly the sauce idea. The amount of sauce should be enough for about 8 crepes (So it’s 3-4 servings). The cooking time does not include the time for making crepes (That would add another 1 hour.)
Ingredients
Crepes, this or your favourite recipe (about 2-3 crepes per serving)
2/3 cup heavy (whipping) cream
1/3 cup light (10% or so) cream
70-100 gr, white chocolate, roughly chopped
juice of 1-3 lemons
zest of 1 lemon
1-3 tbsp. honey
1/4 tsp. fresh lavender (or 1/8 tsp. dried lavender), finely minced
a little pinch of salt
More white chocolate, lemon zest, and lavender, for garnish
Directions
- In a small-medium saucepan, combine the cream and white chocolate over low medium heat and melt, constantly stirring.
- Add in the honey, lavender, salt, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Start by adding the juice of one lemon, try and add more as desired. I used the juice of 3 lemons here, but 2 might bring enough of tartness and freshness to your liking. Simmer, whisking, for about 3 minutes, just to thicken up.
- Remove from heat and let it cool until warm (about 10-15 minutes) or even cold, as desired. Personally I think the warm sauce tastes better.
- Serve with crepes with extra white chocolate, lemon zest, and lavender, if desired. Enjoy!
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Your all recipes are so new for us! Thank you! This recipe is also very different and new.
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Peaches and Cream Crêpes
These crepes look so luscious and dreamy! I’ve always had a fear of making them due to their delicate nature, but your beautiful recipe is giving me courage!
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Thank you Catherine!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Peaches and Cream Crêpes
These crepes look heavenly, Ben! Love your creativity and your use of flowers in your recipes!
Thanks Michelle!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Peaches and Cream Crêpes
Sounds like you guys are going to be super busy over the next few weekends tackling all those tree bits! Busy weekends like that need a great breakfast to start the day and these crepes are perfect!
BTW- I recently had a lemon lavender muffin and the combo was so good! So i cannot wait to try these crepes with white chocolate and honey AND lemon and lavender! Phenomenal Ben!
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Oh yeah – super busy :)
Thanks Shashi!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Peaches and Cream Crêpes
Sounds like the wood project is coming along nicely – it also sounds like you need to get a firepit! We put in a “permanent” (i.e. metal ring with stones around it – sold as a kit) fire pit last summer, and you can really burn through wood with that thing! Also, it’s great for smores!
As far as these crepes, yes please! Lemon and lavender do pair nicely together, so I can see how these would be absolutely delicious! Maybe the next recipe should be smores crepes?? :-)
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Yes, we do have a firepit, too (Would be hard to get rid of all these brunches and leaves!) We even had a firefighter car stopping by as once they saw the smoke from the road :)
Thanks David!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Peaches and Cream Crêpes
oh yum yum Ben, I love thin and delicate crepes (not a fan of thick pancakes) and these look wonderful. and the flavours too…
Thank you Sherry!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Peaches and Cream Crêpes
Can you sell the excess wood, or would that not be a viable option? Such a blessing to have so much of it growing in your back yard.
Thank you!
Oh no, we will use it – no need to buy wood for a year or even two.
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Peaches and Cream Crêpes
I’m overdue to make some crepes. My mom would treat us a lot on the weekends, and I like using them in dessert recipes as well as breakfast. These sound terrific!!
Thank you Liz!
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Peaches and Cream Crêpes
Glad you’ve made some good progress, on the backyard, Ben. So satisfying! And you know I love your crepe creations and this one is a beauty – love the creamy, zesty, floral flavors!
Thanks Marissa!
You should publish a cookbook with all the edible flower recipes. Seriously, you are so good with combining flavours and colours plus all those droolworthy pictures…the book will sell like a hot cake, Ben. Now, can I come over for some crepes?? They look so inviting!
p.s something is off with your comment widget…I am not sure if my comment got through or not..if it appears twice or more, sorry, Ben.
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Thank you Angie!
I will consider a book :)
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Peaches and Cream Crêpes
You should publish a cookbook with all the edible flower recipes. Seriously, you are so good with combining flavours and colours plus all those droolworthy pictures…the book will sell like a hot cake, Ben. Now, can I come over for some crepes?? They look so inviting!