Spiced Apple Ricotta Crepes with Orange Brown Sugar Sauce
Written by Josephine Pacquing Pastry Chef, Bar Americain, New York, NY Published: Apr 26, 2012 Print Email
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Delicate crepes filled with flavorful spiced apples and creamy ricotta then topped with an orange brown sugar sauce.
Yield: 16 servings
Spiced apples:
20 Granny Smith apples
12 oz/340 g unsalted butter
14 oz/400 g granulated sugar
4 cinnamon sticks
1 Tbs ground cinnamon
1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1 tsp ground allspice
- Peel, core and cut apples into ½” wedges.
- In a saucepan, melt butter, add sugar and spices and cook until sugar turns into a medium caramel. Add apples wedges and cook until apples are tender, stirring constantly. Cool on sheetpan.
Ricotta filling:
3 lb/1.36 kg drained ricotta cheese
14 oz/400 g superfine granulated sugar
1 Tbs salt
Paddle all ingredients together until smooth.
Crepe batter:
24 oz/680 g all-purpose flour
6 oz/170 g granulated sugar
1 Tbs salt
12 large eggs
12 large egg yolks
12 oz/340 g melted butter
- Combine all ingredient together and mix with an immersion blender until smooth, and strain. Let rest for at least 1 hour.
- Melt the butter and continue to cook to noisette stage to brush on crepes after assembly.
Orange brown sugar sauce:
2 qt/1.92 lt orange juice
2 lb/907 g Muscovado light sugar
8 liq oz/240 ml Cointeau liqueur
2 Tbs orange zest
1 Tbs salt
In a saucepan, reduce orange juice by half. Add sugar, Cointeau, orange zest and salt. Simmer until mixture has the consistency of a light syrup.
Streusel:
8.46 oz/240 g all-purpose flour
1 lb/454 g unsalted butter
1 lb/454 g granulated sugar
1 Tbs ground cinnamon
1 Tbs freshly grated nutmeg
1 Tbs salt
In an electric mixer at low speed, combine all ingredients and mix with the paddle attachment at low speed until mixture has a crumbly texture. Spread out on sheetpan and bake at 350°F until golden brown, without stirring. Set aside to cool.
Assembly:
Confectioners sugar
Finely grated orange zest
Fill crepes with 2 Tbs Ricotta Filling and 3 to 4 apple wedges, fold and brush with brown butter, and heat until warm. Place 3 warm crepes on a plate and drizzle with Orange Brown Sugar Sauce. Sprinkle with Streusel and dust with confectioners’ sugar and some grated orange zest.