These vanilla crêpes with roasted strawberry rhubarb and homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.

Roasted Strawberry Rhubarb Crêpes

These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.

These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.

When it comes to breakfast, I can’t stay away from crêpes. I love how delicate they are, but also offer so many options to eat them. One thing I have yet to try with crêpes is a crêpe cake. Have you ever made one? How was it? I can imagine it being AMAZING!

This recipe is not a cake, but it is just as delicious.

It is already rhubarb season, how about that? I’m super excited and need to figure out new ways to use the rhubarb from the garden. I’m also anxiously waiting for the first strawberries to show up. It’s going to be a while for the ones in our garden to grow, but I expect some locally grown strawberries in the next couple of weeks. Can’t wait! I wanna make more of these strawberry rhubarb crêpes 🙂

These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.
These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.
These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.

My favorite crepe filling is definitely chocolate! I’m generally not a very chocolatey person, but I definitely become one when it comes to crêpes.

Because of that, I’m adding a very simple and super quick recipe for a hazelnut and chocolate spread, so basically homemade Nutella. YAY! You can easily substitute it with any chocolate spread you like or simply melted chocolate.

So why roasting rhubarb and strawberries? First, not a fan of raw rhubarb. I don’t mind the taste but I’m not a fan of the crunch. And also, I don’t like it in combination with chocolate. Second, have you ever tried roasted strawberries? Or roasted rhubarb for that matter? When they get roasted the sugars caramelize and give them a flavor kick! I also add a bit of honey before roasting, mostly because rhubarb needs some extra love.

These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.
These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.
These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.
These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.
These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.
These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.

So there you have it. Delicious tender vanilla crêpes, homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread and delicious caramelized roasted rhubarb and strawberries.

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Roasted Strawberry Rhubarb Crêpes

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine French
Keyword crepes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Author Anja Burgar

Ingredients

Vanilla Crêpes

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 tsp sugar
  • 1 1/4 cup milk
  • 3 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla seeds
  • extra cooking oil for greasing the pan

Chocolate and Hazelnut Spread

  • 1/2 cup ground hazelnuts
  • 50 g dark chocolate
  • 3 TBSP cooking oil
  • 1 TBSP honey
  • pinch of salt

Roasted Rhubarb and Strawberries

  • 100 g rhubarb stems
  • 100 g strawberries
  • 2 TBSP honey
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla seeds

Instructions

Roasted Rhubarb and Strawberries

  1. Cut strawberries in quarters lengthwise. Cut rhubarb into chunks approx. the size of strawberry quarters. Drizzle with honey and sprinkle with vanilla seeds. Mix well and roast in a preheated oven at 180°C for 10 minutes.

  2. Remove from the oven and let cool.

Chocolate and Hazelnut Spread

  1. Place all ingredients in a food processor and mix to get a smooth spread.

Vanilla Crêpes

  1. Mixing by hand: In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, salt, and vanilla. In another bowl mix milk, oil, and eggs. Add half of the liquid mixture and mix well to get a paste. Add the rest of the liquid and mix well. You will get a quite watery batter. Perfect for making thin crêpes.

  2. Using a blender: Place all ingredients into a blender, adding the flour last. Mix until you get a smooth batter.

  3. Leave the batter to rest for 30 minutes. You can store it in the fridge and use later.

  4. After the batter has rested, heat a pan over medium-high heat. Once it is hot use a paper napkin or a brush to cover the pan with oil as thinly as possible.

  5. Add the batter to the pan according to the pan size.

    20 cm pan – about 3 tbsp of batter

    25 cm pan – about 1/4 cup of batter

    30 cm pan – about 1/3 cup of batter

    The first crêpe is usually a tester to see how hot is the pan and how much batter you need for one crêpe. 

  6. Pour the batter in the middle of the pan and quickly rotate it to cover the whole surface. Almost immediately the edges will start to brown. That’s when you take a spatula and go around the edges to release the crêpe. After the crêpe surface has set (meaning there’s no glossy uncooked batter) turn it around with a wide spatula or by tossing it in the air. Cooking the first side should take about 30-40 seconds. Leave the crêpe to cook for an additional 10 seconds on the other side.

  7. Repeat for the rest of the batter.

  8. Stack the crêpes on a plate.

  9. Serve warm with chocolate and hazelnut spread and roasted strawberries and rhubarb including the liquid from the roasting.

These roasted strawberry rhubarb crêpes with homemade chocolate and hazelnut spread are the perfect way to celebrate spring.

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