What is Crêpe?
{{Infobox food|name=Crêpe|image=Crepes dsc07085.jpg|image_size=250px|caption=A stack of crêpes|alternate_name=Crepe|country=[[Brittany]], France|type=[[Pancake]]|served=Warm, hot or cold|main_ingredient=[[Wheat flour]] or [[buckwheat]] flour, milk, eggs|variations=|calories=|other=}} A '''crêpe''' or '''crepe''' ({{IPAc-en|k|r|eɪ|p}} or {{IPAc-en|k|r|ɛ|p}}, {{IPA-fr|kʁɛp|lang|Fr-Paris--crêpe.ogg}}, <small>Quebec French:</small> {{IPA-all|kʁaɪ̯p||Qc-crêpe.ogg}}) is a type of pancake. The dough is made of flour, eggs, and a liquid, usually milk or water. The crepe is then cooked on both sides. Originally, crêpes came from Brittany in France, where they originated in the 13th century.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Noraniah|last2=Noor|first2=Hafsa Mohammad|last3=Bernadette|first3=Leong Ming Xin|last4=Hashim|first4=Ahmad Ruzaini|last5=Fadzir|first5=Muhammad Amirulhusni Muhamad|last6=Ibrahim|first6=Tuan Mohd Hafeez Tuan|date=2021|title=A study on a new design of semi-automatic crepe machine to improve Small Medium Enterpise (SME) productivity|url=https://publisher.uthm.edu.my/periodicals/index.php/mari/article/view/381|journal=Multidisciplinary Applied Research and Innovation|language=en|volume=2|issue=1|pages=255–265|issn=2773-4773}}</ref> Today, they can be found all over the world. There are two varieties: the sweet crêpe, crêpe sucrée, and the salty one, which is usually called ''[[Galette|galettes]]''. Crêpes are usually consumed with a filling. When preparing the gallettes, usually a different kind of flour is used (blé de Sarassin, from [[Buckwheat]]), and less sugar is used. Special places that mainly servecrêpes are called '''crêperie''' in France. <gallery> Crêpe_opened_up.jpg|A sweet crêpe opened up, with whipped cream and strawberry sauce on it Crepes.webmhd.webm|Video demonstration of preparing crêpes Picswiss_BS-55-89.jpg|A small crêperie Creperie_du_Ciel_à_Münster.JPG|Crêperie in Germany </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{commons-inline|Crêpe}} * {{Wiktionary-inline}}