This cute dessert with a British name is very good and very easy to make :-) The “crêpe” style dough is garnished with dry fruits, walnuts and honey and of course cinnamon as the name of the dessert indicates! I have included another variance in which I have introduced as well an apple diced in small cubes. I often eat this dessert at breakfast in order to start the day the best way I can :-) Make it and tell me all about it!
In two words:
“Whatever he does in the shadows and during the night, I exist, - and to defeat Him I have all the time that’s left for me to live on this Earth”.
Gérard de Nerval, Aurélia Tweet
difficulty – easy
preparation– 5’
cooking - 2’-3’
serves - 1
Ingredients
for the dough
- 1 rounded tablespoon of all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of caster sugar
- 50ml of cold water
for the filling
- 3 teaspoons of black dried raisins
- 10gr of walnuts
- 1 + ½ liquid honey or a bit of sugar or coconut syrup for vegan people (*)
- a bit of cinnamon
to bake
- 1 teaspoon of olive oil or a bit of butter
option #1 – for garnishing
- 1/8 of an apple diced in small cubes
Steps
for the dough
- Whisk in a bowl with a whisk or a teaspoon:
- the flour
- the sugar
- the water
- You need to whisk well in order to obtain a fine dough without lumps as in a crêpes dough
for baking
- Heat up a nonstick pan
- Add the olive oil or the butter
- Pour the dough and try to form a disk that is not very thick, almost like a crêpe
- Bake for 2’-3’ and return the dough at half times
to bring everything together
- Place the cooked dough into a plate
- Spread diagonally the dried raisins
- Spread the crashed walnuts on top of the raisins
- Pour the liquid honey on top all over the garnish or just sprinkle some sugar
- Sprinkle with cinnamon
- Dégustez en pliant la galette comme une crêpe ! Trop bon !
option #1 – for garnishing
- Once you have placed the dried raisins and the walnuts, spread all over the apple diced in small cubes
- Finish-up garnishing with cinnamon and enjoy! Very good also :)
What’s the story behind this dessert?
This dessert is called in Greek tiganites or τηγανίτες and usually the dough contains whist and is baked into a lot of olive oil; they are the Greek pancakes. I prefer this light version that resembles a lot in texture to French crêpes but they don’t have either egg or milk. So it’s 100% vegan dish dessert if you use olive oil to bake the dough. Of course, I bake them using just a little bit of fat and I garnish them with dried raisins, apple, honey (or sugar or even coconut syrup) and I sprinkle them generously with cinnamon and that’s where the name of the dessert comes from. You need to taste it as crepes with a filling!
It’s a cute dessert that I often eat at breakfast, especially when I don’t have croissants :-) It’s very simple and very good! Try it and tell me all about it :-)
(*) if your honey becomes a bit hard, you just need to heat it up for a little bit as to make it liquid again
o-o C'est si bon ! o-o
- Categories: Greek Food, Vegan Food, Vegetarian Food, Special Food, Desserts, For Beginners, Recipes, Sweets
- Ingredients: cinnamon, flour, honey, walnuts, apples, raisins secs, caster sugar