A Traditional French breakfast recipe including freshly squeezed orange juice and homemade hot chocolate with whipped cream. Provides that perfect European experience. Delight in our French Breakfast recipe.
Preparation Time:
40 minutes
Cooking Time:
1 hour
You Will Need
4 glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice
A selection of breads and croissants
A selection of cheeses including brie, Emmental, Roquefort and Camembert
for the crêpes:
3 eggs
500 ml milk
300 g flour, sifted
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp vegetable oil
50 g butter
fresh mixed berries
maple syrup
for the hot chocolate:
300 ml double cream
600 ml milk
2 cinnamon sticks
4 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tsp vanilla essence
100 g dark chocolate, finely chopped
a little fresh whipped cream
1 butter knife
1 cheese cutter
1 cheese knife
1 mixing bowl
1 whisk
1 spatula
1 non stick frying pan
1 saucepan
1 ladle
Step 1: Make the crêpes
Into a bowl crack the eggs, add the milk and whisk together. Carefully add the flour and mix it in thoroughly. Now add the salt, baking soda and the sugar and mix together. Finally add the oil and mix in until the mixture thickens.
Heat up the frying pan and add a knob of butter. When the butter has melted ladle in the crêpe mix - use enough to cover the base of the pan. After a few minutes the crêpe will have formed. Turn it over to cook the other side. Once it is cooked remove from the pan and repeat this process to make 1 crêpe per person.
Step 2: Make the hot chocolate
Into a pan add the double cream, milk, vanilla essence and the cinnamon sticks. Bring this to the boil and then simmer for 5 mins. Remove the cinnamon sticks and add the chopped chocolate and cocoa powder. Whisk together, simmer for a further two minutes and remove from the heat.
Step 3: Serve
Pour the orange juice. Top the crêpes with fruit and maple syrup and add whipped cream to the top of the hot chocolate.
