Crepes with Raspberries and Mint

[Georgiana]

After making Niki's Berry Cream Muffins last night (see the recipe here: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...m-muffins.html (Niki's Raspberry Cream Muffins)), I thought a similar batter would work good in a crepe. So here's what I did.

Batter:

1 tsp unsalted butter
1 medium egg
1 tbsp ricotta cheese
1 tbsp mascarpone, softened
1 tbsp plain yogurt
1 tbsp flax seed meal
1 tbsp almond flour
about 1 tbsp sparkling water
2-3 mint leaves, chopped (optional)

Filling:

1 tbsp mascarpone, softened
3 crushed raspberries

Atkins phase: OWL Rung 4

Serving size: 1
Nutrition facts: 331 kcal, 28.9 g fat, 6.6 g carbohydrate, 3.5 g dietary fiber, 3.1 g net carbs, 12.9 g protein.

Directions:

Measure and have everything ready.

Then heat a frying pan (I set the stove to 6 out of 9). After the pan is hot, add the butter and butter the pan with it.

Mix everything for the batter. I don't know if the order matters, but I started with the egg, then ricotta, mascarpone, flax meal, almond flour, yogurt, water, and finally chopped mint.

Lower the heat a bit (to 5 out of 9, for me). Pour the batter in the pan, as you would for a regular crepe. Keep an eye on the batter! It can burn really quickly.

In the meanwhile, mix 1 tbsp of mascarpone with 3 crushed raspberries to make the filling. You could use any berries, but I like raspberries.

When the crepe is done, carefully slide it on a plate. Let it cool for a few seconds. Add the filling on half of the crepe. Roll. Serve.

Below is how mine looked like. I used 2 more raspberries and a few extra mint leaves to decorate the plate. Those are not included in the nutritional values. Next time I'll use a slightly larger pan, to make the crepe a bit thinner.

[mizski]

Gosh, those look beautiful!! Those pictures could be in a magazine.

Interesting crepe batter...I like those cheeses and I never thought of using flaxmeal or mint. The mint would give it a nice refreshing undertone. Thanks for sharing all this...I'm saving both recipes.

p.s. I looked at the pictures and ingredients again and thought: This would be a great dish to serve to those who continually say "Atkins is bad for you...it's just meat" Love to see the look on their faces when you whip this baby out!

[quiltkat]

thank you georgiana this looks wonderful
I will save both recipes for the appropriate rung