How to Bake Crespelle Ai Piselli

Yields: 18 crespelles

Preparation time: 30 mins

Cooking time: 30 mins

Ingredients needed to make Crespelle Ai Piselli:

• 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups freshly shelled peas
• 1 cup Parmesan cheese, finely grated
• 2 ½ cups ricotta cheese
• 4 eggs
• ¼ cup + 4 tbsp unsalted butter
• ½ tsp salt

Cooking instructions for Crespelle Ai Piselli:

• To make crespelles, empty the cups of flour into a large mixing bowl and crack the eggs into it.
• Whisk them together until the yolks break down and blend with the flour to form a uniform mixture.
• Sprinkle a dash of salt and pour in milk gradually, while beating it into the mixture at the same time until all of it is incorporated into the mixture; let it stand for 20 minutes.
• Line a piece of cheesecloth over a strainer and place the ricotta cheese into it.
• Set aside for half an hour to drain and wrap up the ricotta cheese in the cheesecloth to give it a tight squeeze to get rid of any excess moisture.
• Place it in a bowl and stir in the peas until they are evenly distributed throughout the mixture; set aside.
• Chop ¼ cup butter into small dices and set aside.
• Heat a 6’’ skillet over moderately high heat until it turns hot and brush a lashing of oil over it to grease.
• Lower the heat slightly and pour in 2 tbsp of the prepared batter onto the skillet.
• Cook one side for half a minute, until it turns brown slightly and turn it over to cook the other side similarly.
• Slide the crespelle onto a plate and make 17 more crespelles or crepes in a similar fashion until all of the batter is used up.
• Spread 3 tbsp ricotta-pea mixture across each crespelle and fold it into a semi-cicle.
• Warm up your oven to 450 degrees F and grease the interiors of 10’’x8’’ ceramic baking dish with 4 tbsp of butter.
• Arrange the filled crespelles onto the baking dish so that their edges overlap each other.
• Sprinkle the grated cheese on top and scatter the cubed butter over them.
• Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until the crispelles are heated through and the surface crisps up.
• Take the dish out of the oven and allow it to cool down completely.
• Serve at room temperature and enjoy.

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