The best vegan crepe recipe for Candlemas.

Guilty! At least of the sin of gluttony. We have to admit it, since we already shared our recipe for Epiphany with you. vegan frangipane galette des rois.

We promise, we have no intention of abandoning the manufacture of our vegan shoes, nor to leave our plant-based sneakers put it away to start selling vegan pastries; but today, we're back for Candlemas with our homemade vegan crepe recipe.

Yes indeed, egg-free crepes are possible, my good sir!

Before revealing the ultimate vegan crepe recipe, let's try a little quiz.

Do you know why every year, on February 2nd, for the traditional Candlemas, we eat crepes?

Answer A: To ward off bad luck and reduce the chances of having a catastrophic wheat harvest.

Answer B: To pay homage to the character of Chandler from the series Friends, who celebrates his birthday every year by gorging on pancakes with Joey.

Answer C: To remember the famous Breton “song of the hour”, chanted by the warriors when they went to the front after filling their bellies with a mountain of pancakes.

Drumroll, please! The suspense is at its peak.

Although we love Chandler's jokes and are quite proud of our fake Breton legend, the correct answer here is A!

Okay, let us tell you the story.

Before becoming an occasion to bring food lovers together around a festive table, Candlemas was a Roman festival in honor of the god Pan, later taken up by the church which established processions, during which people paraded holding small candles, from which the festival takes its name.

But what does this have to do with crepes, you might ask?

Over time, the tradition evolved, and the popular belief arose that pancakes had to be made on Candlemas Day, otherwise the wheat harvests of the year would be poor. "If you don't want smutty wheat, eat pancakes on Candlemas." as the saying goes.

A pancake would then be tossed with the right hand while holding a gold coin in the left hand, then the gold coin was placed in the pancake, and carried in procession to a room in the house where it was then kept for a year.

The following year, the coin remaining in the hardened crepe was retrieved and then offered to a poor person, with the hope that the offering would protect the donating family from poverty throughout the coming year.

Although today we only retain the story of these past rites, we still have the generous culinary tradition of pancakes.

Enough with the history, let's put on our aprons, our pair of COG From our favorite kitchen, and to our salad bowls!

Recipe for 20 vegan crepes:

• 500g of T45 flour
• 160 g of cornstarch
• 500 ml of cold water
• 1 liter of soy or plant-based milk of your choice
• 4 tablespoons of neutral vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons of sugar
• ½ teaspoon of salt
• ⅓ teaspoon of cinnamon (according to your taste)

Trick :

To flavor and lighten the texture of your crepes, you can replace 25 cl of plant-based milk with 25 cl of wheat beer (according to taste). chacun.e (obviously)

1. Start by diluting the cornstarch in the water, then mix well.

2. Add flour, oil, salt, sugar, and also cinnamon for dessert pancakes to the mixture.

3. Gradually pour in the plant-based milk while whisking thoroughly.

4. Once the mixture is well blended, it can be filtered using a tea strainer to avoid any lumps.

5. Let the crepe batter rest under a cloth for 1 hour and 20 minutes before cooking.

6. Once your pan or crepe maker is nice and hot, oil it generously using a soaked cloth, then pour and spread a layer of batter evenly over the cooking surface.

7. Cook for approximately 1 minute 30 seconds over medium heat.

8. Flip the pancake by tossing it to test your dexterity, or flip it with a wooden spatula as a sign of wisdom.

9. Cook for 20 to 30 seconds to finish cooking.

10. Repeat this action until all the dough is used up.