Dusting off the Old Spoon

Where to begin?  First of all, an apology for those left hungry for more Silver Spoon, between the wedding ceremony, thank you notes and wedded bliss I haven't had time for much blogging.   The cooking, oh, the cooking has been delicious and I have been desperate to tell you all about it.  So here goes nothing:


Tonight I made "Savory Crepes with Smoked Salmon," and "Sweetcorn and Radicchio Salad."  It was an easy cooking night (have I ever said that, maybe married life is changing me?!?).  It was a great way to ease back into the project.  


To start making the crepes I put together a simple batter of flour, eggs, milk and salt.  The only ingredient that made my eyes roll slightly was the butter.  The Silver Spoon demanded that I melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a double boiler and then cool it "almost completely."  Why am I melting it in the first place, shouldn't I just mostly melt it?  Anyway,  I dirtied three pans instead of one as I could have mostly melted it in the microwave,  and moved on.  Once the butter was mostly cooled (whatever that is) I combined it with the batter and mixed. 


SS then requested I rest the batter for an hour before crepe-ing it up.  This worked out perfectly well (who am I?) because I also purchased some delicious and short-seasoned fiddleheads; they required extensive cleaning.  Fiddleheads are fern sprouts and are extremely dirty.  Once they were triple washed and ready for cooking, I warmed up some olive oil and chopped garlic in a pan, once the garlic was browned I added the fiddleheads and a small amount of water.  I let them cook for about a half hour and turned my attention to the Sweetcorn Salad.  


To make the "Sweetcorn and Radicchio Salad," I combined radicchio, spinach and romaine in a salad bowl, adding a cup of canned corn, and a half cup of chopped ham.  The directions called for a simple dressing of lemon juice, olive oil and salt.    I added the dressing just in time to "crepe it up." 


To be the most successful I could be without a crepe pan, I chose a small saute pan and added a touch of vegetable oil.  SS instructed that I add 2 tablespoons of batter to a hot pan and tilt it so that the batter was evenly distributed.  My small saute pan was too large and all the crepes therefore were rectangular instead of circle but it worked really well.  I have to say, crepe flipping is much easier than pancake flipping.  I poured and flipped while my husband flaked the smoked salmon into the crepes and rolled them up.  The whole process took about 10 minutes.  Everything was done at once, and my husband and I sat down at a mostly clean dining room table and enjoyed a bistro style dinner.  


So, I leave you for now, an unusually cheerful, married domestic goddess who can crepe it with the best of them.  I can't wait to tell you how it went with the meatballs with lemon!