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September 28, 2016 By Shihoko | Chopstick Chronicles 10 Comments

Mille crepe ミルクレープ

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Japanese mille crepe is one of those Yogashi (western style confectioneries) which has foreign roots but was created in Japan. Mille means 1000 in French and crepe is a very thin French pancake.

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As the name suggests,  Mille crepe consists of many layers of thin crepe filled with custard and fresh cream.  Sweets or desserts in Japan are generally categorised either as Yogashi ( western style confectioneries ) or Wagashi ( Japanese confectionaries). I believe this Mille crepe was created and first served in a cafe in Tokyo.

Mille crepe

This mille crepe is another example of over the top innovation. Remember I shared the Japanese Extra Thick and Fluffy Pancakes? Japanese people go  to both  extreme ends creating either extra thick or extra thin. Either way, this Japanese confectionary is super delicious and delicate. This crepe recipe is very simple and easy.  I am not a professionally trained pastry chef and if I can make it anyone can. You only need a few ingredients that you probably already have in your fridge and pantry.
If you have a flat frying pan for making crepe or chapati that is perfect. I have one that I bought from Aldi when it was on sale. I did not have much choice of the size. My crepe pan size is about 24cm in diameter so I made a huge mille crepe…. I think if you are going to invest in a pan, buy a crepe pan of about 18 cm.

Mille Crepe

In this recipe I only had fresh cream and fruit to fill but you can be adventurous.  Popular fillings are cheese cream, lemon curd, Nutella, custard cream or a combination of these.  Because my pan was big I made 9 layers.  If you would like to go extreme like the Japanese, you can use a smaller pan to make more crepes and stack up high!

Mille crepe

Japanese Mille Crepe is a crepe layered sweets filled with custard or fresh cream. The name come from "mille" 1000 in French. Many layered of crepe cake.
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Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Japanese
Servings: 12
Calories: 157kcal
Author: Shihoko | Chopstick Chronicles

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tbs sugar
  • a pinch of salt
  • 375 ml milk
  • 30 g unsalted butter
  • 250 fresh cream
  • 20 g sugar
  • 1 punnet of strawberries
  • 2 kiwis
  • 1 banana
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Melt butter and slice the strawberries, kiwis and bananas thinly and set them aside
  • Mix eggs, 2 tbs sugar and a pinch of salt in a bowl.
  • Add milk and mix.
  • Sift the flour into a separate larger bowl and make a well in the centre.
  • Pour the egg and milk mixture into the well gradually and stir to mix them well.
  • Add the melted butter into the mixture
  • Strain the mixture and refrigerate at least one hour.
  • After one hour, heat a frying pan over medium heat and pour 1 cradle of the mixture and spread thinly and evenly.
  • When bubbles appear, turn it over and fry it briefly.
  • Repeat the process until all mixture is used.
  • Whip the fresh cream with 20g sugar firmly.
  • Spread the whipped cream on one crepe and stack next crepe and spread cream over and repeat the process. On the third, fifth and seventh layer, place sliced fruit and cream.
  • Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Top with more fruit and dust icing sugar to serve.

Notes

This mixture will make 9 crepes with 24cm frying pan.

Nutrition

Calories: 157kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 37mg | Potassium: 154mg | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 500IU | Vitamin C: 15.6mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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Filed Under: Sweets & Breads Tagged With: crepe, desserts, japanese sweets, Mille crepe

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Comments

  1. alyana says

    February 19, 2017 at 7:54 PM

    may I ask for the amount of flour for the recipe?

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    • Shihoko | Chopstick Chronicles says

      February 20, 2017 at 8:53 AM

      Hi Alyana 😀 Thank you so much for letting me know. I add flour in the ingredients list. Thank you.

      Reply
  2. S.Khadijah says

    February 20, 2017 at 8:53 AM

    how come no mention of the amount of flour in your recipe?

    Reply
    • Shihoko | Chopstick Chronicles says

      February 20, 2017 at 8:54 AM

      HI, Thank you for visiting. I just fixed it. Thank you 😀

      Reply
  3. Natalie says

    March 20, 2017 at 2:19 AM

    Hi, how much of flour in your recipe?

    Reply
    • Shihoko | Chopstick Chronicles says

      March 20, 2017 at 6:48 AM

      Hi Natalie, Thank you for letting me know. You need 150g of flour. I fixed the recipe card. Thank you.

      Reply
  4. pablo says

    March 18, 2018 at 5:15 AM

    wow i have to try this soon !

    Reply
    • Chopstick Chronicles says

      March 18, 2018 at 8:28 AM

      I hope you enjoy making it 😀

      Reply
  5. red rose says

    May 22, 2018 at 8:51 PM

    i want to know what kind of pan that i need to use bcause i have so many that i’m confuss about it

    Reply
    • Shihoko | Chopstick Chronicles says

      May 22, 2018 at 10:15 PM

      Hi Red rose 😀 if you have a crepe pan, that will be great, but if you don’t, you can use large and shallow frying pan.

      Reply

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