Chocolate Crepe

Dessert Crepe is not a traditional dish in Turkey, but I like chocolate crepe. “Gozleme” is called "Turkish Crepe". Gozleme may resembles the French crepes filled with vegetables or ground meat. In Turkey, favorite gozlemes are filled with cheese, spinach, ground meat or potato. I don’t know any kind of sweet Turkish gozleme.
Gozleme is usually cooked on a very big upside down Chinese Wok, it is called “sac” in Turkey. Once I have tried in the frying pan but the taste was not the same. My mother helps me when I cooking gozleme on the "sac".

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 egg
1 dessert spoon sugar
1/2 cup milk (cold)
1/2 tablespoon cacao powder
6 tablespoons oil (45 gr.)
1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter or 1 tablespoon cooking oil
2,5 tablespoons or ½ cup flour
1/4 cup finely ground or finely chopped walnuts
1/4 cup honey
2 bananas (peeled)

Chocolate Sauce

3 tablespoons milk
80 gr milk chocolate
1 tablespoon cacao powder
1 tablespoon water
¼ tablespoon unsalted butter
1 liter water

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Sweetened coconut flakes, powdered sugar or finely ground pistachio (optional)

Directions

Beat egg and sugar in a mixing bowl. Pour cold milk into the bowl and whisk together. Gradually sieve cacao powder into the bowl and whisk vigorously. Pour oil and gradually sieve flour, whisk until a smooth batter forms. A blender may also be used.

Warm a small crepe pan over low heat and add butter or 1 tablespoon cooking oil. Heat the butter over medium heat until foam subsides.

Pour half of the batter into the pan, then tilt the pan and rotate it in a circular motion to spread the batter evenly over the surface (a thin layer). Cook the crepe until lightly browned. When the edges of the batter start to look dry, flip the crepe over and cook the other side. Slide the crepe onto a plate.

Spoon half of the honey over the crepe and sprinkle half of the walnuts. Place the banana on the edge of crepe and roll up. To serve, place roll- up seam side down on a serving platter and pour chocolate sauce over it. You may sprinkle sweetened coconut flakes, powdered sugar or finely ground pistachio on top. Repeat this process with other half of the remaining batter.

For chocolate sauce melt the chocolate using bain-marie technique. Pour 1 lt. of water into a medium sized sauce pan. Bring water to a boil. Break chocolate into small pieces. Add 1 tablespoon water into a small sized sauce pan or a porcelain bowl. Put the chocolate pieces in and add cacao powder. Place the small sized sauce pan into the medium one containing boiling water. Allow chocolate to melt, stirring occasionally. When melted gently add the milk and stir until well combined. Add butter and stir to melt. Remove the pan from the heat.

Have a good appetite!