Mixed Berry Crepes With Light Berry Sauce - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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5 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 teaspoons honey
3/4 teaspoon lemon zest
2/3 cup sugar
1 1/3 cups fresh raspberries or 1 1/3 cups frozen raspberries
2/3 cup fresh blueberries or 2/3 cup frozen blueberries
2/3 cup fresh blackberries or 2/3 cup frozen blackberrie
2/3 cup sliced fresh strawberries or 2/3 cup frozen strawberries
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (not the bottled kind)
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice (not the bottled kind)
toasted and finely chopped macadamia nuts (optional)
8 ready made crepes
Preparation
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PREPARE BERRIES:.
Place sugar, berries and lemon juice in medium saucepan.
Heat over medium heat, stirring gently, until mixture boils and sugar is dissolved (about 5 minutes).
Remove from heat; allow to cool slightly.
PREPARE CHEESE:.
While berry mixture is cooking or cooling: In a medium mixing bowl, stir together cream cheese, honey and lemon zest until thoroughly blended; set aside.
TO ASSEMBLE:.
Place 2 crepes on serving plate; spoon 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture & chopped macadamia nuts, if using, down the center of each crepe.
Spoon approximately 1/4 cup berry mixture over cream cheese.
Fold 2 sides of each crepe up and turn over to form roll.
Repeat with remaining crepes, cream cheese mixture and berry sauce.
**Replace cream cheese mixture with whipped cream. Allow berry mixture to cool before assembling.
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