Pancake or crepe ?

I was tickled by a tweet from @IndonesiaEats, about why does people called crepe with filling as pancake. Crepes and pancakes are so different. Crepes are thin and light pancakes which are usually folded over, while pancakes are flat cakes of batter fried on both sides. Some people say crepes and pancakes are the same, pancakes are British and crepes are French, just another name for the same thing.

Crepes are supposed to be thin and elastic, pancakes should be thick and fluffy. Just like this one, these are actually crepes rather than pancakes. Thin and elastic, of course filled with something and rolled up. I don't know why the mag wrote it "Durian Pancake" not "Durian Crepe". Maybe they think thick or thin, elastic or not, rolled up or not, with or without filling they all are the same ! And the "crepes and pancakes" mistakes continue to happen, lol.

Durian Pancake

make 16

Ingredients :

Pancake :
- 400 gr flour
- 200 gr durian pulp, remove the seeds from the durian, mash the pulp with fork until creamy
- 500 ml milk
- 4 eggs, whisk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 200 ml soda water

Filling :
- 200 ml coconut milk
- 100 gr granulated sugar
- 100 gr durian pulp
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoon cornstarch

How to :

1. Filling : Blend all ingredients in a blender. Set aside.
2. Heat the saucepan, pour the filling mixture. Gently stirring until the vla is uniform and somewhat gelatinous. Set aside.
3. Pancake : Mix the flour and durian pulp. Pour in the milk one at a time. Add eggs, salt and sugar. Stir well.
4. Add soda water into the batter. Mix well.
5. Heat the pan till you think it's hot enough then remove it from the heat. Pour the pancake batter into the pan using a ladle. Then swirl the pan with the other hand until the batter spread evenly. Cook with medium heat.
6. Transfer the pancake into a plate and fill it up with the filling. Roll it up. Serve.

Bahasa Indonesia

untuk 16 buah

Bahan kulit :

- 400 gr tepung terigu
- 200 gr daging durian, haluskan
- 500 ml susu cair
- 4 butir telur ayam, kocok lepas
- 1/4 sdt garam
- 2 sdm gula pasir
- 200 ml air soda

Bahan vla :

- 200 ml santan
- 100 gr gula pasir
- 100 gr daging durian
- 1/4 sdt garam
- 3 sdm tepung maizena

Cara :

1. Vla : haluskan semua bahan dengan blender.
2. Masak di atas api kecil sambil diaduk hingga kental dan matang. Angkat dan dinginkan.
3. Pancake : campur terigu dan durian. Tuang susu perlahan, tambahkan telur, garam dan gula. Aduk rata.
4. Masukan air soda, aduk perlahan hingga rata.
5. Buat dadar tipis di atas pan dadar anti lengket. Angkat.
6. Isi dadar dengan vla, lipat bentuk amplop dan gulung. Sajikan.

Enjoy.....



P.S : The first photo in this post has been criticized by Dario Milano on Food Photography Critique-5. 
Read behind the scene story here.