I had some leftover mashed
potatoes. I thought of making perogy, but that would not have made a dent in 2
cups of mashed potatoes. Perogy is also labor intensive so I opted for a
casserole and replaced the perogy dough with thick crepes. Mashed potato and
cheddar cheese oozing between soft layers of crepes proved to be so comforting…
I made this dish several times since January. Now that this has made it into my
general repertoire it was time to measure it out for prosperity. You will need
at least three to four layers of crepes. I used an oversized non stick skillet
to make the crepes. Since the parts are precooked, all this crepe perogy needs is
a heat through and the cheese to melt.
CREPE PEROGY
1 1/2 to 2 cups leftover mashed potatoes
Thick Crepe
3 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup + 2 Tbsp milk
salt to taste
cooking spray
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Make the thick crepe batter first.
- Beat the eggs and gradually add flour while continuing to beat.
- Gradually add the milk while continuing to beat.
- Add salt to taste and combine.
- To fry 4 thick crepes, place a large non stick skillet on the stove.
- If you follow the instruction, your crepes will not stick or fall apart.
- Spray the inside of the pan with cooking spray.
- Turn the heat to medium.
- Immediately ladle in 1/4 of the crape batter.
- Don’t tilt the pan as you generally do when making thin crepes.
- Let the crepe cook undisturbed until the top is no longer shiny.
- With a spatula flip the crepe over and cook for a minute longer.
- Transfer crepe to a dinner plate.
- To fry the next crepe you do not need cooking spray. Just add the batter as before and continue cooking the crapes until all the batter is used up.
- Next spray an ovenproof skillet with cooking spray.
- Place one crepe inside the prepared skillet.
- Next spread half the mashed potatoes on top.
- Put the next crepe over the mashed potatoes and press it down gently.
- Scatter 1/2 cup of cheese on top.
- Lay another crepe over the cheese.
- Spread the remaining mashed potatoes on top.
- Place the last crepe over the mashed potatoes and press it down gently.
- Scatter the remaining cheese on the top.
- Bake the crepe perogy in the preheated oven until everything is heated through and the cheese melts and bubbly.
