Best Sauteed Pineapple Crepe Filling Recipes

PINEAPPLE CREAM-FILLED CREPE CAKE

Steps:

• Add crepe ingredients to a blender in the following order: milk, orange juice, eggs, melted butter, vanilla, flour, sugar, orange zest, and salt. Blend until smooth, 15 to 20 seconds.
• Refrigerate batter for at least 30 minutes, up to overnight.
• Preheat a nonstick 8-inch pan over medium heat. Add 1/4 cup batter to the hot pan. Immediately move the pan from side to side to form batter into an even circle. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes per side. Remove to a plate and repeat to cook remaining crepes.
• Whip cream and sugar for filling with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Add instant pudding mix and blend until well combined. Mix in drained pineapple.
• Assemble cake by placing one crepe on a serving plate. Use a spoon to spread 1 tablespoon filling into a thin layer over the crepe. Continue layers with remaining crepes and filling.

SUNSHINE CREPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk and oil. In another bowl, mix flour, sugar and salt; add to egg mixture and mix well. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour., Heat a lightly greased 8-in. nonstick skillet over medium heat. Stir batter. Fill a 1/4-cup measure halfway with batter; pour into center of pan. Quickly lift and tilt pan to coat bottom evenly. Cook until top appears dry; turn crepe over and cook until bottom is cooked, 15-20 seconds longer. Remove to a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter, greasing pan as needed. When cool, stack crepes between pieces of waxed paper or paper towels., For filling, in a large bowl, combine pineapple, oranges and vanilla; fold in whipped topping. Spread 1/3 cup over each crepe; fold into quarters. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

TROPICAL-FRUIT CREPE CAKE

Steps:

• Pastry cream: In a large sauce-pan, bring milk, coconut, and salt to just under a boil. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand until cool, about 2 hours. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve; discard solids.
• In a medium saucepan, whisk together granulated sugar and cornstarch. Whisk in egg yolks, then milk mixture. Stir in butter. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then continue to cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Pass mixture through fine-mesh sieve. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing it directly onto surface of pastry cream to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours and up to 3 days.
• Crêpes: Combine flour, granulated sugar, salt, milk, eggs, vanilla, and melted butter in a blender. Blend until smooth. Refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
• Lightly brush an 8-inch non-stick skillet or crêpe pan with butter. Heat over medium until just starting to smoke. Remove from heat and pour a scant 2 tablespoons batter into center, swirling to cover bottom. Cook until edges are golden and center is dry, about 30 seconds. Flip and cook about 20 seconds more. Slide crêpe onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining batter, brushing skillet with more butter and adjusting heat as needed; stack crêpes as you go (you should end up with about 40). Let cool completely. Crêpes can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 3 days.
• Whisk chilled pastry cream to remove any lumps. In a medium bowl, whip 1 cup heavy cream to stiff peaks. Fold into pastry cream. Place a crêpe on a flat serving dish. Spread about 1/4 cup pastry cream onto crêpe. Repeat process with remaining crêpes and pastry cream, finishing with a crêpe. Refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours and up to overnight.
• To serve, whip remaining 1 cup heavy cream with confectioners' sugar to stiff peaks. Arrange pineapple slices on top of cake, overlapping slightly. Dollop whipped cream on top and garnish with toasted coconut.

HONEY-GINGER PINEAPPLE CRêPES

Steps:

• Make batter:
• Blend crêpe ingredients in a blender. Chill batter while preparing pineapple.
• Prepare pineapple:
• Heat butter in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then sauté pineapple until golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer pineapple to a bowl with a slotted spoon. Add ginger to skillet and sauté, stirring, 30 seconds. Add honey and juice and simmer until mixture is syrupy, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Make crêpes:
• While honey mixture is reducing, brush a 10-inch nonstick skillet with oil and heat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. Holding skillet off heat, pour in 1/4 cup batter, immediately swirling and tilting skillet to create a thin, even layer. Return skillet to heat and cook until crêpe is golden around edges and dry in center, about 45 seconds. Flip crêpe carefully and cook until golden, about 15 seconds. Transfer to a platter and keep warm, covered. Make more crêpes in same manner.
• Add pineapple to honey mixture and simmer, stirring, until heated through. Spoon about ‰ cup pineapple mixture over half of 1 crêpe, then fold in half. Repeat with remaining crêpes. Pour remaining pineapple mixture over folded crêpes.

FLAMING PINEAPPLE CREPES

Steps:

• CREPES:.
• Mix all crepe ingredients together in a blender or mixer until smooth and allow batter to stand for 1 hour or longer.
• Heat an 8-inch nonstick skillet, grease lightly and add 1/4 cup batter.
• Tilt skillet to spread batter thinly in pan.
• Brown lightly on both sides.
• Fold in quarters. (Makes 12 crepes).
• SAUCE:.
• Combine 1/4 cup drained pineapple syrup, cornstarch, sugar, cinnamon, rind and butter in a hot chafing dish or saucepan.
• Stir-cook until sauce is thickened and clear.
• Add pineapple.
• Place warm crepes around edge of hot chafing dish.
• To flame, pour 3 tbsp warm brandy (heated in small saucepan) over sauce and ignite.
• Serve immediately.

PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE CREPES, MOM

Steps:

• 1. Combine milk, eggs and butter, sift in flour and salt, add to egg and mix smooth. Chill at least 1 hour. Lightly butter a heated 6-7" omelet pan, add just enough batter to coat bottom, cook until lightly browned on both sides. Combine cream cheese, 2 egg yolks, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla, mix well and put 2 tablespoons on each crepe. Roll up and place in buttered baking dish. Bake at 325 degrees 15 min. For sauce, combine sugar and cornstarch in a pan. Stir in remaining, cook, stirring constantly until thickened and clear. Spoon over crepes.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CREPES

Steps:

• For the batter: Combine flour, melted butter, sugar, eggs and salt in a food processor or blender. Add enough milk to make a fluid batter. The batter may be covered and refrigerated up to 24 hours.
• For the topping: Line large baking sheet with parchment paper, and set aside.
• Slice pineapple quarters crosswise, 1/8-inch thick. In a 7-inch nonstick pan over medium heat, melt 1/4 teaspoon of butter, spreading with a spatula. Remove pan from heat and allow to cool slightly.
• With pan off heat, ladle in about 3 tablespoons of batter and roll around pan until bottom is evenly coated. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of macadamia nuts.
• Return pan to medium heat. Just as crepe sets, but while it is still wet on top, remove pan from heat and arrange pineapple slices on an overlapping circular pattern, completely covering the surface of the crepe. Use a skewer or fork to arrange any of the pineapple slices that fall out of place. Shake crepe slightly to keep it from sticking to pan.
• Return pan to heat, sprinkle pineapple with 2 teaspoons of sugar and about 1/4 tablespoon of cold butter, cut into bits. Use a rubber spatula to loosen edge of crepe and check underside. When bottom is golden brown, loosen crepe by running a rubber spatula around edges and carefully flip crepe over in pan. Continue cooking until sugar underneath begins to turn a light caramel color.
• Add 1 tablespoon of cream around edges of crepe, and tilt pan so that cream blends with sugar and runs under edges of crepe.
• Spray a flat metal surface like the bottom of a cake pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place sprayed side over crepe, and invert skillet to remove crepe. Slide crepe onto prepared baking sheet. Repeat process, wiping pan clean between crepes, to make 10 to 12. Sheet of crepes may be covered and refrigerated up to 4 hours.
• To serve, reheat crepes in a 350 degree oven until hot, about 4 minutes. Transfer to serving plates. Pour rum into small pitcher or gravy boat and set aflame. Top crepes with burning rum. Garnish each plate with a miniature scoop of ice cream.