The recipe for Vonnassiennes pancakes
They are also called crepes parmentières.
These delicious little pancakes which contain potato are an ideal accompaniment to many dishes, especially in sauce, such as Bresse poultry with cream.
The prince of gourmets, Curnonsky also considers her to be the best cook in the world.
Among the famous “Lyon mothers”, Mother Brazier (herself trained by Mother Fillioux), Mother Guy (perhaps the first – she is mentioned as early as 1759 when she ran a tavern), Mother Maury… There are dozens of them, often former cooks of bourgeois families, who have opened their establishment offering simple, but very tasty, cuisine.
The recipe for Vonnassiennes pancakes: Ingredients :
- 500 gr of potatoes
- 30 cl of milk
- 50 gr of butter
- 50 gr of flour
- 3 eggs and 4 whites
- Salt pepper
1. Cook the potatoes
2. Pass the pulp through a vegetable mill
3. Add milk, butter and flour
4. Add the eggs
5. Heat a blini pan with a little clarified butter and cook the pancakes
6. Keep them warm in the oven
