Street Bakery & Postres
Sweet Crepes in Los Angeles
Look for delicate, paper-thin golden pancakes swirled across hot round cast-iron plates, filled with fruit and folded into warm handheld triangles at Imperial Night Market in Downtown LA on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, when a vendor is serving it. Free entry.
2300 E 15th St, Downtown LA · Free entry
CATEGORY
Street Bakery & Postres
ORIGIN
France
PREPARATION
Thin wheat batter spun across a circular griddle, filled, and folded into triangles.
MARKET
Imperial Night Market, Downtown LA
HERITAGE
The origins of Sweet Crepes
The name derives from the Latin crispa, meaning wrinkled or curled. In French tradition, sweet crêpes are historically celebrated on Candlemas, known as La Chandeleur.
Cooks prepare sweet crêpes with an unleavened batter of wheat flour.
Paper-thin wheat pancake with tender lace edgesSpun smoothly on circular cast-iron griddlesFilled with chocolate hazelnut cream or berriesFolded into portable, handheld warm triangles
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Frequently asked questions
What flour is traditionally used for sweet crêpes?
Sweet crêpes are made with wheat flour, whereas savory galettes traditionally feature buckwheat flour.