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Rhubarb & custard crêpes

Anna Glover · bbcgoodfood.com · 2024 · 8

Against 338 crepe recipes

More sugar than 94% of recipes and no butter, unlike 76%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 338 crepe recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More sugar than 94% of recipes: 33% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4%, about 8.5 times as much.
  • No butter at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 13 to 31% of the flour weight).
  • Egg in the middle half of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • No salt at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 0.2 to 1.2% of the flour weight).
Liquid: 275%, 74th percentileEgg: 100%, 78th percentileButter: 0%, 12th percentileSugar: 33%, 95th percentileSalt: 0%, 19th percentileLiquidEggButterSugarSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 150g plain flour150 g
  • 2 tbsp custard powder≈ 30 g
  • 3 eggs≈ 150 g
  • 400ml milk≈ 413 g
  • 4 forced rhubarb stalks (around 400g) trimmed and cut into 4cm pieces400 g
  • 1 medium orange juicedn/a
  • 1 vanilla pod halvedn/a
  • 4 tbsp caster sugar≈ 50 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 8 tbsp thick custard (around 125g), warmed to serve125 g

flour 150 gbatter 1192 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 338 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Liquid275% · 74th percentile
  • Egg100% · 78th percentile
  • Butter0% · 12th percentile
  • Sugar33% · 95th percentile
  • Salt0% · 19th percentile

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