Pancake shop

A pancake shop is a Restaurant specialized in manufacture and the sale of Crêpe S or Galette S. the pancake shops are very widespread in Brittany where crepes are a regional speciality. The schools of pancake shop of Brittany receive trainees come from the whole world.

One generally distinguishes the pancake and wafer on geographical considerations. In Low-Brittany, which corresponds approximately to the surface of the Breton language , one makes buckwheat wheat crepes either or. In High-Brittany, started from language gallèse, one makes sweetened pancakes and buckwheat wafers, whose paste includes/understands only water and not milk. The aspect and the taste are different according to these two areas.

However, in Low-Brittany, one finds name " regularly; galette" for buckwheat crepes, in order not to divert the consumers. In the authentic pancake shops , the wafer means pancake with double thickness of paste, contrary to the pancake lace, whose Quimper is the capital.

Two types of crepes

There exist two kinds of crepes:

with the wholewheat flour
to the flour of buckwheat (or buckwheat)

The first are especially consumed in a sweetened form. The seconds are consumed most of the time in a salted form. Some sweetened receipts recently appeared with buckwheat crepes.

The pancake is the basic element, as well as the Beurre. One adds then various ingredients (sausage, ham, cheese, tomatos, mushrooms, etc), though traditionally it is the egg alone which accompanied it.

With the pancake, one drinks water, Cidre (drink containing fermented apples) or of the milk ribot (sour milk)… or of the Breizh Cola (the Breton cola).

See too

regional Speciality (French kitchen)

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