🇷🇴 Romanian Cuisine

Clătite

Romanian Crêpes

Prep Time 10 min

Servings 6

Difficulty Easy

Calories 274 kcal

Thin, delicate crêpes rolled around sweet cheese filling or jam — a beloved Romanian dessert equally at home for breakfast or dinner.

Ingredients

200g all-purpose flour
2 eggs
400ml milk
1 tbsp sugar
Pinch salt
1 tbsp melted butter + extra for pan
Filling: 300g sweet cow cheese or ricotta, 3 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, raisins
Sour cream and jam for serving

Instructions

1 Whisk flour, eggs, milk, sugar, salt, and melted butter into a smooth, thin batter. Rest 15 min.
2 Heat a buttered crêpe pan over medium heat. Pour a thin layer of batter, swirling to cover.
3 Cook 1-2 min until edges lift, flip, cook 30 seconds more. Stack on a plate.
4 Mix sweet cheese with sugar, vanilla, and raisins for filling.
5 Place filling along one edge of each crêpe, roll tightly.
6 Serve dusted with powdered sugar, with sour cream and jam on the side.

Did You Know?

Romanian children grow up watching their mothers flip clătite in the air — it is considered a rite of passage to flip your first crêpe without dropping it.