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Panquecas (Dinner Crêpes)

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • Panquecas or Crêpes:
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Filling:
  • 1 lb very lean ground beef
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • fresh cilantro, finely chopped (if you can't find cilantro, use green onions and parsley)
  • oregano to taste
  • 2 large hard-boiled eggs, chopped into small pieces
  • 10-12 pitted green olives

Directions

  1. Put all ingredients for panquecas in blender and beat until smooth. Cook as you would for crêpes.
  2. To make the filling, sauté onions and garlic in olive oil. Add ground beef, cilantro and oregano and cook until brown. It should be rather dry, not very much liquid at all. Remove from heat. Add olives and chopped eggs.
  3. Fill each panqueca with this mixture and roll it up. Put panquecas together in a large pyrex. Cover with tomato sauce, sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese and warm in oven or microwave. Serve piping hot with white rice and green salad.