Apple Caramel Tortilla Crepes
/“How about them Apples?” Apples make a great addition to a variety of meals, whether it be a tart apple pie, maybe for juice or cider, or for dipping. Either way, apples are a perfect fruit for cooking. And today I’m going to be making one of my favorite dishes with apples: crepes.
Apple Caramel Tortilla Crepes Recipe
Nutritional Facts
- Calories, 129
- Fat, 1.6g
Saturated, .3
Monounaturated, .3
Polyunsaturated, .3 - Protein, 1.3g/li>
- Carbohydrates, 30g
Dietary Fiber, 3.7g - Cholesterol, 0mg
- Sodium, 26mg
*per serving
Ingredients
- 2 Granny Smith apples
- 1 pinch cinnamon, ground
- 1 teaspoons sugar or sugar substitute
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 teaspoon butter*
- 4 wheat tortillas
- 4 teaspoons sliced walnuts
- 2 tablespoons dulce de leche or caramel
Preparation
- Wash, peel and core apples. Place the peeled apples in a bowl of water and the juice of ½ a lemon. Slice apples thru ¼ inch thick to resemble orange sections. In a medium non-stick pan, add 1 teaspoon butter, add apples, sweetener, walnuts, and cinnamon.
- Over low/medium heat, cook until tender but firm. Remove apple filling from pan and set aside.
- Place a tortilla in the pan. Spoon 1/4 of the apple mixture onto to 1/4 of the tortilla and carefully fold the tortilla over twice (making a triangle shape). Carefully slide tortilla crepe from pan to a plate. Top with sliced walnuts and dulce de leche or caramel.
- Repeat with remaining tortillas.
- Cook on a non-stick pan
- You can use butter flavor cooking spray instead of butter
- Add sugar to fruit only if needed
- Substitute sugar for no calorie sweeteners
- Use a whole wheat tortilla for added fiber.
Chef’s Note: Cajeta is another word for dulce de leche.
Servings
“¿Qué hay de las manzanas?” Manzanas hacer una gran adición a una variedad de comidas, ya sea un pastel de tarta de manzana, tal vez de jugo o sidra, o por inmersión. De cualquier manera, las manzanas son una fruta perfecta para cocinar. Y hoy voy a estar haciendo uno de mis platos favoritos con manzanas: crepes.