Delicious, homemade crepes stuffed with creamy ricotta cheese filling and topped with caramelized apples.
The Fall is here! It makes me very happy: I love rain, thunderstorms, the sound of lightning, leaves turning yellow, and, of course, Fall harvest foods. And, what better way to celebrate the first days of Fall than to cook something yummy with apples! I love crepes (A LOT), and I just knew I couldn't go wrong by combining classic Fall flavors (cinnamon, apples, brown sugar, lemon juice) on top of a crepe, which I also decided to stuff with a little bit of sweetened ricotta cheese, for an extra creaminess. These crepes stuffed with ricotta cheese filling and topped with caramelized apples are so delicious!
To make stuffed crepes, first make homemade crepes.
Next, slice the apples, tossing them in brown sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice. You will then caramelize them over high heat in 2 tablespoons of butter for 5-10 minutes, and, while the apples are still hot but off the heat, add a small amount of honey for more sizzle and caramelization effect. This will be the topping for your stuffed crepe.
To make the ricotta cheese crepe filling, heat up some ricotta cheese along with just a bit of agave (which will sweeten the ricotta cheese very nicely). By adding just a tablespoon (or more) of this ricotta cheese filling into the crepe, and then topping the crepe with caramelized apples, you will get an absolutely out-of-this-world dessert with all the right Fall flavors! Yum! Please enjoy!
Crepes with ricotta cheese filling and caramelized apples
Ingredients
- 6 homemade crepes (detailed tutorial with photos)
- 4 apples , cored and sliced, length-wise
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ½ cup ricotta cheese
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar
Instructions
- Place sliced apples into a large bowl, add sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice and mix. Let apples sit for about 15 minutes to release juices.
- In a medium size pan, heat 2 tablespoons of butter on high heat. Add sliced apples (without juice at the bottom of the pan) to the butter in the pan, close the pan with the lid and let them cook on high for about 5 minutes, checking periodically. After 5 minutes, flip sliced apples on the other side, close the pan with the lid and let them cook on high for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Depending on how hot your stove gets, it might take you less or more time to cook apples, the key is to brown them or even get a slightly “burned” effect. But don’t over-do it, once the apples have this “roasted” appearance. Right after you remove the pan with roasted sliced apples from the heat, immediately add honey – it will make apples sizzle and will caramelize them beautifully, off the heat. Then, add all other juices from the bowl.
- In a separate, small skillet, heat ricotta cheese and agave nectar and keep mixing it until the mixture becomes liquid and of even consistency. Remove from heat and let it cool. Once it cools a bit, the mixture would become more solid, which is what we want.
- To serve: add 2 tablespoons (or less) of agave-ricotta cheese mixture on top of an open crepe, fold the crepe in half, then fold it one more time to form a triangle. Pour hot mixture of honey, butter and caramelized apples on top. Ready to serve!
Notes
Nutrition
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Such a pretty looking crepe! Apples and ricotta cheese filling? WOW.. and fancy too. 🙂 Pinning these for sure. Great post Julia!
Hi,
I love the fall too... with the beautiful colors on the trees and the good food: mushrooms, roasted chestnuts, warm soups... And also my birthday is in fall and soon my little baby too! Delicious crepes!
Ciao.
Love everything about this! Caramelized apples, creamy filling and the crepes - delish!!! Pinning!
Heavenly! I'm loving your apple recipes 🙂
Mmmmm.... Your making me hungry.
Ooo these photos are SO tempting. i am a huge fan of any apple based desserts! x
Oh goodness these look amazing, I especially love that ricotta cheese filling. Definitely adding this on the brunch menu!
I was just thinking about how I wanted to make something with ricotta. Done, and done. These look amazing Julia!!
Julia: You have overdone yourself...This is AMAZING!!!!! I am about to drool over the keyboard. Pinned, pinned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those are some of the best crepes I have seen and those apples look so delicious on top!
You really make the best crepes!!! We'll spend more time at home as soon as rain starts and it gets cold outside, and making crepes with the kids for snack is one fun activity for us! Looking forward to trying your crepes!
I've never made crepes before but they look delicious! I would definitely add those carmelized apples to my pancakes...yummy and warm for this time of year. 🙂
What a dazzling fall recipe! The apples and honey are just magnificent with the ricotta filled crepes!
I've been putting caramelized apples in just about everything lately and with that lightly sweetened ricotta?? These sound amazing! Yay for fall!
The caramelized apples on top of these crepes look beyond amazing! I bet they would be good on ice cream or cake too.