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fishnet coconut crepes with pear and green mango salad


there is a gigantic green mango tree across the street from our house in a vacant lot. Over the week we've seen lots of folks coming by to pick a few to take home.

i LOVE mangos in all their forms - but the pine-like scent of a green mango and its promise of a fresh and tart taste i find particularly alluring.

so I got out my basket and stick and went picking. bea came happily and picked them up for me where they fell.



for the crepes (will make about 10, depending on your frying pan size)

2 or 3 eggs
1 cup of plain flour
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (plus extra for cooking)
pinch of salt
1 cup coconut milk

a ziploc bag or milk carton


For the salad (enough for 2 or 3 people)

2 green mangos peeled and shredded (I used a julienne vegetable peeler)
2 ripe pears, julienned
teaspoon of honey
0.5 teaspoons of ground cinnamon

whisk all the crepe ingredients and put through a strainer to remove any
lumps.

mix all salad ingredients and squish it a little with your hands to get
the juices flowing.

to make the fishnet crepes pour your crepe batter into a ziploc bag or
old milk carton and cut a tiny hole in one of the corners (i like the
bag because you can pop it in a bowl with the hole facing up so the
batter doesn't leak in between crepes).

turn pan to low heat and drizzle in some oil. drizzle the batter in a
zigzag motion first up and down, then side to side, and finally in a
concentric spiral to link the mesh.

carefully flip using the largest spatula you own.

continue with the rest of the batter and top with the salad and maple
syrup.

we liked the fishnet effect of the pancakes because they felt very light
and the maple syrup was absorbed very nicely! they look a bit fancy but
really don't take much more effort at all.