Talk:Crespelle/@comment-80.101.177.167-20140227160406

For a newb, the internet doesn't seem like the right place to gather information about traditional Italian crespelles. Every recipe is different from the other, and many of them based on local products like fabricated marinara sauce.

There doesn't seem to be a source that describes the core principles to serve a traditional crespelles dish. Variables are 2 to 3 elements that make up an oven dish with crespelles, filling and optionally sauce.

For a westerner like me, following the directions of a desired recipe from another western author, seems like the only option, but isn't the way to make authentic crespelles.

Personally I'm highly interested in crespelles with ricotta, spinach and tomatoe sauce, consistent to the original way of preparation, but it is nowhere to be found.

Some use basil, some use tomato sauce. Many recipes don't describe how to make tomatoesauce for this dish, some use bechamel sauce, some with tomatoesauce added. Some say it's best to fold the crespelles, others roll them up. Some use parsley to season the filling, some use chilli pepper to season.

Most Italian dishes are simple if you understand the traditional way. For example, carbonara is a dish with very few ingredients (pork, pasta, eggs, cheese, oil, pepper, salt) and the best way is the easiest, most authentic way. Not with mushrooms and cream, and especially no bouillon and other conservants.

Every recipe I found on how to make crespelles with spinach and ricotta was, in some way, altered to ones own style, making it less authentic. I have no idea what the authentic way is, as I don't speak Italian. But that doesn't mean I should be excluded from the Italian way like most westerners who think they know how Italian food is prepared.

I'd like to give the mac'n'cheese as an example of how non Ítalians tend to mess with original Italian kitchen. Before I can die happy, I must know the way to make this recipe according to Italian tradition.