From Our Recipe Books

We love to cook, we love our friends and we love to cook with our friends!  We’ll start doling out some of our favorite recipes for you to try at home.. some will be basic “tools of the trade”, others will be more complex.  We’d love to hear your feedback on how you used them. Who knows?? Maybe you’ll teach us a thing or two!

Basic Crepe Recipe    

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons water
1/2 cup milk
3 large eggs
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus some for the pan
1/2 teaspoon salt

In a large mixing bowl beat shelled eggs (with a whip or spoon) water and  milk utill a smooth batter is formed add butter and salt and whip  for 5 seconds more.  Let it stand, covered, for 1 hour in your refrigerator. The batter may be made up to one day in advance.

Heat a 7 to 8-inch crepe or non-stick skillet over moderate heat until it is hot but not smoking and remove from heat. Brush the pan as necessary with butter. Stir the batter, half fill a 1/4 cup measure with it, and pour the batter into the pan. Tilt and rotate the pan quickly to cover the bottom with a thin layer of batter and return any excess batter to the bowl. Return the pan to the heat, loosen the edge of the crepe with a spatula, and cook the crepe until the under side is browned lightly. Turn the crepe, brown the other side lightly and transfer to a plate. Crepes can be made in advance, stacked, wrapped in plastic and stored refrigerated for 3 days or frozen until needed.

Become a Stocked Pot Fabulous Foodie!

Last month we started a monthly give away for all of our Stocked Pot Facebook Fans.  Every Fan (old & new!) is eligible for a monthly drawing for a free cooking class at The Stocked Pot (value is $44). Then we thought about it.. the only thing that Foodies love more than food is enjoying it with their friends! So we decided that we needed to go back to the drawing board and make the monthly drawing more fun for everyone!

For each additional 50 fans who become our Fan on Facebook, we’ll add an ADDITIONAL cooking class at The Stocked Pot to the monthly drawing! We’re already at one and we’re thisclose to hitting the level. In addition to that, when we hit 500 fans, we’ll add a $50 gift card to use in our store! When we get to 750 fans, we’ll add ANOTHER $50 gift card and so on!  If you’re keeping track, at the 750 fan level, we’ll be up to 10 classes and 2 $50 gift cards!

So if you love food and you’re already a “Stocked Pot Fabulous Foodie” be sure to suggest our fan page to your friends.. (The “suggest to friends” button is in the top left corner, right under our logo) odds will be in your favor that someone you know will get a free class at The Stocked Pot! Maybe you can go together!

We love our fans and our customers – they let us do what we love to do – cook and be with friends!

Andrew