Dinner ideas

22 delicious savoury crepes and pancakes

Why limit pancakes to breakfast?
savoury crepe ideas

While we all love a strawberry-filled French crepe or maple syrup-drizzled pancake, savoury variations can be just as satisfying and here, we’ve pulled together some of our favourites. Our ricotta and basil pancake stack makes a perfect lazy Sunday brunch idea while our range of creamy, cheesy crepes are the perfect entree to your fabulous feasts. Seafood lovers can delight in our Japanese pancakes topped with smoked salmon or coconut prawn crepes and vegetarians will love our tasty mushroom crepes. Dig in!

buckwheat crepes with spicy green bean filling

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Buckwheat crepes with spicy green bean filling

Buckwheat crepes with spicy green bean filling

Spinach and Ricotta Crepes

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Spinach and ricotta crepes

Spinach and ricotta crepes

chinese roast duck

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Chinese roast duck with green onion pancakes

Chinese roast duck with green onion pancakes

This is not an easy dish to master, but it is spectacular; sticky, crispy, plum sauce-glazed skin, succulent duck meat and green onion pancakes make a meal to impress any guest with.

t bone steak recipes

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Char-grilled t-bones with potato pancakes

Char-grilled t-bones with potato pancakes

This is a meal and a half, perfect for dinner at the end of an active weekend day. Let the crisp potato pancakes soak up some of the zesty chilli and ginger liquid from the steaks.

Easy polenta & sausage pancakes

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Easy polenta & sausage pancakes

Easy polenta & sausage pancakes

A quick, easy and delicious mid-week dinner option or snack.

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Spelt blini with hot smoked salmon and crème fraîche

Spelt blini with hot smoked salmon and crème fraîche

Entertaining is simple with these quick spelt blini topped with hot-smoked salmon and crème fraîche

potato pancakes with smoked salmon and dill creme fraiche

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Potato pancakes with smoked salmon and dill cream

Potato pancakes with smoked salmon and dill cream

These delicious savoury potato pancakes are absolutely beautiful enjoyed with smoked salmon and dill cream. Perfect any time of the day, this dish is a real winner!

barbecued short ribs in the oven

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Barbecued short ribs and potato pancakes

Barbecued short ribs and potato pancakes

Take your time with these beef ribs, and you’ll be rewarded with tender, falling-off-the-bone goodness. Serve topped with our homemade barbecue sauce and easy potato pancakes for a winning meal.

mini japanese pancakes recipe

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Mini Japanese pancakes

Mini Japanese pancakes

This recipe works equally well cooked as 40 mini pancakes as cocktail food, or as 6 pancakes as starters.

Cheat's Peking Duck

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Cheat’s peking duck pancakes

Cheat’s peking duck pancakes

This Chinese classic is fresh and delicious. And it’s easier to make than you think.

how to make mu shu pork pancakes

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Pork and vegie pancakes (mu shu pork pancakes)

Pork and vegie pancakes (mu shu pork pancakes)

Our Chinese-style pancakes are packed with an easy mu shu pork filling for a flavoursome lunch or dinner idea – they’re savoury pancakes at their tastiest!

mediterranean potato pancakes recipe

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Mediterranean potato pancakes

Mediterranean potato pancakes

With a rich, tomato-based vegetarian filling and a bubbly, golden cheese topping , these buttermilk potato pancake rolls are our delicious take on Italian cannelloni.

savoury buckwheat pancakes

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Savoury buckwheat pancakes

Savoury buckwheat pancakes

Try these for a quick and easy light meal for the family, or as a warm snack to prepare for the kids after they come home from a busy day at school. They’re delicious spread with cream cheese.

Vietnamese recipes

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Vietnamese pancakes with prawns

Vietnamese pancakes with prawns

This traditional Vietnamese lunch is eaten by tearing off a piece of pancake, placing it inside a lettuce leaf, along with some herbs, sprouts, prawns and vegetables; it is then rolled up and dipped into a sauce.

creamy chicken crêpes

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Creamy chicken crêpes

Creamy chicken crêpes

Chicken and mushroom crepes

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Chicken and mushroom crepes

Chicken and mushroom crepes

CURRIED PUMPKIN & LENTIL CRÊPES

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Curried pumpkin & lentil crêpes

Eastern and Western cuisines collide in this delicious baked dish of curried pumpkin and lentil crêpes.

savoury crepe ideas

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Ricotta and basil pancakes with tomato and rocket salad

Ricotta and basil pancakes with tomato and rocket salad

Savoury pancakes are just as delicious as sweet and it’s these ricotta and basil pancakes that will wow. Served with a tomato and rocket salad, this healthy, tasty meal is perfect for any time of day.

mushroom crêpes with coriander sauce

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Mushroom crêpes with coriander sauce

Mushroom crêpes with coriander sauce

Ok, there is a slight art to making thin and perfect crêpes, but there should be enough batter here for you to make a couple of mistakes. Resting the mixture before using it will make them nice and smooth, as will using a well oiled crêpe pan. Plus, the melted cheese will hide any rough edges!

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Prawn and vegetable Okonomiyaki – Japanese pancake

Prawn and vegetable Okonomiyaki – Japanese pancake

This fresh and succulent prawn and vegetable Japanese pancake is perfect for dinner when you are short of time – quick and easy, yet packed full of fresh Asian flavours.

crêpes with creamy broccoli

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Crêpes with creamy broccoli

Crêpes with creamy broccoli

Seafood mornay crepes

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Seafood mornay crepes

Seafood mornay crepes

These beautiful savoury crepes are stuffed with fresh seafood and topped with a creamy mornay sauce to create a divine lunch or dinner dish.

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