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Spinach-Mushroom Crêpes

Crepes filled with sautéed spinach, mushrooms, onions, scallions, parsley, basil or dill, tomatoes, and served with a white rice‑milk sauce.

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Why it works: Basil and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,979 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Spinach-Mushroom Crêpes

Oven350°F
Time10 to 15 min

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. In a large skillet, saute mushrooms quickly in balsamic vinegar or cooking sherry until browned. Season to taste.

  2. Remove mushrooms from skillet and set aside.

  3. Wipe down skillet, saute onion in vinegar or sherry, when translucent and tender, add spinach.

  4. As spinach wilts, add scallions, parsley, basil or dill.

  5. Continue to saute until vegetables are tender and little liquid remains.

  6. Add chopped tomatoes and saute for a few minutes to heat through.

  7. Add reserved mushrooms.

  8. Taste and adjust seasonings.

Make the white sauce

  1. For sauce, put into blender rice, rice milk seasonings, and onion. Process until smooth.

  2. Transfer to a small saucepan and heat through.

Assemble and bake

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

  2. Roll up crepes with filling, place side by side on a baking sheet.

  3. Pour white sauce over crepes and heat for 10 to 15 min in oven.

  4. Serve hot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

455Calories
18 gProtein
9 gFat
78 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Basil + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Parsley + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Spinach + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,025 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Mushrooms
Browned in vinegar or sherry, they add savory depth and meaty texture to the filling.
Spinach
Wilts down to add bulk, moisture and a tender, leafy texture to the filling.
Onion
Softens and turns sweet as it cooks, building the base flavor of the filling and sauce.
Tomatoes
Add acidity and moisture that brighten the filling as they heat through.
Rice
Blended into the sauce to thicken it and give it a smooth, creamy body.
Crepes
Wrap the filling and hold its shape while the sauce is baked over them.

The step that matters

Cooking the vegetables until little liquid remains. Spinach, mushrooms and tomatoes release water as they cook. If the filling stays wet, it dilutes the sauce and makes the rolled crepes soggy, so cook until the moisture has evaporated.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, pepper, spinach, parsley, basil, tomato, sauce):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Eggplantfits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, pepper, spinach, parsley, basil, tomato, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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