Cooking

The three folds

Triangle, envelope and roll.

Every crêpe ends with a fold. Swipe an edge inwards across the crêpe: start just inside the rim (or outside it) and go across. A dashed guide shows where the fold will land.

Table
FoldHowSwipesRecipes
TriangleFold in half, then in half again.2 swipes17
EnvelopeFour edges swiped toward the centre: a square galette.4 swipes15
RollOne long swipe across.1 swipe14
A filled crêpe on the wooden board, with arrows at the rim showing where to swipe to fold.
Arrows at the rim show where to swipe.

Neat or messy

The kitchen grades every fold, and the guest sees the same thing:

  • Neat: praised.
  • Fine: it is folded.
  • A bit scruffy: it holds, but no hearts for it.
  • Messy: it came apart.

A fold that is not the one ordered (a half fold, a flat crêpe, the wrong shape) disappoints, however neat it is. Fold once every ordered filling is on: the fold hint waits until then.

Which recipe, which fold