2 cups flour
3 eggs
Dash of salt
2.75 cups of water
2 lbs mussels
2 cans minced clams
2 lbs shrimp
1 stick butter
2 large shallot, minced
1 tbsp minced parsley
1 egg yolk
1 cup heavy cream
2 tbsp flour
1/4 cup sherry
1/2 cup grated swiss cheese
bayleaf
salt, pepper,
See article on storing live shellfish
Make crepes ahead of time by mixing and whisking in all ingredients in a mixing bowl . Note: avoid lumps by adding flour bit by bit
Let stand for 1/2 hour
Warm up a frying pan, grease it with butter
When butter has foamed and pan is hot, add enough dough so that a light layer covers the bottom of the pan
when crepe starts to bubble, turn over and wait 15 seconds.
Slide off onto plate and repeat
Steam mussels and pick out each when shells open. Reserve mussels and the stock
Drain cans of clams reserving the clam liquor
Cook shrimp with bayleaf in salted boiling water (for 2 minutes. Cut in half lengthwise and reserve
Fry shallots in 2 tbsp butter until soft , add the shrimp, parsley and sherry
Raise heat , add mussels, clams and heavy cream, salt and pepper
Take pan off heat and beat in the egg yolk
Let cool
Garnish each crepe with 2 tbsp of mixture, fold and set in baking dish
Prepare a bechamel by melting 2 tbsp of butter, adding two tbsp of flour while whisking to avoid lumps and gradually whisking in 1 cup of reserved clam liquor mussell water, and sherry.
Mix in heavy cream slowly and then taste for salt and pepper
Pour bechamel on crepes, sprinkle with cheese and a few chunks of butter and bake at 450 for 1/2 hour