• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Salt Jar

Seasonal recipes for the everyday cook

  • About
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Breakfast
    • Dessert
    • Drinks
    • Entree
    • Salad
    • Sides
    • Snack
    • Soup
  • Lifestyle
    • Local
    • Events
  • Contact
    • Work With Me
You are here: Home / Lifestyle / Local / Charlie’s Crepes

June 29, 2018 By Sarah Leave a Comment

Charlie’s Crepes

An introduction to Charlie’s Crepes in Merchantville, NJ

One of the first things Charles of Charlie’s Crepes said to me – “If you’re using good quality local ingredients, you feel good.” This quote resonates with me because I try to make my recipes and my food choices by the motto – If you eat more good, you do more good.

I stopped by the Charlie’s Crepes storefront in Merchantville, NJ and the traveling stand at the Collingswood Farmers Market to learn more.

Crepes are a thin pancake, with your choice of filling. With the ability to use any combination of fillings, crepes can be sweet or savory. According to Charlie, “A crepe is whatever you want to put inside it.”

That’s where Charlie’s Crepes becomes more. Each recipe is crafted using local, seasonal, and incredibly fresh ingredients. Starting as a vendor at the Collingswood Farmers Market in 2015, Charlie has been able to build relationships with the market vendors and get access to all kinds of local produce.

It starts with the market. We have our standards on the menu, but other than that we use what we find seasonally at the market.

Some incredible combos of flavors, and where the ingredients are sourced from:

  • Sherry Shallot Portobello Mushroom crepe with asiago cheese and garlic lime crema (mushrooms from Davidson Farms) – pictured below
  • Garlic Scape Pesto Chicken (scapes from Savoie Farms)
  • Roasted Ratatouille with whipped ricotta and goat cheese (squash from Viereck Farms)
  • Cherry bruschetta compote with whipped ricotta and goat cheese (cherries from Fruitwood Farms)
  • Cherry & Berry Pie with vanilla bean custard, butterscotch cookies, and whipped cream (cherries from Fruitwood Farms, plus raspberries and blueberries from Mood’s Farm)

The best part – all of these combinations are from within the last two weeks! There’s no limit to the number of combinations Charlie’s Crepes will come up with. Other recipes have included other great market finds: Hillacres Pride bacon, Buck Wild Bison, and Schober Farms peaches. According to Charlie, he and his wife “have a lot of fun using our imagination coming up with new dishes.”

Mushroom filled crepe

Charlie got started making crepes after his honeymoon in France. During part of their trip, they stayed in a house outside of Normandy with a couple from the Netherlands, who taught him their grandmother’s crepe recipe. That recipe has been tweaked to become the tasty crepes he makes today.

Charles Koory of Charlie's Crepes

You can find Charlie’s Crepes at the brick-and-mortar in Merchantville (they’re BYOB!) and with the crepe cart at the Collingswood Market on Saturday mornings.

At the crepe shop, you can get crepes to eat-in or to-go, plus enjoy local Boylan sodas, board games, an outdoor patio, and even live music.

Learn more: https://www.charliescrepes.com

Crepe with whipped ricotta, goat cheese, and cherries

Related Posts

  •  
    4
    Shares
  •  
  • 4
  •  

Filed Under: Local

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Hey! I'm Sarah. I am passionate about creating seasonal recipes for the everyday cook inspired by New Jersey farm-fresh produce. Read More…

Let’s Connect

  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Search

Featured By

Categories

  • Appetizers
  • At Home
  • Breakfast
  • Dessert
  • Drinks
  • Entree
  • Events
  • Lifestyle
  • Local
  • Resources
  • Salad
  • Sides
  • Snack
  • Soup
  • Travel

Footer

LET’S CONNECT

  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

FIND NEW RECIPES

Looking at lemon mousse in a glass with blackberries
Overhead of oval bowl with herbed potato salad

Pages

  • Recipes
  • Contact
    • Work With Me
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclosure
  • Gifted Items Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Instagram



I may earn a small commission for my recommendation and links to products or services on this site.
I only recommend products and services I truly use and love – learn more here.

Copyright © 2021 · Brunch Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Salt Jar uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're okay with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.AcceptReject Details
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.