Gather your mise en place; get together all of the equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Measure out flour, milk, water, eggs, and salt for crepes. Melt butter for crepes.

Peel the carrots, and finely We’re not referring to a name here. Julienne is used to describe a type of cut that is thin strips.julienne them into matchstick shapes about 3 centimetres long, and 3 millimetres thickness.

Remove the woody stem from the asparagus, and finely chop the asparagus into thin coins.

Cut the shallot in half from tip to root, and remove the skin. Cut off the tip, and make cuts from tip to root, leaving the root end intact. Finely mince the shallot across the cuts.

Remove the skin of the garlic, and finely mince.

Cut the mushrooms into a very fine mince, including the stems.

Remove the parsley and thyme leaves from the stem, and finely chop the herbs.

Grate the swiss cheese.

Measure out the cream cheese, eggs, cream, and nutmeg for the custard.

Mix together the flour with the milk, water, eggs, melted butter, and salt. Let sit at least 30 minutes for the crepe batter to hydrate.

Cook the crepes by adding a ladleful of batter (about ½ cup) into a nonstick pan, and cooking on both sides over low heat. Stack the crepes on a plate until ready to use, or if doing ahead, wrap them tightly with plastic wrap and put them in the fridge.

In a nonstick pan, saute the carrots with 2 tablespoons of butter over medium heat until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Place into a bowl to cool with half of the parsley, mix together.

In the same pan, add two more tablespoons of butter, the garlic, and the shallot. Cook until shallot is softened, about 1 minute. Add the mushrooms, and the thyme, and Adding flavour to a food to enhance its taste. It can be as simple as salt and pepper or herbs, spices vinegars and condimentsseason with salt and pepper to taste. Cook until mushrooms are softened and the liquid is absorbed, about 10 minutes. Place in a bowl to cool.

In the same pan, lightly saute asparagus over medium heat with 2 tablespoons of butter and Adding flavour to a food to enhance its taste. It can be as simple as salt and pepper or herbs, spices vinegars and condimentsseason with salt and pepper, about 2 minutes. Mix together with the rest of the parsley, and place into a bowl to cool.

Mix together the cream cheese, cream, eggs, nutmeg, pepper and salt with a whisk until smooth.

Spray the loaf pan with nonstick spray, and carefully line with parchment paper. Spray the loaf pan again once lined with nonstick spray.

Line the bottom of the loaf pan with a crepe, and place another four crepes down, one on each side, with the edges overhanging.

Mix together the carrots with ½ of the cheese, and place in the bottom of the loaf pan. Pour with about ⅓ of the custard mixture, until the custard covers the carrots. Place a crepe overtop of the mixture.

Add the mushroom mixture, and another ⅓ of the custard mixture, until the mushrooms are covered. Place another crepe overtop of the mixture.

Mix the asparagus with the last of the cheese, and add the mixture to the pan, and the last ⅓ of the custard on top. Wrap the overlapping edges of the crepe overtop, and if they don’t completely cover the vegetables, add another layer of crepes on top and carefully tuck them down the sides.

Place the loaf pan onto a baking sheet and cook for one hour and fifteen minutes, until the custard is set and puffy.

Let the loaf cool in the oven for 10 minutes, and then another 20 minutes on the counter before serving. If serving cold, let it cook completely.

Remove the loaf from the pan, carefully sliding a thin knife along the sides of the loaf pan. Unmold the gateau, and place on a platter lined with lettuce leaves. Garnish with fancy sliced tomatoes.