Crêpes Suzette


Crêpe Suzette is a famous French dessert consisting of pancakes flambéed in an orange liqueur and orange juice sauce. I didn’t flambéed the pancakes because I was afraid that I would light the kitchen. Better safe than sorry. For the sauce you can use Curaçao or Grand Marnier. Or another orange liqueur. I used my homemade orange liqueur.

You need:

 For the crêpes:
 For the sauce:
 150 g wheat flour
 50 g butter
 1 pinch of salt
 50g sugar
 250 ml milk
 zest + juice from 1 orange
 1 egg
 2 tbsp orange liqueur
 2 tbsp oil


Servings: 4

This is how we proceed:

Sieve flour and salt in a bowl. Add the milk, water, egg and butter and stir to a smooth dough. Let 15 minutes stand.

Crêpes Suzette batter

Coat a pan with very a bit of oil. Pour dough into the pan, moving it around so that it covers the bottom of the pan. Fry golden-brown on both sides. Process with the remaining dough in the same way.

Crepes

For the sauce, heat the butter and sugar in a pan over low-medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar begins to dissolve. Pour in the orange juice and liqueur, add the orange and bring to a boil.

Sauce for the crepes

Fold the crepes 2 times, place them in the pan and coat it well with the sauce until the crêpes are hot again.

Crêpes Suzette in the making

Garnish with orange slices and zest and serve immediately.

Crêpes Suzette
Crêpes Suzette

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