Standard Easy Crepes Suzette Recipe

An Easy to Make Basic Crepes Recipe

Make the Basic Pancakes - see Easy Pancake Recipe Home page.

Just make the pancakes slightly thinner by putting less mix in the pan for each one. A crepe is just a thin Pancake.

Ingredients for the Filling
3oz (50g) of Butter
3oz of caster sugar
Grated rind of 1 medium sized orange.
3 Tablespoons of Orange Juice.
2 Tablespoons of Lemon Juice.
2 Tablespoons of Brandy or Grand Marnier


Making the Filling - not more than 30 minutes before use.
1. Cream / Mix the butter and sugar together until nice and fluffy.
2. Beat / mix in the Orange Rind, Orange Juice and Lemon Juice.
This makes your 'Orange Butter cream'.

Put about one quarter of the orange butter cream mix into a separate container to use later in the frying pan.

Next, fold each pancake in half and put a spoonful of the Orange Butter on each fold, then fold in half again. (Making filled quarters)

Now put the quarter of the orange butter cream that you saved into a frying pan, add the quarter pancakes - it's ok to overlap them.
Heat the pan gently until the butter cream mix melts and the pancakes are heated through.
Add the spoonfuls of Brandy (not from the Bottle!! - dangerous)
Heat for a little longer - approx 1 minute. Then very carefully ignite the brandy!! Serve immediately.
Definition - Crêpe Suzette is a typical French and Belgian dessert, consisting of a crêpe (thin Pancake) with a hot sauce of caramelised sugar, orange juice, lightly grated orange peel and liqueur (usually Grand Marnier) on top, which is ignited.

Storing Crepes / Pancakes

How To Keep Crepes & Pancakes

To keep your pancakes for a few hours after they're made, cover the stack of cooked pancakes with a clean tea towel. If you need to store them for longer, then put a square of grease proof paper between each pancake and then wrap the stack in foil and put in the fridge. They should be fine for about 2 days.

You can free freeze the foil wrapped stack for up to 4 months.

To reheat the basic Pancakes

If frozen allow to thaw completely. Then place the foil wrapped stack into a cool oven at 375F / 190C for about 25 minutes. For filled pancakes pre heat oven first.