Standard Easy Crepes Suzette Recipe
An Easy to Make Basic Crepes Recipe
Make the Basic Pancakes mix- 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
- Cream / Mix the butter and sugar together until nice and fluffy.
- 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
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.
