Crêpes Suzette
Crêpes Suzette are pancakes filled with orange-flavoured butter (butter and sugar mixed with Grand Marnier), caramelized in a pan and soaked in orange-flavoured syrup. This is an modified version of the recipe invented by Auguste Escoffier.
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Last modified on: February 28th 2013
Keywords for this recipe:CrêpesPancakeOrangeButterGrand marnierEscoffierFor 4 people, you will need:
- 0
4 oranges - 1
3 tablespoons Grand Marnier - 2
50 g caster sugar - 3
100 g butter - 4 90 g caster sugar
- 5
10 g Vanilla sugar - 6 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier
- 7
8 pancakes - 8
½ lemon (optional) - Total weight: 1,990 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 39 min. | 9 min. | 48 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Squeeze the juice of 4 oranges. This should give you about 300ml.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Add to oranges juice 3 tablespoons Grand Marnier and 50 g caster sugar, mix well, cover and set aside.
You can add the juice of ½ lemon if you wish to sharpen up the orange flavour.
You can add the juice of ½ lemon if you wish to sharpen up the orange flavour.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Put into a food-mixer bowl: 100 g butter, 90 g caster sugar, 10 g Vanilla sugar and 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Start mixing on slow speed...
Stage 5 - 1 min.
...until evenly mixed: the orange butter or "Suzette butter".
Stage 6 - 15 min.
Fill each pancake with 2 knobs of butter and fold over into a triangle.
This short video shows you how.
This short video shows you how.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Prepare all the pancakes like this.
You can do this stage beforehand, even the day before, and keep the pancakes in the fridge, wrapped in stretch plastic film.
It will remain some Suzette butter, it's fine.
You can do this stage beforehand, even the day before, and keep the pancakes in the fridge, wrapped in stretch plastic film.
It will remain some Suzette butter, it's fine.
Stage 8 - 1 min.
Shortly before serving, melt the remainng Suzette butter in a large frying pan.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Add the pancakes to the frying pan and cook them to caramelize slightly (do this in batches if necessary) on both sides.
Stage 10 - 1 min.
Pour the orange juice into the pan.
Stage 11 - 5 min.
Leave for a few minutes to reduce and thicken.
Stage 12 - 5 min.
Transfer the pancakes onto the serving plates, pour the orange syrup over and serve immediately.
Remarks
If you don't have any Grand Marnier, you can use another orange liqueur, such as Cointreau.
If you enjoy the contrast between hot and cold, serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Crêpes Suzette are not normally served 'flambé'.
In Brussels, Belgium, in the brasserie "Aux armes" you can taste "crêpes Comédie Française" which are pancakes with butter Suzette, Flambed with Mandarine Napoléon and vanilla ice-cream.
If you enjoy the contrast between hot and cold, serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Crêpes Suzette are not normally served 'flambé'.
In Brussels, Belgium, in the brasserie "Aux armes" you can taste "crêpes Comédie Française" which are pancakes with butter Suzette, Flambed with Mandarine Napoléon and vanilla ice-cream.
Keeping:
Crêpes Suzette do not keep.Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,954 Kcal or 8,181 Kj | 41 gr | 360 gr | 144 gr |
| 98 % | 16 % | 34 % | 22 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 98 Kcal or 410 Kj | 2 gr | 18 gr | 7 gr |
| 5 % | 1 % | 2 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 488 Kcal or 2,043 Kj | 10 gr | 90 gr | 36 gr |
| 24 % | 4 % | 8 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 7.50 €
- Per person : 1.88 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made, after Auguste Escoffier.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rosemary steamed fish, Chocolate almond cookies, How to prepare cockles, Fish fillet in express cooking envelope, Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, ... All |
| Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ciabatta, French Family Cake, Citrus tart, Cherry clafoutis, Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", ... All |
 | Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Breton sablé biscuit dough, Stewed apple (compote), Apple Pie, Toasted almond cake, Strawberries with mint and cream, ... All |
 | Pancake: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sweet pancake rolls from Brittany, Yvetot Douillons, ... All |
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