Crêpes Suzette


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
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 40 min.
Cooking: 9 min.
All in all: 50 min.
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Stage 1 - 5 min.
Crêpes Suzette
Squeeze the juice of 8 oranges. This should give you about 300ml.

Stage 2 - 2 min.
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Add to oranges juice 6 tablespoons Grand Marnier and 100 g caster sugar, mix well, cover and set aside.

You can add the juice of 1 lemon if you wish to sharpen up the orange flavour.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
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Put into a food-mixer bowl: 200 g butter, 180 g caster sugar, 20 g vanilla sugar and 4 tablespoons Grand Marnier.

Stage 4 - 3 min.
Crêpes Suzette
Start mixing on slow speed...

Stage 5 - 1 min.
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...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.

Stage 7 - 2 min.
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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.

Stage 8 - 1 min.
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Shortly before serving, melt the remainng Suzette butter in a large frying pan.

Stage 9 - 3 min.
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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.
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Pour the orange juice into the pan.

Stage 11 - 5 min.
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Leave for a few minutes to reduce and thicken.

Stage 12 - 5 min.
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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.
Keeping: Crêpes Suzette do not keep.
Source: Home made, after Auguste Escoffier.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe710 RDI=280 %2,740 RDI=260 %1,660 RDI=250 %5,720 RDI=290 %23,960 RDI: 290 %
Per 100 g20 RDI=7 %70 RDI=7 %40 RDI=7 %150 RDI=7 %620 RDI: 7 %
Per person90 RDI=30 %340 RDI=30 %210 RDI=30 %720 RDI=40 %3,000 RDI: 40 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, Milk, egg, Gluten
How much will it cost?
  • For 8 people : 14.70 €
  • Per person : 1.85 €

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