Crepes Suzette: A Classic French Dessert

By Shireen Jamooji

This delicate mix of super thin pancakes and tangy orange sauce has been a dessert staple for decades.  And unlike many gourmet French recipes, you can definitely make it at home!

Ingredients

Pancakes: 140 gm plain flour 200 ml whole milk 2 eggs 25 gm unsalted butter, melted, plus a little extra for greasing Sauce: 3 tbsp caster sugar 250 ml freshly squeezed orange juice Zest of 1 orange 1 tsp lemon juice 1 tbsp orange liqueur. 50 gm unsalted butter

Step 1

Mix together all the pancake ingredients into a smooth lump-free batter and let it rest for 30 minutes. Grease a pan and pour a little batter in and spread it as thinly as possible. Cook till set before flipping and cooking the other side. Repeat till all the batter is gone.

Step 1

Add caster sugar to a non-stick pan and set over a low-medium heat. Allow the sugar to melt into a caramel and then take the pan off the heat and add the orange juice, zest, lemon juice, and liqueur and return the pan to low heat to re-melt the caramel into the liquid.

Step 1

Add caster sugar to a non-stick pan and set over a low-medium heat. Allow the sugar to melt into a caramel and then take the pan off the heat and add the orange juice, zest, lemon juice, and liqueur and return the pan to low heat to re-melt the caramel into the liquid.