CREPES SUZETTES
Servings: 6 people
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- zester
- grater
- whisk
- jug
- frying pan
- lemon squeezer
- sieve
- Greaseproof paper
Ingredients
- 100 g plain flour
- Pinch salt
- ½ orange rind
- 1 egg
- ½ pt milk
- Butter/oil to fry pancakes
- Ingredients for sauce
- 50 g butter
- 2 tbsp orange liqueur
- 1 orange rind & juice
- 25 g sugar
- 3 tbsp brandy or rum
Instructions
- Sieve flour into bowl
- Take rind from orange from half of one of the oranges
- Add rind to flour
- Make a well in the centre and add egg
- Whisk in milk, gradually until smooth
- Pour into jug and leave to stand for at least 15 mins
- Make pancakes and place on greaseproof
- When cold layer with greaseproof and freeze until needed
- TO COMPLETE -remove pancakes from freezer
- Make orange sauce – melt butter in large frying pan
- Remove from heat add orange rind, juice, liqueur, and sugar
- Heat gently to dissolve the sugar, then remove from heat
- Place pancake in the sauce, folding in half and then into quarters.
- Repeat with remaining pancakes, overlapping
- Return to heat and slowly bring to boil
- Warm rum/brandy in a ladle, set alight with a match and pour over pancakes
- Serve immediately with cream or ice cream