Crepe Suzette

Ingredients

Crepe Batter

1& 1/4      cups                flour
3               tablespoon      sugar
4               pieces             eggs
1 & 3/4    cups                 milk
2               tablespoon      melted butter
                 extra butter for cooking crepes

Sauce

1/2          cup                    sugar
1/2          piece                 lemon zest
1             piece                 large orange juice and zest
1/2          cup                   unsalted butter, softened
1             tablespoon        sugar
2             tablespoon        dark rum


Procedure

Crepe

1. Make a crepe batter by combining all the ingredients for batter. Whisk and refrigerate for 1 hour.
2.  Make crepes. Heat butter in a pan, medium heat.
3. Pour 1/4 cup of batter into pan. `Cook until bottom is slightly brown. Then flip. Cook for 30    seconds. Set aside


1. Rub 1/2 of the sugar with the lemon zest. Rub the other half with orange zest then squeeze the oranges and strain the juice. Measure 3/4 cup of the orange juice and sugar. Set aside.

2. Cream 1/2 cup butter with 1 tbsp sugar until light and smooth. Cover and refrigerate.

3. In a flambe pan, melt the creamed butter , add the orange juice mixture and reduce to 1/2 cup.
    Lay a single crepe in the sauce, turn over right away, immediately fold into a wedge and push to the side of the pan.

4. Carefully pour the liqueurs into the sauce and ignite. Slide the pan gently back and forth until the flames subside. Spoon the sauce over the crepes and serve at once.

















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