Crêpes Suzette

Name: Crêpes Suzette
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, French, European
Ingredients: 57 grams 1/4 cup butter or margarine; 59 milliliters cognac, brandy, or more orange-flavor liqueur; 12 thin crêpes (6 or 7 in.); 59 milliliters orange-flavor liqueur such as Grand Marnier or curaçao; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel; 118 milliliters orange juice; 2 teaspoons grated orange peel; 6 Tbsps sugar

Crêpes Suzette requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains around 2g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 280 calories. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. If you have butter, cognac, orange-flavor liqueur such as grand marnier, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Fold crpes in half, pale surfaces inside, and lay, overlapping, on a plate.

In a bowl, mix orange and lemon peel with orange and lemon juice.

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Lemon Juice

Lemon Peel

Orange

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Bowl

In a 10- to 12-inch frying pan or chafing dish over high heat, melt sugar, shaking pan often, until it turns amber, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low and add juice mixture all at once; sugar hardens. Stir until sugar dissolves.

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Juice

Sugar

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Frying Pan

Add butter and stir until melted.

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Butter

With 2 large spoons and working quickly, lay 1 folded crpe at a time in sauce, turn over, fold crpe again to make a triangle, and push to a side of the pan. Repeat to moisten and fold each crpe, overlapping as needed to fit in pan.

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Sauce

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Frying Pan

Pour liqueur and cognac over crpes; when liqueurs are slightly warm, about 30 seconds, ignite (not beneath an exhaust fan or flammable items). Shake pan or spoon sauce over crpes until flame dies.

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Liqueur