Crêpes Suzette

Name: Crêpes Suzette
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200g plain flour; 3 eggs; 500ml whole milk; 30g butter, melted; 1 pinch salt; 80g butter for sauce; 80g caster sugar; juice and zest of 2 oranges; 60ml Grand Marnier or Cointreau

Thin French crêpes flambéed with orange liqueur and caramel butter sauce. Resting the crêpe batter for 30 minutes before cooking lets the gluten relax, which makes the crêpes tender and easy to fold instead of rubbery.

Total time

55 min

Prep

35 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

French

vegetarian

Ingredients

200gplain flour

3eggs

500mlwhole milk

30gbutter, melted

1 pinchsalt

80gbutter for sauce

80gcaster sugar

juice and zest of 2oranges

60mlGrand Marnier or Cointreau

Instructions

Make crêpe batter: blend flour, eggs, milk, butter and salt until smooth. Rest 30 minutes.

Cook thin crêpes in a buttered pan. Stack and set aside.

Make sauce: melt butter and sugar in a wide pan until caramel. Add orange juice and zest.

Add crêpes one at a time, fold into triangles in the sauce.

Add Grand Marnier and flambé carefully.

Serve 2–3 crêpes per person with sauce.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

458

Protein

14.2g

Fat

14.3g

Carbs

68.3g

Fiber

2.1g

Sodium

2047mg

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