Crepes Suzette

Crepes Suzette

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cups butter
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • Zest of one orange (zest the orange before sqeezing it for the juice)
  • 2 - 3 oranges (squeezed to make 2/3 cup orange juice. If fresh oranges are not available, use orange juice.)
  • 1/3 cup brandy
  • 1/3 cup orange liqueur
  • 2/3 cups orange juice

Directions

Preparing the Crepes Suzette
Prepare Dessert Crepes. As each one is completed, stack so first baked side is down. Separate every three crepes with a layer of waxed paper.
In a 10 inch skillet, heat butter, orange peel zest and juice and sugar to boiling, stirring occasionally. Boil and stir 1 minute. Reduce heat and simmer.
In a small saucepan, heat brandy and orange liqueur, but do not boil.
To assemble Crepes Suzette, fold crepes into fourths; place in hot orange sauce and turn once. Arrange crepes around edge of skillet. Pour warm brandy mixture into centre of skillet and ignite. Spoon flaming sauce over crepes until the flame dies down.
crepes suzette
Place 2 crepes on each dessert plate; spoon sauce over.