Kate's Easy Crepes Suzette
"Here's a filling for Crepes Suzette without the traditional flaming--less fun but very good! You can substitute Triple Sec, Cointreau, Limoncello or other liquers for the Grand Marnier. Step-by-step photos are posted in the French Forum under "Techniques." I recommend recipe #170083 made with butter."
photo by Slatts
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
8-10 crepes
ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 2 teaspoons Grand Marnier
- 8 -10 crepes
directions
- Cream the powdered sugar into the butter until you have a smooth texture.
- Add lemon zest, lemon juice, and Grand Marnier. It will break down (look a little curdled) when you add the citrus and alcohol but that is okay.
- Spread the mixture over each crepe.
- Fold the crepes in quarters and pile together.
- Keep crepes warm in a 200 degree Fahrenheit oven.
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Reviews
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We ate these crepes this morning with some bacon and fresh fruit for a nice indulgent breakfast. I opted to use the orange zest/juice and used your crepe recipe (Recipe #170083). These were wonderful and were much easier to make than I anticipated. I went light on the filling and have quite a bit left over to use later this week! Made for PRMR. -
Superbe! I used both lemon and orange and far less butter (about 2 TBSP). Delicious nonetheless! -
Made these to serve during the World Cup Final using your own recipe for crepe batter. I used both orange and lemon zests. Everyone loved you that night (and Italy!). -
After making my own crepes (Kate's recipe #170083) I thought to give it a try. Crepes Suzzette by me? Impossible! But, with this simple recipe the result was EXCELLENT!!!! Just, perfect!!!! Thanks, Kate!!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef Kate
Annapolis, 60
<p>I have always loved to cook. When I was little, I cooked with my Grandmother who had endless patience and extraordinary skill as a baker. And I cooked with my Mother, who had a set repertoire, but taught me many basics. Then I spent a summer with a French cousin who opened up a whole new world of cooking. And I grew up in New York City, which meant that I was surrounded by all varieties of wonderful food, from great bagels and white fish to all the wonders of Chinatown and Little Italy, from German to Spanish to Mexican to Puerto Rican to Cuban, not to mention Cuban-Chinese. And my parents loved good food, so I grew up eating things like roasted peppers, anchovies, cheeses, charcuterie, as well as burgers and the like. In my own cooking I try to use organics as much as possible; I never use canned soup or cake mix and, other than a cheese steak if I'm in Philly or pizza by the slice in New York, I don't eat fast food. So, while I think I eat and cook just about everything, I do have friends who think I'm picky--just because the only thing I've ever had from McDonald's is a diet Coke (and maybe a frie or two). I have collected literally hundreds of recipes, clipped from the Times or magazines, copied down from friends, cajoled out of restaurant chefs. Little by little, I am pulling out the ones I've made and loved and posting them here. Maybe someday, every drawer in my apartment won't crammed with recipes. (Of course, I'll always have those shelves crammed with cookbooks.) I'm still amazed and delighted by the friendliness and the incredible knowledge of the people here. 'Zaar has been a wonderful discovery for me.</p>
