Crepe Suzette Without Alcohol

The sauce for crepe suzette usually made with Grand Marnier and being a non alcoholic i tried to omit alcohol in the dish by creating additional citrus flavour by adding orange blossom water. This French crepes makes an excellent breakfast with the bursting citrus flavor. The lightly sweetened thin crepes glazed with freshly squeezed orange sauce, is easy to prepare. The name might sound exotic to an ordinary crepe but it only requires simple ingredients and a very simple method to dish up


Ingredients

For The Crepe

1 cup all purpose flour
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar

For The Suzette Sauce

2 tbsp sugar
1/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1/4 cup butter
1/4 grated orange peel
1 tbsp orange blossom water(optional)


Methods

In a blender, blend together flour,eggs,milk,sugar and salt for 30 seconds.

Over a medium flame, heat butter in a frying pan. Using a small ladle, pour the batter into the center of the pan and swirl to spread evenly. Cook for 2 minutes. Flip the crepe to cook the other side for 30 seconds

Remove from pan and transfer into a plate. When the crepe cools down, fold the crepes into triangle

Repeat the process with the remaining batter.

To prepare the suzette sauce, heat a pan over low-medium heat. Add butter,orange juice,sugar. orange blossom water and orange peel. Stir till sugar dissolve,

Cook for 5 minutes or till the sauce thickens. Add the folded crepes into the sauce and gently stir till the crepes well coated with the orange sauce. Switch off the flame

Transfer the crepes into a serving plate and drizzle with more sauce


Notes

• Orange blossom water can be found in shop selling Middle Eastern goods.