Crepes Suzette

We have come a long way since the days when crepes suzette epitomized the pinnacle of luxury and tuxedo-clad waiters spent their evenings fiddling with chafing dishes. But unlike similar dishes, where much ado is made about relatively little, crepes suzette is one of the great desserts of the world and is remarkably easy to make.

Traditional recipes, in one of French cuisine’s cleverest little tricks, call for extracting the essence of orange zest by rubbing the orange with a sugar