Hot Crêpes with Orange Butter Sauce

Crêpes Suzette

Appears in
Glorious French Food

By James Peterson

Published 2002

  • About
  • How to make crêpes
  • How to make blini and babas au rhum
  • How to make madeleines
  • How to improvise cakes, tarts, waffles, and cookies starting out with a basic crêpe batter
  • How to make pound cake
As a child I was fascinated by adult things. When the item in question was also luxurious or, better yet, taboo, my curiosity grew boundless and I’d pester parents and teachers with questions until the mystery was solved. At some early age I found out that crêpes suzette, along with caviar, French Champagne, and pâté de foie gras, inhabited a celestial realm in which even teachers and parents were vague and inexperienced. Best of all, crêpes suzette involved fire.