Crepe Suzette
Crêpe Suzette is a French dessert . It is a thin crepe in an orange liqueur - orange juice sauce that is flambéed . In addition to Curaçao , Grand Marnier or similar orange liqueurs are also used.
The recipe is said to have been invented by accident. The best-known anecdote describes that on January 31, 1896, the British Crown Prince, later King Edward VII , was a guest at the legendary Café de Paris in Monte Carlo . The 14-year-old chef apprentice Henri Charpentier did his training there and was supposed to make pancakes for him and 18 guests at a New Year's Eve celebration . But while Charpentier was preparing the sauce, a liqueur suddenly caught fire. The apprentice kept a straight face, tried inconspicuously to see whether it tasted good, dipped the crepes in the inflamed marinade, added more liqueur and sugar and explained to the astonished prince that this was a new recipe. Edward tasted and loved it.
Charpentier is said to have spontaneously invented the title Crêpes Princesse in honor of the then Prince of Wales , who, however, flattered, waved it off, instead the crêpes should bear the name of his beautiful companion - and that day was Suzette . Charpentier later worked in well-known hotels, even learned from the great master chef Auguste Escoffier - and became John D. Rockefeller's personal chef .
According to other sources, Suzette is said to have been the daughter of one of the 18 men present. A completely different anecdote reports that the pancakes are said to have been invented out of pity for an actress named Suzette, who had to eat pancakes every evening on the stage of the Comédie-Française .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cf. Alfons Schuhbeck : dishes with history. 100 famous classics rediscovered. Zabert Sandmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89883-117-5 , p. 131 ( limited preview in Google Book Search ).
