Crêpes Suzette with Ground Cherries

A classic revisited as a dessert on our menu: crêpes Suzette with ground cherries.
Ingredients
Crêpes
- 75 mL ( 5 tbsp.) milk
- 1 egg
- 20 mL (1 tbsp.) sugar
- 1 large pinch of salt
- 30 g (1 oz) sifted flour
- 20 mL (1 tbsp.) butter
Suzette Sauce
- 30 ml (2 tbsp.) butter
- 40 mL (2 tbsp.) maple syrup
- 250 mL (1 cup) ground cherries
- 60 mL (1/4 cup) orange juice
- Zest of one orange
- 30 mL (2 tbsp.) Cointreau or Grand Marnier
Preparation
Crêpes
- Mix the milk, egg, sugar and salt together in a mixing bowl.
- Whisk in the flour.
- Pour the batter through a sieve and let it rest for one hour.
- Cook the crêpes over low heat in a non-stick pan with the butter.
- Set the crêpes aside under a towel.
Sauce Suzette
- Clean the ground cherries and cut them into quarters. Leave eight of them whole for garnish.
- Melt the butter in a pan and add the ground cherries, the maple syrup and let it caramelize to a nice golden colour.
- Add the orange juice and zest and simmer over low heat until the liquid becomes syrupy.
- Fold the crêpes into quarters and add them to the hot syrup. Flambé them with the brandy.
- Garnish with the whole ground cherries and serve immediately.