CRêPES WITH ORANGE BUTTER SAUCE
CRêPES WITH ORANGE BUTTER SAUCE
CRêPES WITH ORANGE BUTTER SAUCE

Ingredients
  • 125g/4½oz plain flour
  • 15g/½oz caster sugar
  • pinch salt
  • 2 medium free-range eggs
  • 325ml/11½fl oz milk
  • 50ml/1¾fl oz double cream
  • few drops orange flower water
  • 20g/¾oz clarified butter
  • 10 oranges
  • 6 juiced
  • 4 segmented
  • 100g/3½oz icing sugar
  • 125g/4½oz butter
  • diced
  • softened
  • 4 sprigs fresh mint
Directions
  • For the crêpes
  • whisk the flour
  • sugar
  • salt
  • eggs and a third of the milk in a bowl to a smooth batter.
  • Gradually stir in the rest of the the milk and all of the cream. Leave the batter to rest in a warm place for about an hour.
  • Just before cooking
  • stir in the orange flower water.
  • Brush a small 18cm-20cm/7in-8in frying pan with a little of the clarified butter and place over a medium heat. Add a ladleful of the batter and tilt the pan to cover the base thinly; cook the crêpe for a minute each side.
  • Transfer the crêpe to a plate and repeat
  • stacking the crêpes between sheets of greaseproof paper
  • until all of the batter has been used up.
  • For the orange butter sauce
  • strain the orange juice through a sieve into a saucepan and add the icing sugar.
  • Gradually bring the mixture to the boil and cook until the volume of liquid has reduced by half.
  • Turn off the heat and whisk in the butter
  • a little at a time.
  • To serve
  • scatter the orange segments over each crêpe and roll up. Spoon over the orange sauce and garnish with a sprig of mint.