Chocolate and Pistachio Crêpes Suzette
[This is an updated post. It deserved better pictures and a few little changes. So here you go! And why don't you make this Chocolate Mille Crêpes with Orange pastry cream and caramel while you're at it!]
I have decided to do another mass-hypnosis experiment today using you, my beloved readers, as guinea pigs. You don’t mind, do you? Don’t be afraid, this won’t hurt a bit. You’re dealing with a highly trained professional who wants YOU to get a ‘taste’ of this uber-cool dessert in the comfort of your own home. See how innocent-looking this is…
Everyone, take a deep breath and look at the picture below. You are now feeling sleepy, sleepy, sleepy, sleepy… zzzzzzzzzz
You are mine now, you are all mine!!… Bwah ha!.. Bwah hahaha..
{Breath in..} Look at the picture of the chocolate crêpe. Take a bite and taste the hints of hazelnut, orange zest, the rum and the overtones of cocoa in the dough. Say yum. {..Breath out}
{Breath in..} Surprise! There is a thin layer of melted milk chocolate in the center of the crêpe but that’s not all… chopped pistachios. The pleasing crunch of pistachios in the delicate wrapping now takes you over. You are sweating profusely. {..Breath out}
{Breath in..} The sweetness of the orange-caramel sauce now kicks-in and marries perfectly the other flavors. The sharp candied orange zest adds depth to the experience. You are feeling tingling in your body. {..Breath out}
{Breath in..} All your senses now come together, you experience a deep moment of bliss also known as.. the Twilight Zen. Repeat this experience again, take another bite and enjoy the textures, the temperatures, the flavors and.. keep your clothes on for chrissake!! {..Breath out}
{Breath in..} You’re now feeling good and relaxed! No!..Feeling a cool breeze on your skin is not a good sign! Put some clothes on, would you! {..Breath out}
Enjoy!
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Chocolate and Pistachio Crêpes Suzette
- (Recipe adapted from Daniel Boulud in Daniel’s Dish)
- serves 8
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Chocolate and Pistachio Crêpes Suzette:
- 1 large orange: 1/2 zest removed and julienned; 1/2 zest finely grated
- 1 1/3 cups plus 3 tablespoons sugar
- 6 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour, sifted
- 1/2 cup hazelnut flour, sifted
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder, sifted
- 1/8 teaspoon plus a pinch of salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon dark rum
- 2 cups milk
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Orange Caramel & finish:
- 4 ounces milk chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup pistachios, coarsely chopped
- 1 1/4 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
- pinch of salt
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
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Chocolate and Pistachio Crêpes Suzette:
- Bring a small saucepan of cold water and the julienned orange zest to a boil. Drain. Return the orange zest to the saucepan. Add 1 cup of water and 1/3 cup sugar and bring to a boil. Simmer 30 minutes. Cool the zest in the syrup.
- Melt 1 1/2 tablespoons of the butter. Whisk together the flour, hazelnut flour, cocoa, 3 tablespoons of the sugar, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and the eggs until combined. Whisk in the melted butter, followed by the rum, grated orange zest, and milk, just until each ingredient is incorporated. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Make the crêpes in a non-stick 8-inch pan over medium high heat, brushing the pan with melted butter in between each crêpe. As the crêpes are made, stack them on a plate. When the crêpes are cool, put an equal amount of the chocolate and pistachios in the center of each one. Fold the crepes in half and then in half again to form a wedge. (They can be covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated up to 1 day.)
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Orange Caramel & Finish:
- Warm a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Sprinkle the remaining cup of sugar into the saucepan a little at the time, and as the sugar melts, add more while stirring. When the caramel has turned a dark-amber color, add the orange juice, heavy cream and a pinch of salt. Continue to cook, stirring, until the caramel has dissolved. Bring to a boil for 4 minutes.
- Warm the remaining 2 tablespoons on butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 1/2 cup of caramel to the pan. Add half of the crêpes and rewarm, for about 2 minutes on each side. Repeat with the remaining crêpes and caramel. Serve with candied zest (or candied orange slices) and pistachios.
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April 12th, 2008 at 2:09 am
hey,
how come my underwear’s on backwards?
April 12th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Zzz… Oh man, I’m naked! Ha ha ha. We’re still friends, but wait till I get my revenge!! *shakes fist*
I think some people are not comfortable with citrus/ chocolate combinations but I am so totally on board with this! It’s so decadent/elegant. I have never seen unsalted pistachios here, though. Did you mean unsalted?
April 12th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Holy decadence! Orange and chocolate is one of the best combinations on the entire planet…and adding the pistachios was just pure genius!
April 12th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Zen, you don’t need to use your hypnosis on the women…just mention chocolate and I think you’ve hooked us already.
Well, me, anyway. Add orange and nuts, and I’ll do almost anything for a taste of it.
Almost…
April 12th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Ahahahaha, love this post…I’m at your command, master (droning voice).
What’s not to like here…booze, chocolate, pistachios and orange.
Release your grip on me now…I need a sugar fix.
April 12th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Hey!
You changed your Chefs Gone Wild Header,
It looks nice!
April 12th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Oh yum! That was good! ; )
April 12th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Mmmm….I’m totally hypnotized by your crepes suzette. Seriously. I love all of these flavors together.
April 12th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
I’m hungover, you can’t just go dropping crazy swirls into the middle of a post like that. I almost tossed my cookies.
April 12th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
wow! chocolate crepes its gorgeous!
i don’t need to be hypnotized with that circle thing.I am always under your (food’s)spell.
April 12th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
With this dish I’m yours to control. So good.
April 12th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Danger, Will Robinson, Danger. Back to the ship!
April 12th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Pistachios are definitely the best part of this recipe
April 13th, 2008 at 10:07 am
ive been hypnotized already..i cant give u any comment…!
April 13th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
This is one of those dishes that gets you a lot of ass, isn’t it? I dig the Valencia thing.
The swirlies gave me fits. I almost swallowed my tongue.
April 13th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Mmmm… like crepes with nutella but better!
April 13th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
wow this looks simply delectable. so glad to have found your site. looking forward to giving this recipe a try.
April 13th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I have this headache and I can’t explain it…but OH do the crepes look fantastic. What a flavor combination!
April 13th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
those crepe sounds good.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:01 am
I totally gobbled your first delicious crepe picture, then scrolled down to the next one, looked at it with your instructions and….PUKED out all the crepes!
Don’t know why, but that darn swirly thingy picture made my stomach all queasy.
Just give me the booze to make me feel better.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:41 am
so simple and yet so lovely! sounds like you! lol!
April 14th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Hahahaa… you crazy chef. I like the crepes, but I am curious where you get all these hypnosis insanities. Haha.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:23 am
I’m having flashbacks of the creepy hypnotist from the State Fair we would go to every year as kids. I always wondered why people would volenteer to make fools of them selves on stage! No hypnosis required here, your crepes look and sound delicious!
April 14th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Lickin’ my chops right now. I can really taste it. I need to refill my coffee to wash it down now.
April 14th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
hazelnut flour+rum+pistachios? I am so there!
luv that glaze on the orange slice, looks pretty enough to wear…
April 14th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
simply yummy!!!!
April 14th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Wowie wow wow! Holy smoke Bat Man! Oh no you didn’t! OK, really though, these looks totally fueda de contro!!!!
April 14th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Helllp, my vision is blurred, is that ok, or do I need to up my sugar intake.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Im dizzy after staring at the swirl…
April 15th, 2008 at 12:14 am
oh my.. i’m so hooked.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:21 am
if you can seduce me from 3,000 miles away, you must drive your wife/girlfriends crazy in bed.
April 15th, 2008 at 4:39 am
it didnt work…the crepes didnt end up on my desk right here right now!
April 15th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Mmm … hazelnut flour – I recently discovered it and totally love it!
Hey, how did I land on this blog? Did someone hypnotize me? Huh?!
April 15th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
What a beautiful and interesting dessert!
April 15th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Britney Spears? No. Hypnotized? No. But you sure have me singing Whitney Houston’s “…and I…eeai…will always love you…and I…eeeai…will always love you…” Would you be my Kevin Bodyguard Costner and fight all these people who want your crepe, so I can have a bite?!!
April 15th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
you ‘re rally funny!! lol!!
April 16th, 2008 at 6:34 am
don’t we all dance naked o Britney once and a while? mmmm this crepes look like they gone wild for sure. mmmmm!
April 16th, 2008 at 6:52 am
bien bien tout ca, meme pas besoin des ronds subliminaux..pis avec une ptite goute de Yquem, tu en penses quoi ?
bonne aprem!
April 16th, 2008 at 9:53 am
I’m not waking up…
looks amazing! I think I’m just going to daydream about it all day long.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
How did I get here and where are my clothes?
This looks awesome! I have a love-hate relationship when it comes to the chocolate/citrus combo, but this looks like it would be something amazing.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Looks good dude. Hhmmm, why do I feel the need to call you a dude eh? So I know this is a trick to get women to take their clothes off.
April 16th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
UMMMM why do you always make the best fooood???!
April 17th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Please STOP hypnotizing me with your food!!! I cannot bear it!!!
Really and truly, just posting pictures with the mouthwatering description of the texture and other such qualities of the food… is enough to hypnotize me. Mmmm… must have chocolate and pistachio crepes suzette!!!!
April 17th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
OK, you actually got me to laugh out loud at this one. Seriously.
April 20th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
I was just suggesting to someone that they add an interactive feature on their blog so we can taste the yummy food at home, little did I know hypnosis is the solution!
April 21st, 2008 at 11:04 pm
oh man, i love crepes suzette!! what a great flavor profile you have going on, too!
February 8th, 2010 at 9:25 am
I am confused now: I don’t know what I am more attracted to: the crepes, your post, you
. Better serve me one crepe and I will decide latter.