Crêpes Suzette

These delectable crêpes prepared à la flambé are doused in beurre Suzette, a sauce made with butter, caramelized sugar, tangerine or orange juice, zest, and orange flavored liqueurs such as Grand Marnier or Curaçao. Crêpes Suzette were supposedly invented by Henri Charpentier in 1895 in Monaco. According to his own story, Charpentier—then a 15-year-old assistant waiter working at Monte Carlo's Café de Paris—accidentally set fire to a pan of crêpes he was preparing for the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII. After burning the sauce, Henri discovered that the crêpes tasted even better and decided to serve the dessert, naming it after the prince's companion, a beautiful French girl named Suzette. Larousse Gastronomique disputes this story, claiming that Charpentier could not have been old enough at the time to be serving royalty, but it was definitely him who popularized these flambéed French-style pancakes.