This is my 100th post! And for my 100th post I wanted to make a really flashy recipe. What's more flashy than crepes suzette? I was nervous to make this because I was afraid of burning the house down. I thought about doing the flambe outside to make sure I didn't burn the house down..but then I thought that may be a bit too much. I decided that I could be a grown up and handle my shiz and do this in the house. So before dinner I prepped everything for this so that after dinner I could just make it happen. I asked husband if he would take a picture of the "flambe" which he agreed to do but not without trepidation. Basically he was afraid I'd burn his face off. I assured him I would neither burn him, myself or the house down....Though 
honestly I wasn't 100% sure about any of this. In Nigella's picture she has a massive flambe happening so this is what I was going for....It didn't happen so much for me...I used about 5 matches and I hadn't even gotten it lit. I did get some flame at one point where Husband snapped a blurry photo. But overall I felt let down about my serious lack of flames. But better too little than too many flames I guess. One thing I was not let down with though was the taste. Sooo orangey and sweet and boozey! I am a huge fan of 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s fashion and the whole history of pop culture in the first half of the 20th century. Crepes Suzette is the muscle car of desserts so for me it just has an aura of je ne sais quoi about it. But I am enchanted with this dessert. It's very retro chic and it's clear that there's a reason this recipe has stuck around to the next century!
honestly I wasn't 100% sure about any of this. In Nigella's picture she has a massive flambe happening so this is what I was going for....It didn't happen so much for me...I used about 5 matches and I hadn't even gotten it lit. I did get some flame at one point where Husband snapped a blurry photo. But overall I felt let down about my serious lack of flames. But better too little than too many flames I guess. One thing I was not let down with though was the taste. Sooo orangey and sweet and boozey! I am a huge fan of 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s fashion and the whole history of pop culture in the first half of the 20th century. Crepes Suzette is the muscle car of desserts so for me it just has an aura of je ne sais quoi about it. But I am enchanted with this dessert. It's very retro chic and it's clear that there's a reason this recipe has stuck around to the next century!
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