List of recipes from category Desserts: 360 recipes (without meat)

Caramel rice pudding

We start with a classic rice pudding and add beaten eggs, this is poured onto hot caramel in the bottom of a dish, and then cooked in a bain-marie in the oven until firm like a cake.
February 11^th 2011251K5 1 hour 37 min.

Chestnut cake

This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.
May 8^th 2020326K5 1 hour 13 min.

Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes

This recipe allows you to enjoy a delicious brownie-style combination of melting fudgy texture and cake, with the distinct flavours of chocolate and chestnut purée.
January 31^th 201664K5 53 min.

Chocolate mug cake

A mug cake is fun to make and only takes a few minutes. It cooks in just one and a half minutes in the microwave.
June 4^th 2014109K5 11 min.

Cochelin d'Evreux

This cochelin, from the town of Evreux in Normandy, is a sort of giant apple turnover, flavoured with vanilla. It is served in slices, like a cake.
September 10^th 201872K5 2 hours 2 min.

Galette Charentaise

This is a traditional cake from France's Charente region. The recipe is straightforward and the cake is slightly dense in texture, but quite delicious.
August 26^th 201845K5 2 hours 45 min.

Hazelnut and orange cake

A very elegant cake topped with a sprinkling of hazelnut crumble, and with a double helping of orange flavour from chopped candied peel and the orange syrup soaked into the cake after cooking. The recipe is rather sophisticated, inspired by those used by pastry cooks at the INBP. It is a bit...
January 23^th 201943K5 2 hours 15 min.

Household cake (Gâteau de ménage)

A traditional recipe from Franche-comté, it's a flat round kind of brioche, covered with an egg cream called "Goumeau".
June 15^th 2020491K 25 3 hours 59 min.

Invisible apple cake

An invisible cake is a cake with lots of fruit, in this case thinly sliced apples, where the batter is very discreet, hence the name.
October 25^th 202312K5 1 hour 26 min.

Moist chocolate cake

A moist, loaf-shaped cake with all the chocolate flavour that comes from a double dose: melted chocolate and cocoa powder.
December 30^th 201877K5 1 hour 11 min.

Moist Lemon Cake

This is similar to the basic "four quarters" cake, but with the delicious double lemon flavour that comes from using both zest and juice.
March 9^th 201658K5 46 min.

Oaty walnut cake

This is a moist-textured walnut cake with rolled oats, but the real secret comes from dry-roasting the nuts before adding them to the mixture.
April 19^th 201580K 15 2 hours 34 min.

Provençal colombier for Pentecost

The "colombier" (dove cake) is a traditional cake for Pentecost from the south of France, flavoured with orange and almonds. This very moist cake is quite dense as it is made with marzipan (almond paste). It can be eaten on its own or as a dessert, with or without ice cream.
December 30^th 201958K5 1 hour 6 min.

Prune Far

Far is a traditional recipe from Brittany in northwest France. The name comes from the Breton word 'farz' meaning flour. This is the traditional way, with prunes, but you can adapt it according to taste.
October 3^rd 2010228K 15 1 hour 10 min.

Santiago Cake

Santiago cake (or Torta de Santiago) has a lovely moist texture. It is made with almonds and lemon and contains no butter or flour. This Spanish speciality from Galicia is still often decorated with the cross of St James.
April 24^th 201668K5 52 min.

Strawberry and rhubarb crumble

A three-layer crumble: a layer of stewed rhubarb, then strawberries and a crumble topping. You'll see that the flavour of rhubarb goes very well with strawberries.
May 18^th 2019142K5 1 hour 40 min.

Toffee apple upside-down cake

With a flavour reminiscent of the French classic tart tatin, this cake is made with a ring of tart apples arranged on a layer of caramel, then covered with the batter. After baking, the cake is turned out while still hot so that the caramelized apples are on the top with the moist cake underneath.
December 4^th 201647K5 1 hour 46 min.

Caribbean upside-down cake

The dominant flavours in this cake are pineapple and almonds. The pineapple is caramelized first separately, with brown sugar and lime, before being laid in the bottom of the tin. The cake batter is then poured over. The cooked cake is turned out to reveal the lovely golden pineapple layer on top a...
December 30^th 201963K4.7 1 hour 7 min.

Gâteau Basque

This traditional Basque dessert is similar to a gâteau breton (brittany butter cake), but very moist as it is filled with a rum-flavoured confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière, or french pastry cream). This is a fairly simple recipe, though as the dough is fragile and difficult to handle, I...
September 11^th 201863K4.7 2 hours 51 min.

Nanou's chocolate cake

A moist melting cake, very very chocolaty...
June 22^th 2013274K4.6 1 hour 45 min.

Epiphany galette

Here is the recipe for the very classic but delicious "galette des rois" (Epiphany galette) in puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) with almond cream or frangipane . You will also see some professional tips to easily handle the dough, and obtain a nice and regular galette.
January 6^th 2021279K 24.5 3 hours 8 min.

Kugelhof for Nanou

This recipe is emblematic of Alsatian baking, but a more personal version (and a bit richer).
August 2^nd 2019275K4.4 3 hours 15 min.

Toasted almond cake

A layer cake, with toasted almonds in the chocolate part.
July 5^th 2016235K4.4 2 hours 2 min.

Almond mug cake for Mary

Mug cakes are fun and quick to make. They cook in the microwave in about a minute and a half. This almond version is similar to the small cakes known as financiers.
June 22^th 2014103K4.3 9 min.

Caramelised apple pie

Apple pie made with caramelised apples.
September 11^th 2018251K4.3 1 hour 55 min.

Kouign-amann

Kouign-amann is a traditional cake from Brittany. the name means butter cake in Breton (Kouign = cake, amann = butter). It is a sort of caramelized millefeuille, crunchy on the outside and melting in the middle.
May 24^th 2018134K4.3 6 hours 38 min.

Oatmeal cake

This cake has the distinctive and delicious flavour of old-fashioned rolled oats, also known as oatmeal. In the basic cake recipe, part of the flour is replaced with oats, which have been toasted, then blended.
September 20^th 201794K 24.2 1 hour 8 min.

Gingerbread

Maybe this recipe will bring back memories.
February 21^th 2011277K4.2 1 hour 4 min.

Chocolate cake

A traditional-style recipe for a moist chocolate cake with plenty of chocolate flavour.
December 25^th 201572K 44 1 hour 16 min.

Elsa's Comtoise galette

This galette is a classic Comtois dessert that resembles choux pastry (pâte à choux).
January 20^th 201390K4 46 min.

French Family Cake

The idea of a "family" cake can mean so many different things, depending on where your family came from. This French version consists of a layer of pears in liquid caramel, topped with a basic cake mixture, similar to the four quarters recipe.
October 12^th 201467K4 1 hour 12 min.

Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)

Gâteau breton is a rich cake that uses a lot of butter (from Brittany, of course) with sugar, egg yolks and a little rum to add flavour. This cake is traditionally served with coffee.
September 11^th 201889K4 1 hour 10 min.

Fruit crumble

A fruit pudding: very easy to do and delicious: just a layer of fruit with a golden crunchy topping.
February 21^th 2011349K4.0 1 hour 11 min.

Gâteau Nantais

This traditional cake from the French city of Nantes is deliciously moist, flavoured with almonds, vanilla and rum. For the finishing touch, the top is covered with boozy white icing.
January 8^th 201747K3.9 1 hour 28 min.

Apple Pie

This classic of family cooking is quite simple: just a puff pastry "shell" sealing in lightly sweetened slices of apple. During cooking, the fruit softens to resemble stewed apple. Serve warm, if possible, to enjoy at its best.
September 11^th 201861K3.7 54 min.

Plain cake

This is a classic, loaf-shaped cake, deliberately left plain for you to embellish as you choose.
December 30^th 201975K3.7 1 hour 26 min.

Caramel semolina pudding with raisins

Semolina pudding, like rice pudding, is a throwback to another era – time to rediscover its delights! This is an updated version, with a caramel sauce and raisins. Its smooth, creamy texture comes from the custard added towards the end.
December 30^th 202045K3.3 48 min.

Canadian apple crumble

The classic apple crumble is given a Canadian twist here: rolled oats in the topping and a drizzle of maple syrup over the apples. These two small changes make the flavour very distinctive and very, well... Canadian.
August 4^th 201967K3 1 hour 25 min.

Sicilian Epiphany Pie

This is a Sicilian version of the French Epiphany dessert, the "galette des rois". The puff pastry has a pistachio cream and ricotta filling with diced candied fruit.
January 7^th 202469K3 1 hour 1 min.

Leopard cake

Under this little name, which will please children a lot, is a marbled vanilla-chocolate cake where the chocolate is inserted in the form of lines, which gives to the cut this famous pattern, which imitates the coat of the leopard.
March 12^th 202314K1 4 hours 10 min.

Amandier (gluten-free almond cake)

This gluten-free cake is called "amandier" in French, as it is made with ground almonds instead of flour (the same word also means almond tree). The texture is moist and the flavour is, well, almondy.
October 4^th 202032K 1 hour 8 min.

Angevin plum pâté

The Angevin pie, as its name does not indicate it, is a dessert, a kind of plum pie made with a shortcrust pastry. It is a dessert from the old days, which has crossed the ages while remaining in Anjou (the famous "Loire valley" in France).
July 31^th 202217K 1 hour 31 min.

Apple and almond cake

As the name suggests, this is a very moist cake, with almonds and apples, baked in a gratin dish.
October 1^st 20238,840 1 hour 51 min.

Autumn apple and plum crumble pie

This crumble with a difference captures real autumn flavours: apples, plums and hazelnuts. For a change, the crumble topping is pressed into a thin crust, more like a pie.
October 27^th 201939K 1 hour 37 min.

Caramelised apple custards

A Parisian flan-style egg custard, poured over sautéed and caramelised (flambéed, even) apples, baked in individual ramekins.
June 9^th 202124K 59 min.

Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake

The apples in this recipe are caramelized in a mixture of butter and sugar, then cooled before being added to the "moelleux" batter (which makes a soft, moist cake). The result is a delicious cake combining apple and caramel flavours.
November 7^th 202119K 1 hour 56 min.

Caramelized apple and walnut cake

A variation on the classic walnut cake, with a luscious centre of caramelized apple slices, flambéed in Calvados.
June 7^th 202042K 1 hour 33 min.

Coconut "croute à thé"

Here's a coconut version of the classic French "croute à thé" cake. The double coconut flavour comes from the sweetcrust pastry as well as the filling.
August 29^th 202118K 52 min.

Croissant dough apples

Thick slices of apples, rolled in sugar and surrounded by a strip of crescent dough, which, after a spell in the oven, become delicious puff pastry apples.
January 21^th 20247,595 1 hour 49 min.

Dijonnaise pear cake

This moist cake with a pear-dijonnaise centre is made with a "moelleux" batter. The pears are cooked first in blackcurrant-flavoured crème de cassis.
January 30^th 202215K 1 hour 44 min.

Far Normandy-Brittany

You may already be familiar with far, the famous Breton cake? Here's a version inspired by our neighbors in Normandy, with cream, apples and Calavados.
March 17^th 20247,442 39 min.

Fondant-iced pithivier

The classic French pithivier is a traditional dessert, rather like the Epiphany galette: puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) filled with almond cream. But there is also an iced cake version called a "pithivier fondant": moist, very simple, and without the puff pastry. Here's how to make it.
March 2^nd 202220K 1 hour 58 min.

Grapefruit cake

A moist, triple grapefruit cake: zest, juice and syrup.
March 24^th 20248,244 2 1 hour 20 min.

Lemon and lime cakes

These little cakes get their double citrus flavour by combining the delicate bitterness of lemon and lime zest with the slight sharpness of the juice in a syrup, soaked into the cakes while still hot from the oven.
April 3^rd 201938K 1 hour 44 min.

Mascarpone fondant with two lemons

A melt-in-the-mouth mascarpone cake, very easy to make, with a delicious taste of lime and yellow lemon.
January 28^th 20248,113 54 min.

Nanou's apple and almond cake

Apples and almonds are the dominant flavours in this old family cake recipe, but these are joined by delightful notes of lemon and rum.
November 14^th 202122K 2 hours 14 min.

Pistachio cake

Here's a loaf-style cake made with a classic batter, flavoured with pistachio (of course), and with a crunchy "macaronade" topping.
March 3^rd 202131K 1 hour 54 min.

Plum and hazelnut crumble

Plums and hazelnuts always go really well together, as you'll find in this late-summer crumble.
September 15^th 202119K 1 hour 16 min.

Poppy seed and lemon cake

This flavour combination is trending right now - and rightly so. Here, lemon partners poppy seeds in a moist loaf-style cake.
November 17^th 201944K 2 1 hour 54 min.

Tyrolean apple crumble

You are no doubt familiar with fruit crumble, the home-cooking classic. Here's how they do it in the the Austrian Tyrol region: with apples, raisins and rolled oats.
October 31^th 202121K 1 hour 26 min.

Apple paste

Apple paste, like most other fruit pastes, is a simple mixture of apple juice, sugar and a gelling agent - pectin here.
November 6^th 201970K5 10 days 48 min.

Chocolate Truffles

Chocolate truffles: those dreamy, creamy chocolatey treats, rolled in cocoa powder or a mix of chopped dry-roasted pistachios and almonds.
January 6^th 201650K5 2 hours 54 min.

Nougat

Nougat is a sweet made with honey and almonds that has changed very little since ancient times. The nougat we know today is the Montelimar variety, in which egg whites are added to the basic recipe for a lighter texture. Here is a simplified version.
June 19^th 2013117K 15 1 hour 41 min.

Praline rochers

Here is how to prepare your own chocolate rochers with a chocolate praline filling covered in milk chocolate and chopped torrified almonds.
August 28^th 2011190K5 3 hours 13 min.

Candied grapefruit peel

Not really a dessert, more a kind of sweet. After soakiing, strips of grapefruit skin are cooked very slowly to conservethem in sugar. It's a real treat with coffee at the end of a meal.
December 20^th 2018362K 14 1 day 1 hour 21 min.

Passion fruit jellies

Usually to make fruit jellies or (fruit "paste"), it's like jam but you need to cook fruit pulp and sugar much longer. Unfortunately, this long cooking is bad for both vitamins and flavour. In this recipe we use a special jam gelling agent, to reduce cooking time as much as possible .
July 4^th 2018324K4 2 hours 30 min.

Calissons

Calissons are a sweet from Provence - Aix-en-Provence is famous for them - made with almonds and candied fruit, covered with royal icing. This is a slightly simplified version, which is every bit as good.
February 12^th 2012136K 53.3 1 hour 28 min.

Quince paste

This traditional French "pâte de fruit" (fruit paste or leather) has a distinctive, firm consistency and is full of flavour, with the characteristic tang of quince. The preparation is rather long, but the result is well worth all the effort.
December 3^rd 201741K1 2 hours 3 min.

Chocolate mendiants

Mendiants are made with a thin layer of chocolate, stuck with toasted nuts, dried and candied fruit.
May 27^th 202044K 1 hour 2 min.

Chocolate orangettes for Erika

Orangettes are candied citrus peels (oranges or grapefruit) cut into sticks and coated in chocolate. This delicious confection blends the slightly tangy flavors of candied peels with the sweetness of chocolate.
April 14^th 20247,600 41 min.

Fruit paste : Blackcurrant

If you like the taste of blackcurrant, this recipe is for you, the very pronounced taste of blackcurrant and its small acidity, in a delicious treat.
November 6^th 202220K 2 hours 40 min.

Stuffed prunes

Stuffed prunes are a sweetmeat made with halved dried prunes sandwiched together around a morsel of marzipan flavoured with Armagnac.
July 18^th 201834K 20 min.

Apricot fool

The traditional fruit fool is a rather old-fashioned dessert, consisting of whipped cream (Chantilly) with a fruit coulis gently folded into it.
August 8^th 2010185K5 17 min.

Chocolate and vanilla crème brûlée

This crème brûlée recipe is a sophisticated combination in three layers: chocolate ganache, vanilla custard, and, of course, a delicious thin crust of caramel. It is more complicated than a simple chocolate crème brûlée, but well worth the effort when you see your guests' reactions.
December 30^th 201953K5 1 hour 59 min.

Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse

This is a chocolate cream with chopped candied grapefruit peel and caramelized nuts added to give bit of crunch. The small pot of cream is topped with an Irish coffee mousse (flavours of coffee, fresh cream, sugar and whisky).
March 11^th 2011251K 15 59 min.

Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts

Here is a marvellous new chocolate mousse recipe that will delight real chocoholics. This is a rich, gourmet version, though not over-sweet and with the added crunchy texture of toasted hazelnuts. You'll love this one!
November 26^th 201747K5 55 min.

Crème caramel

Crème caramel (upside-down caramel cream) is a classic of bistro cuisine. The vanilla cream is made with eggs, cooked in a dish with a layer of caramel in the bottom, and placed in a bain-marie. It's traditionally served turned out so that the liquid caramel runs down over the cream.
February 21^th 2011254K5 3 hours 33 min.

Lemon Meringue Pie Verrines

This is a new twist on the classic lemon meringue pie. All the elements are there: sweet crunchy bits, meringue and lemon custard, but presented in layers in a glass.
July 12^th 201557K5 21 min.

Pistachio panna cotta with custard

In this dessert, the pistachio panna cotta is teamed with real vanilla custard and topped with a few caramelised pistachios.
February 18^th 201840K 25 3 hours 12 min.

Strawberries with mint and cream

Minty confectioner's custard, diced strawberries and whipped cream.
February 21^th 2011238K5 1 hour 30 min.

Blackcurrant, vanilla and lime verrine

Vanilla-lime, confectioner's custard and blackcurrant coulis, topped with a layer of whipped cream (chantilly) and dusted with a little matcha green tea powder. Light and flavoursome.
September 12^th 2010187K4.9 1 hour 9 min.

Stewed apple (compote)

Here is a very basic but delicious recipe, and the pitfalls to avoid.
November 8^th 20172.4M 14.8 1 hour 13 min.

Like Bounty

You will no doubt be familiar with Bounty, the chocolate-covered coconut bar. Here's a melt-in-the-mouth version "on a plate" for a chic dessert.
August 1^st 2011143K4.6 1 hour 54 min.

Tatin apples with mascarpone cream

Small pieces of apple cooked "tatin" style (caramelized in a pan) with a light mascarpone cream.
November 20^th 2011176K4.3 1 hour 3 min.

Crème brulée

Crème brûlée (burned cream) is quite easy to prepare: it's a simple egg-cream dessert. The only difficulty is in making the delicious crunchy caramel layer on top. The perfect crème brulée (for me) is a cold and soft cream, with on top a nice hot caramel crust. This is a completely new version...
December 31^th 20111.6M 74.3 4 hours 38 min.

Chocolate cream

A very simple recipe with a really chocolatey taste. Cream, milk and chocolate, mixed with egg-yolks and sugar, then cooked in the oven in a bain-marie, like for crème brulée.
October 13^th 2010257K4.2 3 hours 6 min.

Apricot blancmange

Blancmange is a very old dessert recipe, going back to the middle-ages. Updated for our century, it's almond milk with whipped cream and a smooth apricot puree.
August 23^th 2011304K4 3 hours 14 min.

Lemon creams

These light and flavoursome lemon creams are "set" by the curdling action of the lemon juice on the heated cream, so no thickening agent is needed. They are served in individual glasses, topped with a layer of fruit coulis (blackcurrant here).
December 6^th 201739K3.9 41 min.

Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa

A dessert in three layers: a first of smooth vanilla cream, a second of coconut cream (also very smooth), and to finish, a thin crunchy layer of coconut tuiles. In the spirit of crème brulée: break through the crisp surface layer to discover the smooth melting coconut and vanilla creams beneath. A...
February 21^th 2011209K3.8 4 hours 58 min.

Pannacotta and blackcurrant crumble

This is a glass of pannacotta, with a layer of blackcurrent coulis, and a crunchy almond crumble scatterd on top.
February 21^th 2011239K3.8 1 hour 22 min.

Chocolate mousse

Here is a simple quick recipe for chocolate mousse. It is just necessary to be careful at the final stage, when mixing the melted chocolate and the beaten egg-whites.
February 21^th 2011469K3.7 40 min.

Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines

This is a fresh-flavoured verrine with 3 different flavoured layers: vanilla panna cotta, clementine and chestnut mousse.
December 11^th 2022176K 13.5 25 min.

Blackcurrant and chestnut verrines

Blackcurrants and chestnuts and go together really well, as the tang of the one balances the gentle sweetness of the other. Here they are combined in a verrrine, with a blackcurrant crémeux and chestnut mousse, served with a little sablé biscuit.
November 1^st 202028K 1 hour 9 min.

Chestnut mousse in a whipper

In France, chestnut mousse is sometimes called "Mousse Mont Blanc". It is a delicious combination of whipped cream with chestnut purée, traditionally mixed in very gently. Here is a simple, rapid version, made with a cream whipper.
October 18^th 202046K 9 min.

Chocolate-verbena cream

A chocolate cream with delicious aromas of fresh verbena.
June 30^th 20242,428 2 hours 4 min.

Like MaronSui's

Perhaps you've heard of "MaronSui's", those chestnut mousses you find in shops? Here's a much better homemade version, easy enough to make.
May 26^th 20246,434 2 2 hours 27 min.

Mint and chocolate cream

Inspired by the chocolate cornstarch cream, this cold cream, with the very matching flavors of mint and chocolate, will give you a delicious and quick dessert.
July 10^th 202217K 43 min.

Mousse with two chocolates

Chocolate mousse is a great classic home-made dessert. Here's a version using two different chocolates (dark and milk) with a hint of vanilla, that owes much to a recipe by Christophe Michalak.
April 25^th 202127K 43 min.

Plum and almond panna cotta

The combination of plums and almonds is always a winner. Here's a version that uses almonds to make a delicious panna cotta with a difference.
October 20^th 201939K 3 hours 25 min.

Rhubarb mousse

This delicious mousse is the perfect summer dessert: a delicate combination of stewed rhubarb and Italian meringue.
August 25^th 201935K 33 min.

Strawberry mousse with mascarpone

This dessert is bursting with strawberry flavour. The creamy mascarpone mousse is made with a cream whipper and served on a bed of lightly sweetened fresh strawberries.
August 22^th 202124K 24 min.

Viennese chocolate cups

A Viennese-style hot chocolate comes topped with whipped cream. This more sophisticated dessert version is based on a thickened chocolate cream with a piped rosette of Chantilly cream on top.
March 21^th 202124K 31 min.

Crusty pistachio, almond and apricot flan

The filling of this pistachio flan with almonds and apricots contrasts with crisp case, made with puff pastry, rather than the more usual shortcrust pastry.
July 13^th 202252K4.3 1 hour 21 min.

Pistachio custard tart

Similar in texture to a classic rich French custard tart, this version has the same sweetcrust pastry case, but the filling has a delicious pistachio flavour, rather than the normal vanilla.
July 13^th 2022111K 24.3 46 min.

French custard tart

Custard pie is made with a shortcrust pastry base, and filled with an egg vanilla "custard" mix (prepared beforehand). Filling and pastry cook together in the oven. It's a great classic of the French bakery, found in all good shops.
July 13^th 2022434K 234.3 1 hour 10 min.

Flognarde

Flognarde is a dessert that originated in France's Limousin region. The recipe is very simple: a vanilla-flavoured egg custard, thickened with flour, and sometimes made with seasonal fruit (apples, cherries, pears...). This is a very old recipe that has come down to us virtually unchanged since...
December 30^th 201977K4 47 min.

Apple custard tart

You may well know the classic Parisian custard tart (or "flan"), traditionally vanilla-flavoured. Here is an apple version, with extra apple flavour as the custard is made with apple juice. This is topped with delicious caramelized apple slices.
July 26^th 202031K 2 hours 37 min.

Black sesame flan

Here's a very original flan recipe: the addition of black sesame paste to the mixture gives it an amazing taste and color.
July 30^th 202317K 1 hour 32 min.

Caramelized pear custard tart

You may well be familiar with the famous French custard tart, with its creamy vanilla egg-custard filling. It can also be made in individual portions, in ramekins, for example. Here is a delicious version with caramelized pears.
July 13^th 202257K 2 1 hour 3 min.

Lemon and lime custard tart

This is a delicious version of the classic French baker's "flan", with the twin flavours of lemon and lime. It involves two different confectioner's custards poured one on top of the other. This gives an attractive layered effect when the tart is cut. Not just pretty, it is delicious.
December 30^th 201959K 3 hours 13 min.

Parisian-style chocolate custard tart

You may well already have met the classic French custard tart, with its vanilla filling. Here is a delicious chocolate-flavoured version.
July 13^th 202248K 1 hour 8 min.

Pear and chocolate Paris puddings

Morsels of pear, caramelised in maple syrup, topped with a chocolate "Paris flan" custard, and baked in ramekins.
August 8^th 202119K 57 min.

Verbena flan

In this recipe, a delicious variation on the Parisian flan with verbena, you'll see that the delicate taste of verbena goes very well with the slightly creamy sweetness of the flan.
September 17^th 20238,624 3 hours 24 min.

European glass

A little dessert that's rather long to make, but which will always impress your guests. Layered in a glass: a jellied red fruit coulis, a layer of pineapple charlotte cream, a layer of kiwi coulis, topped with a peeled clementine segment. It's "european" because it resembles the italian flag, and in...
August 15^th 2010225K5 2 hours 29 min.

Individual charlottes with morello cherries

The French "griottines" are delicious little wild morello cherries, stoned and macerated in a Kirsch syrup, used here in individual vanilla charlottes.
February 21^th 2011189K 15 4 hours 49 min.

Pistachio tiramisu

In this slightly unusual tiramisu, the classic Amaretto is partially replaced by whisky, which goes better with the pistachio flavour.
June 2^nd 2013205K 25 50 min.

Strawberry Charlotte

This is a faily quick charlotte recipe. It begins, as usual, by soaking finger biscuits in syrup, in this case flavoured with lime. The charlotte is then assembled with alternate layers of Chantilly (whipped cream) and strawberries.
June 17^th 2012138K5 3 hours 9 min.

Tiramisu

Classic italian recipe (the name means "pull me up" or more poetically, "take me up to the sky"). It's similar to a charlotte in its structure: layers of flavoured biscuits between layers of smooth cream.
July 27^th 2013487K5 49 min.

Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette"

This "Marie-Antoinette" clafoutis is a lighter version of the traditional fruit-in-batter baked dessert, almost a soufflé, with apples and lemon. The apples are sautéed in butter and Calvados, then combined with a lemon-flavoured confectioner's custard, lightened with raw meringue. This mixture is...
November 1^st 201742K4.9 1 hour 17 min.

Cherry clafoutis

A clafoutis batter and cherries lightly cooked in sugar and Kirsch, then de-stoned. The clafoutis is baked in the oven.
June 19^th 2011132K4.3 1 hour 17 min.

Pavlova

Pavlova is a dessert which originated in New Zealand (or was it Australia?). It consists of a meringue shell filled with a layer of whipped cream and topped with seasonal fruit.
March 24^th 2013113K4.3 2 hours 34 min.

Pear charlotte

A charlotte filled with pear mousse (made with whipped cream and pear coulis).
April 7^th 2013124K4.1 13 hours 59 min.

Apple charlotte with toasted brioche

This rather special charlotte is made with toasted slices of brioche instead of finger biscuits and stewed apples. Cooked once assembled, it can be eated warm or cold.
June 5^th 2013269K3.8 2 hours 20 min.

Belle-helene in a glass

It's a recipe where you make 4 layers of different creams in a small glass: vanilla cream, small dice of pear cooked in maple syrup, chocolate mousse and whipped cream. It should be served to your guests cool but not too cold .
February 21^th 2011251K3.8 1 hour 47 min.

Framboisier

This is a classic French raspberry-flavoured dessert. It generally consists of raspberries in cream sandwiched between two layers of cake. In this version, the cake is genoa sponge and the cream is vanilla-flavoured and mixed with mascarpone. This is just as good made as a large rectangle or, as...
July 16^th 201750K3.8 2 hours 38 min.

New tiramisu

This new version of tiramisu is easier, and in my opinion much better. You will certainly appreciate, like me, the light creamy taste, this time presented in brandy goblets.
January 19^th 2015371K3.3 54 min.

Creamy plum and pear clafoutis

Here is a clafoutis that is quick to make, with a delicate blend of plums and pears. This recipe can be varied easily to use any good fruit in season.
November 3^rd 201847K3 53 min.

Apricot and pistachio clafoutis

For this apricot and pistachio clafoutis, we'll first bake the apricots on their own in the oven, before pouring in the clafoutis dough for a second baking. This first baking apart will enhance the taste of the apricots in the clafoutis.
September 3^rd 20239,116 1 hour 20 min.

Clementines and chestnuts entremet

For this beautiful dessert, we place a disc of clementine cream on a chestnut dacquoise cookie. We will use the technique of the insert taken in the cold for this recipe, and thus to obtain easily a very beautiful dessert.
January 25^th 202313K 14 hours 59 min.

Comtoise apple charlotte

This "Comtoise" charlotte, inspired by the Franche-Comté region of eastern France, is a more rustic take on the famous dessert. It is made with sliced bread, lightly buttered and fried, then filled with sugared apple pieces, drizzled with clarified butter and baked.
September 15^th 201938K 1 hour 32 min.

Crunchy blackcurrant and mascarpone cream verrine

A three-tiered verrine: mascarpone whipped cream, blackcurrant coulis and granola crunch.
October 11^th 202311K 24 min.

Jamaican cup

A delicious combination of flavours: coffee with rum, the first in a cream, the second in a sabayon, with the added crunch of a few toasted almonds.
June 29^th 202215K 49 min.

Ramekins with almonds, apples and lemon

A small individual dessert in a ramekin with 3 layers: almond cream, caramelized apples and lemon custard.
November 5^th 20238,688 45 min.

Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines

Chopped kiwi with lemon, ripe strawberries and smooth mascarpone cream.
June 12^th 201658K5 22 min.

Fresh fruit in sabayon

Fresh grapefruit and / or pears, covered with a sabayon and a pinch of citrus crunch.
February 21^th 2011282K4.7 55 min.

Minted Melon

It is tempting to call this a melon Mojito: little balls of ripe melon in a light Mojito-flavoured syrup with mint, rum and lime.
September 13^th 201556K4.5 45 min.

Baked apples from St Aubin le Vertueux

Under this pretty name, my personal version of "Les pommes au four" (baked apples).
February 21^th 2011243K 24.2 1 hour 7 min.

Pears in red wine with blackcurrant

Pears cooked until soft in a red wine and blackcurrant syrup, served with the reduced syrup and custard sauce (crème anglaise).
February 21^th 2011237K4.1 2 hours 35 min.

Flambéd bananas

The trick of this recipe is to end up with bananas caramelised on the outside, still firm on the inside, coated with a tasty syrup which is not 95% butter.
February 21^th 2011317K 14 40 min.

Soft fruits in sabayon

This recipe is made by briefly cooking an assortment of soft fruits (raspberries, blackcurrants, blackberries, blueberries, currants...) with a little sugar to glaze them. They are served in a small dish, covered with a delicious sabayon which can be lightly "burned" on surface.
February 21^th 2011260K3.9 46 min.

Sautéed pears with custard and orange syrup

Pear halves sautéed in butter and sugar served with real custard (crème anglaise) and a reduced blood-orange syrup.
February 20^th 2011146K3.7 1 hour 4 min.

Norman flambéed apples

Apples sautéed in butter and sugar, then flambéed in Calvados (from Normandy) and served with real custard.
December 30^th 201953K1 38 min.

Confit of quinces in Macvin

In this simple recipe, the sliced quinces are gently stewed in Jura Macvin until melting and caramelized. Served with real custard, this gives a delightful contrast of flavour and colour.
January 10^th 202125K 1 hour 20 min.

Confit Victoria pineapple with honey and spices

In this fairly straightforward recipe pineapple wedges are poached gently in a honey syrup flavoured with vanilla and star anise. This transforms the pineapple into flavoursome morsels that melt in the mouth.
March 10^th 202128K 1 hour 12 min.

Mojito peaches

A simple fruit salad of white peaches bathed in mojito flavours: lime, rum and mint (with a delicate hint of vanilla).
August 2^nd 202029K 39 min.

Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction

Serving strawberries in red wine is a classic French dessert. Here is a more sophisticated version, with the red wine reduced to a light syrup with notes of thyme and lemon.
June 30^th 201943K 1 hour 23 min.

Strawberry brunoise in a dessert-wine sabayon

This is a very simple recipe, but the result is absolutely delicious (as long as it's strawberry season, of course): morsels of really ripe strawberries in a sabayon made with sweet white wine.
August 19^th 202022K 24 min.

Apple Batter Puddings

Similar to a traditional French "clafoutis", usually made with cherries, this simple apple and almond dessert is quick to make.
March 30^th 201649K4.7 41 min.

Apple and almond gratin

Imagine a gratin, but sweet, made with apples and toasted ground almonds. This delicious dessert combines apples and almonds with a vanilla custard-like mixture - simply yummy!
February 8^th 201749K4.6 1 hour 5 min.

Apple macaronade

This gratin-style apple pudding has an almond "macaronade" crust for a delicious combination of flavours.
December 27^th 202026K 1 hour 15 min.

Clafoutis-style plum financier

The classic French "financier" is normally a little cake, but it can also be made clafoutis-style over fruit in an oven-proof dish.
May 17^th 202028K 1 hour 2 min.

How to make tart cases

It's not easy to make beautiful, even tart cases, but here I'll let you into the secret of how the professionals do it. You will see that there are a lot of little details that make all the difference. It's a bit technical, but don't worry, I'll guide you through the important points.
October 3^rd 202160K 2 hours 26 min.

Blackcurrant sorbet for Edith

If you love the taste of blackcurrants (like Edith), this sorbet is for you...
October 13^th 2010246K4.9 23 min.

Melon with port sorbet

This recipe is a new twist on the classic melon with port: melon balls served on a bed of port sorbet.
October 6^th 201398K4.9 49 min.

Poire Belle Hélène

Poire Belle Hélène is a fairly simple cold dessert. The pears are poached in a vanilla-flavoured syrup, then served on top of vanilla ice cream with hot chocolate sauce poured over.
November 22^th 202373K4.7 16 min.

Coupe Augustin

A "coupe Augustin" is a kind of sundae made with mint ice cream, slices of white peach poached in a light syrup, Chantilly cream, raspberry coulis and topped with toasted flaked almonds.
September 8^th 201373K4.7 28 min.

Fresh mint ice-cream

This well-flavoured ice-cream is excellent on its own, or in profiteroles with a chocolate sauce for example.
February 21^th 2011521K4.6 1 hour 34 min.

Strawberry sorbet

The secret of a good strawberry sorbet is to use first class strawberries, very ripe and full of flavour, so do choose them with care. This recipe shows you how to lighten the texture of the sorbet by incorporating air.
July 9^th 201481K4.6 31 min.

Raspberry sorbet

To make a seriously good raspberry sorbet, the fruit must be of the best quality, of course, but there is another little secret: you need to remove all the seeds to make a really smooth coulis. It is this smooth coulis that makes the sorbet so deliciously velvety.
July 5^th 201742K4.6 2 hours 20 min.

Frozen Nougat

Impress your guests with this delightful dessert, a smooth mixture of meringue and dried fruit, which can easily be prepared several days beforehand.
February 21^th 2011269K4.5 1 hour 28 min.

Ice-cream Vacherin

Ice-cream vacherin is a festive French dessert. It consists of two different flavours of ice cream (blackcurrant and vanilla here) sandwiched between two circles of meringue, topped with whorls of Chantilly (whipped cream) which is then frozen. It is not too complicated, but involves a bit of work...
December 21^th 2014168K4.5 8 hours 45 min.

Baked Alaska

The name may be odd, but Baked Alaska is an elegant dessert. The core of this version is a "sandwich" of vanilla ice cream and blackcurrant sorbet between 2 layers of sponge soaked in rum-flavoured syrup. This is then covered in a layer of meringue and put in a very hot oven for just a few minutes...
November 12^th 201746K4.3 6 hours 47 min.

Clementine sorbet

To capture the delicate flavour of clementines, we need to use not only the juice, but also a little zest to add a delicious hint of bitternes. Here's a simple method using sugar cubes.
December 24^th 2018130K4.3 2 hours 47 min.

Pear sorbet

For a great pear sorbet, choose your fruit carefully: they should be perfectly ripe and full of flavour. You will get good results with williams, but any other variety of your choice will work.
February 21^th 2011325K4 54 min.

Peach Melba

Peach Melba is a famous dessert created in 1893 by an equally famous chef, Auguste Escoffier, and inspired by the singer Nellie Melba. There have been many versions of this well-known dish but, in principal, it consists of vanilla ice cream, poached peaches, raspberry coulis and sweetened whipped...
September 9^th 2012118K3.9 2 hours 20 min.

Strawberry-mint sorbet

For this strawberry and mint-flavoured sorbet, we will be using an unusual method: blending the strawberries with mint leaves. This mixture is then left overnight for the flavours to mingle before being strained and then churned. This makes a delicious sorbet with its full-on strawberry flavour...
August 13^th 201739K3.8 12 hours 26 min.

Pistachio ice cream

Rediscover the real, delicate taste of pistachio in this ice cream with its very definite flavour.
October 1^st 2014107K 13.8 51 min.

Peach and blackcurrant coupe

A delightful coupe combining mint-flavoured peaches with a scoop of blackcurrant sorbet.
September 7^th 201454K3.8 55 min.

Vanilla ice cream

Rediscover the full flavour of a real vanilla ice cream with this classical recipe.
November 6^th 2017429K3.8 1 hour 7 min.

Frozen cottage cheese with strawberries

Here is a refreshing and very quick recipe (if your fruit is already prepared). In just a few seconds you can enjoy a delicious frozen cream cheese and strawberry dessert, with no need for an ice-cream maker.
April 24^th 201958K1 13 min.

Peach and blackcurrant sundae

Peach and blackcurrant flavours work well together. Here is an indulgent sundae that makes the most of this: poached peaches with blackcurrant sorbet and Chantilly cream. Delicious!
August 18^th 202122K 1 hour 2 min.

Windfall apple jelly

This jelly is an excellent way to make use of all those unripe apples that have dropped off the tree. They (or rather, their juice) makes a delicious jelly with a very delicate flavour. As these apples are green and generally tart, we need to use a little more gelling agent than for a normal jelly...
August 19^th 2021153K5 58 min.

Quick bramble jelly

Fruit jelly is jam made with the juice only. All the skin and seeds are strained out, which gives a very smooth texture. Here's a quick recipe which will give you an excellent jelly, and which keeps the full flavour of the blackberries thanks to its very brief cooking.
July 5^th 2013271K4.2 47 min.

Blackcurrant jelly

Blackcurrants are full of flavour and make an excellent jelly. In the depths of winter, you'll be glad you made some now.
September 8^th 202124K4 57 min.

Quick orange marmalade

Just oranges (organic) and sugar in this simplified marmalade recipe.
February 26^th 2014148K3.9 1 hour 11 min.

Apricot jam with vanilla

A really flavoursome apricot jam, minimally sweetened, with a hint of vanilla and the discreet crunch of the almond-like kernels.
July 12^th 202325K 4 hours 53 min.

Apricot jelly

An apricot jelly is made using only the pulp of the fruit, removing the skin and any fibrous parts, which requires some cooking. The result is a much smoother, more pleasant preparation, a little less tart than a classic jam.
July 16^th 202314K 2 hours 53 min.

Jelly-style plum jam

Lots of people make plum jam, but you can also elevate this to a rather elegant jelly, simply by removing the skins. It's not a true jelly (this is normally made with juice), but leans towards that style: light and, above all, delicious.
October 13^th 201990K 13 hours 11 min.

Quince jelly

This quince jelly, with a very pronounced taste, will delight lovers of this fruit.
October 23^th 202216K 1 hour 45 min.

Eton mess

Behind this strange name there lurks a delicious traditional English dessert made of meringues, strawberries and cream.
July 25^th 2010158K5 4 hours 55 min.

Liège waffles

Liège waffles have a very distinctive texture: quite dense with the crunch of sugar crystals. They also have a characteristic form: round and fairly small. Then there's that special flavour that comes with the delicious light caramel crust.
July 12^th 2011253K5 1 hour 55 min.

Rice pudding (riz au lait)

My personal version of this classic family recipe.
December 18^th 2018388K5 38 min.

Warm apple feuillantines

It's a rather long recipe but which never fails to impress, perfect for a special dinner party. It's made up of 3 circles: one almond "tuile", 2 of caramelized brik sheets, with a caramelized apple layer between each, whipped cream on top, and custard all around. Everything, except whipped cream,...
May 28^th 2012318K5 3 hours 9 min.

Rice pudding with fruit and nuts

This is cooked like a normal rice pudding, but with fruit and nuts added halfway through: toasted almonds and pistachios, sautéed diced apple and strips of dried apricot. These added flavours and textures make an already creamy rice pudding even more delicious.
June 18^th 201737K4.5 1 hour 5 min.

Apple crisps

This is a really simple recipe - there's really not much to do, other than wait while the crisps (or chips for Americans) cook gently in the oven.
April 19^th 201743K4.5 2 hours 8 min.

Chaud-froid of grapefruit, pineapple and lime custard

Cold grapefruit quarters with slices of hot caramelized pineapple, lime custard (crème anglaise) and citrus crunch.
December 20^th 2010252K4.5 2 hours 5 min.

Sweet pancake rolls from Brittany

Stewed apples, raisins soaked in whisky, toasted almonds, rolled in a lightly caramelized pancake.
March 10^th 2015240K4.3 2 hours 16 min.

Yvetot Douillons

This dessert, named after a small town in Normandy, consists of a pear filled with confectioner's custard (French pastry cream), which is wrapped in a pancake and puff pastry, then baked. The "douillon" part of the name comes from a warm coat, the "douillette", of former times.
November 26^th 201470K4.3 1 hour 3 min.

Apple Tatin Terrine

Imagine a sweet terrine, made of layers of apples with sugar, cooked slowly in the oven until caramelized. Serve warm in slices with custard.
December 14^th 201473K4.1 3 hours 28 min.

Pears and caramelised walnut samosas

Samosas are small parcels of filling wrapped in brik (or filo) sheets and either shallow or deep fried. Here is a sweet version, with pears and caramelised walnuts.
October 13^th 2010322K4 1 hour 21 min.

Pain perdu

This is a sweet French version of "eggy bread": slices of bread soaked in a mixture of milk, cream, egg yolks and vanilla sugar, then pan-fried until golden. It's really simple and wickedly delicious!
July 20^th 2011161K3.8 39 min.

Caramelized apple rice pudding

This recipe combines a classic rice pudding with caramelized apples and a crunchy topping inspired by crumble. Served in glasses, this makes an original and delicious dessert.
November 28^th 202121K1 1 hour 9 min.

Canadian rice pudding

You are no doubt familiar with classic rice pudding, so simple and delicious. Well, here's a version with a Canadian twist: sweetened with maple syrup instead of sugar, added in two stages.
January 31^th 202141K 1 hour 7 min.

Granola

Granola is a tasty, crunchy cereal mix with nuts and seeds. Often thought of as an American version of muesli, it is bound with a little maple syrup and toasted in the oven. This is simple to prepare and goes well with lots of other things (dairy, fresh or stewed fruit, etc.) for a delicious...
November 10^th 201951K 1 hour 5 min.

Indian rice pudding

This Indian-inspired version of rice pudding, with its dried fruit accompaniment, is very fragrant.
August 9^th 20239,820 2 50 min.

Chantilly rice pudding

A rice pudding with a difference: it is cooked the classic way and left to cool. Whipped cream is then gently folded in to give a light-textured and original dessert.
April 1^st 202041K 2 hours 50 min.

Chocolate rice pudding

If you're already a fan of classic rice pudding, I'm sure you'll enjoy this even more comforting version, made with two kinds of chocolate.
November 15^th 202034K 29 min.

Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears

A rice pudding a bit atypical, no sugar added, but chestnut cream instead, and served in a verrine with diced poached pears.
November 22^th 202312K 1 hour 28 min.

Apple Strudel

Apple strudel is a traditional pastry from central Europe. It is like a large apple turnover, usually served in slices. Here is a version with apples, walnuts, almonds and rum-soaked raisins.
September 11^th 201857K5 1 hour 32 min.

Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis

A small chocolate cake, still runny in the middle, served with a raspberry coulis.
October 3^rd 2010326K5 1 hour 21 min.

Quick Strawberry Millefeuille

A millefeuille (which in french means "thousand sheets") is a delicious pâtisserie consisting of layers of puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) sandwiched together with cream, fruit, etc. In this recipe, we will be using sheets of caramelized brik or filo, which makes a delicious, light...
May 3^rd 201561K5 48 min.

Croute à thé

Under this strange name (literally "crust for tea") there hides a delicious cake in crusty sweet pastry, filled with a smooth almond mixture and icing sugar on top. It's an excellent cake for tea time, but it goes very well with fruit salad for example.
May 5^th 2021297K 14.9 1 hour 12 min.

Pecan fruit rolls

These pecan nut and dried fruit rolls, wrapped in golden caramelized puff pastry, are really delicious.
September 11^th 2018104K4.9 1 hour 21 min.

Saint Honoré cake

The Saint Honoré cake is a famous example of French patisserie. It consists of a puff pastry base surrounded by a ring of caramel-coated choux puffs and topped with whipped cream (Chantilly). It is a bit tricky to make, but this recipe gives you all the hints you need.
April 14^th 2013116K4.7 2 hours 51 min.

Paris-Brest

The Paris-Brest is a famous French patisserie: a ring of choux pastry, scattered with flaked almonds and icing sugar and filled with a praline cream. The name comes from a historic cycle race between Paris and Brest (600 km or 372 miles), as the shape is like a bicycle wheel.
May 8^th 2011184K4.6 2 hours 18 min.

Black Forest gateau

Black Forest gateau is a sophisticated dessert which comes from Germany. It is essentially a combination of four flavours: chocolate, cherries, cream and kirsch. Here is my own version.
November 27^th 2011149K4.6 2 hours 32 min.

Millefeuille

Millefeuille is one of the best pastries available, if it is well made, i.e.: 2 layers of light vanilla cream between 3 layers of fine crispy (possibly caramelized) puff pastry.
October 13^th 2010324K4.6 1 hour 42 min.

Puits d'amour

This delicious little cake's charming French name means "well of love". It is made up of layers of puff and choux pastry, assembled with a light caramel and filled with vanilla confectioner's custard.
August 23^th 2015108K4.4 1 hour 43 min.

Fraisier (French strawberry cake)

This classic French patisserie is a delicious assembly of 2 layers of genoa sponge filled with strawberries and crème mousseline (confectioner's custard with butter). The sponge is soaked in strawberry syrup and the cake is topped with a thin layer of marzipan.
September 18^th 2011169K4.2 2 hours 43 min.

Valay-Brest

A Valay-Brest is a mini eclair, filled with apple-flavoured confectioner's custard and topped with a rectangle of walnut nougatine.
May 14^th 201468K4.1 1 hour 28 min.

Succès praliné (praline meringue)

The "succès" (success) is a classic of traditional French patisserie, made with two layers of almond meringue filled with praline butter cream. It's very rich and a little old-fashioned these days, but still has many faithful fans. The original recipe comes from the master chef Gaston Lenôtre, and...
June 20^th 2010361K 34.1 4 hours 16 min.

Peach and verbena feuilleté

In French, a "feuilleté" can be anything, sweet or savoury, wrapped in or with a base of puff pastry, from a sausage roll to a millefeuille. This is an elegant tart-style feuilleté with a caramelized pastry base, topped with a light custard flavoured with verbena. This is based on a confectioner's...
September 3^rd 201735K4.1 2 hours 23 min.

St Tropez tart

This famous dessert from St Tropez is more of a cake than a tart. The sugar-sprinkled brioche layers are sandwiched together with a rich vanilla filling which is a mixture of confectioner's custard and whipped cream.
September 11^th 2018103K3.8 3 hours 34 min.

Strawberry feuilleté

This elegant French dessert is not quite a tart. The base is a circle of puff pastry baked and caramelized, then topped when cold with a thin layer of lime-flavoured confectioner's custard and beautiful fresh strawberries.
May 27^th 201845K3.8 43 min.

Apple amandine tarts from Brélès

Amandines are small sweetcrust pastry tarts filled with fruit and topped with almond cream. Here's a rather more sophisticated version made with stewed apple, rice pudding and almond cream.
March 1^st 2012179K3.7 1 hour 10 min.

4 pears salad with vanilla

It's a very easy recipe, everything depends on the choice of differents kinds of pears all fully ripe, to give a delicious contrast in the mouth.
February 21^th 2011220K4.2 37 min.

Fruit salad

To make a good fruit salad, there are three important points: Choose fruits that go well together (avoid putting soft pears with crunchy apples for example).Remove absolutely all skins and seeds.Bring it all together with a good home made sugar syrup added to the fruit juices.Here is a recipe which...
April 20^th 2020377K4.1 1 hour 13 min.

Peach and mint salad

Here is a very simple, fresh and delicious recipe; the flavour of mint goes very well with peaches.
September 7^th 2012306K 24 20 min.

Strawberry and kiwi fruit salad

This is a simple recipe, but quite delicious. The flavours and colours of strawberries and kiwis combine to create a refreshing and colourful summer fruit salad.
July 22^th 202034K 17 min.

Amiens macaroons

These macaroons, famous since the 16th century, are small, soft almond-flavoured cakes. This recipe is much easier to make than the one for the classic Parisian macarons.
February 13^th 201390K5 49 min.

Arlesian Biscuits

These small almond and lemon-flavoured biscuits have a short, melt-in-the-mouth texture. They are known as "sablés arlésiens" in French.
July 30^th 201468K5 1 hour 33 min.

Cannelés

Cannelés are a speciality from the French city of Bordeaux. These delicious little cakes have a crunchy exterior and a soft centre.
December 16^th 2012104K5 1 day 1 hour 29 min.

Checkerboard biscuits

These biscuits are half and half chocolate and almond in a checkerboard pattern, both in colour and flavour.
March 8^th 2012134K5 4 hours 24 min.

Chestnut moelleux

"Moelleux" means soft, and is also the name given to the gooey, soft-centred cakes that are popular in France. These muffin-style cakes are doubly chestnutty: there is chestnut purée in the mixture and pieces of marrons glacés (candied chestnuts) in the middle as well. The result is a little...
February 11^th 201845K 15 1 hour 13 min.

Finger biscuits

These small biscuits, that look a bit like savoy biscuits, are delicious alone or with Champagne, but are also the base for charlottes or Tiramisu.
July 30^th 2021334K5 50 min.

Grapefruit moelleux

The french love their "moelleux" — moist fondant cakes, often with a melting centre. These little mini-moelleux are flavoured with grapefruit. The grapefruit flavour is brought out fully by using a combination of juice, zest and candied peel.
March 24^th 201947K5 1 hour 7 min.

Little lemon biscuits

These small, lemon-flavoured biscuits are very easy to make and are inspired by the Italian "biscotti al limone".
September 14^th 201473K5 1 hour 42 min.

Mini palmiers

Palmiers are a traditional French patisserie, consisting of folded puff pastry caramelized with sugar. These small versions are made with the shop-bought puff pastry that comes ready-rolled in a circle.
September 11^th 201880K5 39 min.

Oat shortbread biscuits

Little biscuits with home-made oat flour (made from rolled oat flakes).
February 21^th 2011271K 15 2 hours 41 min.

Pistachio madeleines

Firm on the outside, soft in the centre and with a prominent pistachio flavour, these madeleines are truly delicious.
March 10^th 2019108K 25 1 hour 39 min.

Raspberry muffins

Delicious when still warm.
February 21^th 2011299K5 43 min.

Moist cereal bars

Whether bars or rounds, this recipe produces delicous small cereal cakes.
February 21^th 2011289K4.9 1 hour 5 min.

Tea and white chocolate biscuits

This recipe combines the flavours of tea and chocolate. The tea is added to the dough in two forms: powder and liquid. The biscuits are dipped in white chocolate.
September 11^th 2018134K4.8 4 hours 10 min.

Chouquettes

Chouquettes are small choux puffs with sugar crystals on the top. They are usually eaten plain, but can also be filled with a variety of things: cream, fruit, chocolate... whatever you like.
September 10^th 2018217K4.8 1 hour 25 min.

Coconut tuiles

Delicate tuiles with coconut. Very thin, they are both crunchy and melt-in-the-mouth. Delicious on their own or to accompany an ice-cream or cream dessert, perhaps a sophisticated one like coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa .
October 13^th 2010316K4.8 1 hour 12 min.

"BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits

These are similar to the BN biscuits so well-known in France. They are a sandwich of chocolate filling between two layers of biscuit. Children adore them!
March 21^th 2011202K 24.6 5 hours 12 min.

Arizona cupcakes

Cupcakes are small sponge cakes. In their original American version, they are usually decorated with brightly coloured icing. Here's a version inspired by the famous saguaro cactus, so common in Arizona.
October 13^th 2010187K 14.6 1 hour 49 min.

Financiers

This delicious little cake gets its name from its shape, in the form of a gold ingot.
April 14^th 2020327K 24.6 20 min.

Macarons (the original French macaroons)

This recipe really is "of the moment": the success of these small, highly-coloured cakes, in an infinite variety of flavours, is impressive. It's a recipe which needs some care, in order to produce a result worthy of a professional pastrychef. No problem, I will guide you through the recipe,...
October 3^rd 20191.6M 714.6 2 hours 38 min.

Pistachio shortbread biscuits

These melt-in-the-mouth biscuits are "double pistachio", as they contain both pistachio paste and toasted chopped pistachios.
April 19^th 2012143K 54.6 2 hours 58 min.

Meringues

A very simple recipe but which always impresses.
June 10^th 2019386K4.5 4 hours 17 min.

Amaretti

Amaretti are little Italian almond biscuits. They are a bit like meringues, very sweet, and made with ground almonds.
May 31^th 201565K4.5 1 hour 3 min.

Chocolate eclairs

This might appear to be a straightforward recipe: choux pastry, chocolate confectioner's custard and fondant icing, but in practice it is quite technically tricky and all three stages need care to produce a perfect result. But don't let that discourage you; there are demonstration videos and I will...
February 6^th 2011293K 34.5 3 hours 52 min.

Cigarettes Russes (Piroulines)

The French name for these tubular biscuits means "Russian cigarettes". Cigarettes Russes are perfect for serving with ice cream or other desserts. The basic biscuit is fairly easy to make; the tricky bit is rolling the tube once cooked.
May 25^th 201499K 54.5 46 min.

Jam doughnuts

These were originally a traditional German treat (Berliner Pfannkuchen in German): big fried doughnuts filled with jam and sprinkled with icing sugar.
May 27^th 2011153K4.5 4 hours 23 min.

Toasted-flour biscuits

This is a surprising biscuit recipe, in which the flour is not added in its normal state, but gently toasted beforehand in the oven. This light dry-roasting changes the taste considerably, giving these biscuits notes of honey, coffee and even spices. Their distinctive flavour goes very well with...
September 11^th 201852K4.5 2 hours 43 min.

Nonettes

Nonettes are small, jam-filled cakes from a bygone age. They originated in Dijon, where they were made by nuns (hence the name, which means "little nun" in French). The traditional version is closer to the French "pain d'épices", but this recipe has a more of a citrus flavour, made with marmalade.
June 2^nd 201588K4.4 1 hour 50 min.

Chocolate almond cookies

Cookies made with ground almonds, chocolate chips and a little cocoa.
February 21^th 2011227K 14.3 1 hour 49 min.

Chocolate muffins

Variation on muffins recipe. In this version each one is filled with a dark chocolate ganache.
February 21^th 2011308K4.3 1 hour 15 min.

Walnut short bread

Those little biscuits are with good walnut taste, because walnut are shortly roasted before powdered, it's very simple and efficient.
December 5^th 2022147K4.3 3 hours 1 min.

Fillings for macaroons

The macaroons recipe shows how to make these small cakes, and gives the example of a raspberry filling. Here are several other possibilities: Apricot macaroons, Chocolate macaroons, Mint macaroons, Blackcurrant macaroons.
May 30^th 2020289K 24.3 2 hours 1 min.

Little Christmas biscuits

These little chocolate biscuits are decorated with marzipan. They are ideal to accompany a festive dessert.
December 23^th 201286K 24.2 2 hours 41 min.

Dublin fruit scones

Scones originated in Britain and Ireland. The Irish version is often made plain and traditionally served with tea. Scones are more of a bread than a cake, eaten split in half and spread with butter or jam, for example. There are also sweeter versions and scones with dried fruit, like the ones I have...
September 12^th 2018110K4.2 48 min.

Grandma Solange's biscuits

These biscuits are very simple to make and delicious with tea or coffee. They are easy enough for children to enjoy making them.
November 12^th 201460K4.1 44 min.

Pets de nonne

These small fritters are like mini doughnuts: they're simply made with choux pastry dough, then tossed in a little sugar. [Translator's note: their amusing French name literally means "nun's farts". So, maybe we'll leave it French...].
June 18^th 201465K4.1 45 min.

Almond tuiles

These delicious little biscuits ("tiles" in French) get their crunch and lightness from the use of flaked almonds rather than ground. It is not difficult to succeed, you just need to work fast after taking them out of the oven.
August 21^th 2019374K4 1 hour 18 min.

Buckwheat almond biscuits

In this sweet biscuit recipe, some of the normal wheat flour is replaced with buckwheat flour and ground almonds. This gives them a very distinctive flavour.
October 7^th 201581K4 2 hours 40 min.

Chocolate and matcha tea biscuits

Little spiral biscuits flavoured with chocolate and matcha green tea.
February 19^th 2012103K4 3 hours

Chocolate thins with toasted nuts

A very thin disc of chocolate, topped with toasted nuts and candied grapefruit peel.
February 21^th 2011252K4 2 hours 22 min.

Madeleines

Madeleines, the delicious little cake so French, that everyone loves, and which, of course, always makes its little nod to Proust and his novel "Du coté de chez Swann". Small cake that is not so simple to succeed perfectly, that is to say to obtain the small bulging side on the top. But don't...
November 18^th 202217K4 12 hours 46 min.

Viennese Shortbread

The Viennese shortbread, or "Spritz", are small shortbread cakes, with a light vanilla taste and covered with chocolate.
June 4^th 202312K4 3 hours 5 min.

Oat financiers for Louise

These moist little petit-four cakes are called 'financiers' in French, as they are similar in shape to gold ingots! They go very well with tea or coffee. In this version, the usual ground almonds are replaced with rolled oats, blended to a powdery texture.
October 21^th 2012103K 23.9 45 min.

Pistachio "Financiers"

This version of the traditional French financiers is just as moist as the original but with a delicious pistachio flavour.
March 10^th 201972K3.9 34 min.

Blackcurrant-almond muffins

Blackcurrant muffins with a rather special ground almond dough. Blackurrants give a delicious hint of acidity, which goes very well with the almond flavour.
February 21^th 2011252K3.8 49 min.

Pink Reims biscuits

These biscuits are a speciality of Reims. They have a light texture, rather like finger biscuits, and are traditionally rectangular and coloured pink.
February 12^th 2014108K3.8 46 min.

Chocolate madeleines

Simple and delicious, goes very well with tea or coffee.
March 10^th 2019299K3.8 1 hour 15 min.

Coconut pyramids

Small coconut cakes, golden, crusty, and soft inside.
February 21^th 2011330K3.7 49 min.

Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits

Here's a really simple recipe for little nutty biscuits, combining hazelnuts with a double dose of chestnut flavour: flour and purée (crème de marrons).
February 28^th 202127K3 2 hours 1 min.

Piped petits-fours

As the name suggests, these are piped into shape using a forcing bag. These dainty little macaroon-like cakes are made with marzipan and have a soft, moist texture.
December 30^th 2019114K1 1 day 32 min.

Almonds pyramids

If you are already familiar with coconut pyramids, you might like to try these almonds flavoured pyramids. The recipe is very straightforward, but these little cakes, with their crisp outside and moist centre, are simply delicious.
January 13^th 202136K 35 min.

Cantucci di Prato

The "Cantucci di Prato" or cookies of Prato are dry cookies with almonds, originating from the city of Prato in Italian Tuscany. Quite easy to make and delicious, they keep very well, they can be eaten alone or as an accompaniment to a dessert such as a chocolate cream for example.
May 14^th 202311K 2 57 min.

Chocolate cereal bars

These have a chocolate sweetcrust pastry base, topped with dried fruit, toasted nuts and seeds, bound with a brown-sugar and butter mixture, then gently baked. Once the flapjack-like cake has cooled, it can be cut into bars.
July 11^th 201833K 1 hour 18 min.

Cookies of the Camisards

This recipe, very simple, of small cakes of the Cevennes with the flour of chestnut and oats, is always a delight.
March 19^th 202312K 1 hour 22 min.

Diamond biscuits

These round biscuits no doubt get their name from the coating of sparkling sugar crystals around the edge.
December 30^th 201948K 1 hour 47 min.

Hazelnut and cherry financiers

In France, these little ingot-shaped cakes are known as "financiers". With their blend of hazelnut and Griottine-cherry flavours, they are sure to delight.
May 22^th 202216K 1 hour 18 min.

Hazelnut and chocolate biscuits

This is a quick, simple recipe: the chocolate ganache topping and hazelnut sweetcrust pastry can both be prepared in advance.
March 16^th 202217K 56 min.

Little cakes with a chocolate and hazelnut centre

These little cakes have a chocolate and hazelnut ganache in the centre. This recipe is an opportunity to see the pâtisserie technique of insertion, which allows preparations to be elegantly hidden inside others.
February 20^th 202218K 1 hour 24 min.

Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants

Chocolate fondants are small cakes that are meltingly moist and oh, so chocolatey! This version adds toasted hazelnuts.
September 9^th 202027K 1 hour 7 min.

Mini lemon millefeuilles

These dainty and delicious mini millefeuilles have layers of puff pastry filled with lemon confectioner's custard (pastry cream). They are a bit tricky because they are quite fragile and do not keep well once assembled. But freshly made, they are a true delight.
March 25^th 201836K 2 hours 22 min.

Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs

These mini choux puffs are topped with a layer of craquelin and filled with Mont-Blanc cream: a mixture of whipped cream and sweetened chestnut purée.
March 17^th 201953K 1 hour 43 min.

Mirlitons of Guipavas

You may already be familiar with mirlitons, a delicious little bakery pastry made from puff pastry and almond cream, but here are the mirlitons from Guipavas, which are even more delicious because they're made from croissant dough.
June 25^th 20239,819 1 hour 15 min.

Oatmeal and apple cookies

These fluffy little cookies are made with oats (flakes and flour) and apples. The combination of oats and apples, which horses also love, means that their name is quite naturally "horse cookies".
November 12^th 20239,923 52 min.

Piedmont pyramids

If you are already familiar with coconut pyramids, you might like to try these hazelnut-flavoured Piedmont pyramids. The recipe is very straightforward, but these little cakes, with their crisp outside and moist centre, are simply delicious.
December 2^nd 202030K 35 min.

Sesame cookies

These soft little cookies have a double whammy of sesame flavour from toasted seeds combined with a little sesame oil.
December 30^th 201968K 2 hours 57 min.

Soft apple cookies

This French twist on the famous American treats delivers delicious apple flavour in cookies that are a little softer than usual.
December 5^th 202121K 57 min.

Cherry and pistachio tarts

A shortcrust pastry case baked with pistachio cream, then topped with Griottine cherries.
July 4^th 2010176K 25 1 hour 20 min.

Little lime tarts

With this very quick recipe, you can make little tarts that are nothing like those you find in the shops.
October 10^th 2021122K4.3 40 min.

Apple semelles (flat apple tarts)

The French semelle is a flat rectangular tart with a base of puff pastry. In this version, a layer of stewed apple is spread on the pastry, then topped with finely-sliced fruit.
October 28^th 2011150K4.3 1 hour 5 min.

Corsican tarts

Two typically Corsican ingredients are brought together in this recipe: chestnuts and clementines. Chestnut flour is used in the sweetcrust pastry and the tarts are filled with a mouth-watering clementine jelly.
February 23^th 201483K4.3 3 hours 22 min.

Mirlitons

Mirlitons are little puff-pastry tarts with an almond cream filling.
May 23^th 202380K3.9 1 hour 20 min.

Little caramelized peach tarts

This is an elegant summer dessert: a thin base of puff pastry, topped with caramelized peach slices. For a delicious contrast of hot and cold, serve with the reduced caramel and citrus sauce poured over over hot and, at the last minute, a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, .
September 11^th 201648K3.8 1 hour 15 min.

Apple and blackcurrant tarts

These little tarts taste every bit as good as they look. The sweetcrust pastry cases are filled with a layer of stewed apple and topped with a blackcurrant crémeux. This offers your guests a delightful element of surprise, as the apple flavour is only discovered as they eat it (but only if you've...
October 10^th 202129K 1 hour 8 min.

Double raspberry tartlets

Little sweetcrust pastry cases filled with a raspberry jelly, then topped with a raspberry-flavoured whipped cream. Despite their intense raspberry flavour, these tartlets are lovely and light.
October 27^th 202119K 1 hour 7 min.

Little apple and verbena tarts

A sweetcrust pastry case, filled with a smooth verbena-flavoured diplomat cream, and topped with caramelised apples. You will see how well the caramelised apples and verbena go together.
January 9^th 202217K 59 min.

Little blackcurrant and vineyard peach sablé tarts

Superb little tarts, bursting with summer flavours: a Breton sablé base, a blackcurrant crémeux, and topped with slices of vineyard (or blood) peaches, every bit as delicious as they are colourful..
August 12^th 202026K 4 hours 19 min.

Mini almond-morello tarts

This very simple recipe is a good way to use up leftover sweetcrust pastry. The tiny tarts are filled with almond cream and topped with a morello cherry (French Griottines are best, if you can get them).
March 1^st 202027K 24 min.

Pear verbena tarts

Crisp sweetcrust pastry cases, a velvety diplomat cream flavoured with verbena, and slices of poached pears for delicious and dainty pear verbena tarts.
November 22^th 202329K 59 min.

Victoria pineapple and lime tarts

This recipe for dainty tarts has sweetcrust pastry (preferably with coconut) cases, filled with sautéed Victoria pineapple and topped with a lime crémeux.
October 10^th 202123K 21 min.

Breton apple and rhubarb tart

This rhubarb and apple tart is given a Breton twist with a base of traditional, butter-rich, sablé biscuit. This is topped with an apple "crémeux" filling. The finishing touch is a layer of rhubarb, cut on the diagonal and oven-poached in a syrup of its own juice.
December 30^th 201940K5 1 hour 44 min.

Chocolate tart

As you can see, there's very little added sugar in this recipe, so it's a very chocolatey and bitter-sweet tart.
November 16^th 2013286K 15 2 hours 26 min.

Exotic fruit tart

An exotic fruit tart (bananas, kiwi and pineapple), with crisp pastry and almond cream which are cooked beforehand. It's a rather simple recipe, but the final result will impress your guests.
May 27^th 2020310K5 2 hours 23 min.

Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie

Lemon tart is one of the great classics of French patisserie. The are lots of versions with different kinds of pastry and filling. This one uses sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) and lemon curd as the filling. Just top with meringue for that other classic: lemon meringue pie.
March 23^th 201645K5 3 hours 21 min.

Peach and green tea tart

This refined tart combines peaches with the delicate flavour of green tea. The sweetcrust pastry case is baked blind, then filled with a green-tea custard and topped with slices of poached white peaches.
October 2^nd 201644K5 1 hour 11 min.

Raspberry tart

This gorgeous and delicious rasperry tart is not just any old fruit tart: the base is made with "sablé breton" dough, topped with a raspberry crémeux and a layer of whole fresh raspberries, finished with a glaze. It's a bit more complicated than a normal tart, but the result is well worth the...
July 4^th 202064K5 1 hour 41 min.

Tarte Jurassienne

This tarte jurassienne (from France's Jura region) has a sweetcrust pastry case, filled with rich hazelnut buttercream and topped with a rosette of apple slices that have been sautéed in Macvin du Jura liqueur.
December 30^th 201962K 25 1 hour 17 min.

Two-coloured chocolate-orange tart

This tart, with its twinned chocolate and orange flavours, is a bit fiddly to make. The fillings are fairly straightforward (classic chocolate ganache and orange curd), but it is tricky to ensure that the fillings do not run into each other. You will need to make a divider but, as you will see, this...
April 15^th 201555K5 2 hours 35 min.

Plum tart

This tart made with sweetcrust pastry and almond cream is especially tasty with those rather sour little plums that can be found in such profusion in late summer.
September 6^th 2017207K4.9 2 hours 37 min.

Apple and pear tart

Apples and pears are combined in this sophisticated autumn tart. The pears are laid decoratively on top of stewed apple.
October 27^th 201490K 24.9 59 min.

Flaked almond tart

This almond tart is an American-inspired version of the classic dessert. This one leaves out the almond cream or frangipane and uses flaked almonds instead. These are toasted, then mixed with cream and sugar. There's no point denying it, this is a rich dessert...
August 27^th 201748K4.8 1 hour 24 min.

Linzer torte

Linzer torte, or tart from Linz (Austria), has a cinnamon-flavoured crust filled with raspberry jam. The special and rather crumbly sweet pastry used for the case is made with cinnamon, ground almonds and the yolks of hard-boiled eggs. There are many different versions. In this rather unusual one,...
November 27^th 201649K4.7 1 hour 5 min.

Express apple tart

A fine apple tart, very quick to make.
April 8^th 2020359K 24.6 51 min.

Strawberry tart

For this great dessert classic: a sweetcrust pastry case, vanilla confectioner's custard and the best strawberries available. This recipe is simple yet demanding, but the result is an exceptional tart.
June 16^th 2013120K4.6 2 hours 30 min.

Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart

A sweetcrust pastry case filled with pistachio cream, topped with pear and grapefruit slices.
February 17^th 201383K4.3 1 hour 37 min.

Rhubarb tart

This version of rhubarb tart uses a sweetcrust pastry base, almond cream, diced rhubarb cooked until just tender and a rhubarb syrup glaze.
July 14^th 201390K4.3 2 hours 10 min.

Pear tart with almond cream

This is a very quick and easy tart to make, as everything (or almost) can be done in advance. A piece of sweetcrust pastry, some almond cream and pears? You have "everything you need".
March 17^th 2011357K4.3 1 hour 14 min.

Simple maple-syrup tart

It would be hard to find a simpler tart recipe: just sweetcrust pastry filled with maple syrup, then baked.
November 5^th 201453K4.2 46 min.

Apricot and almond cream tart

Half apricots arranged on a thin layer of almond cream.
July 12^th 2023323K4.1 1 hour 45 min.

Bonnevaux apple tart

This is without doubt the easiest apple tart you can make: a simple pastry case (a sweetened sort of shortcrust pastry without egg) and apples - that's all! It's the tart my grandmother Jeanne made when I was a boy (a long time ago, as you can probably gather) and my father's favourite dessert.In...
November 2^nd 201640K4 2 hours 7 min.

Bounty-style tart for Alison

This Bounty-style tart combines, as you might expect, chocolate and coconut in a sweetcrust pastry case.
June 2^nd 2015127K 14 1 hour 34 min.

Pear and lime meringue pie

A layer of light lime cream and caramelized pears in a crisp pastry case, topped with Italian meringue, which is browned under the grill or with a flame.
February 21^th 2011246K 23.8 2 hours 36 min.

Strawberry Verveine Tart

This tart has a crisp sweetcrust pastry case filled with verveine-flavoured cream and, of course, strawberries.
June 9^th 201461K3.8 1 hour 31 min.

Tart Tatin

Tart tatin is one of the great classic desserts of French cooking. It's an apple tart cooked upside down. Apples are cooked in sugar until they caramelise. Then a circle of puff pastry is put on top, and the whole tart is baked at 356°F (180°C) for 20 minutes. To serve, the tart is turned over so...
October 30^th 2015397K 13.8 1 hour 17 min.

Lemon and grated apple tart

You'll be amazed by the flavour of this tart, it's so distinctive and well-balanced. The apples are grated, rather than sliced, to mix well with the lemon juice and zest. The result is an exceptional tart (yes, really!).
September 29^th 201957K3.3 1 hour 42 min.

Alsatian apple tart

This tart from France's Alsace region has a sweet pastry (or sweetcrust) case, filled with raw apple slices and a light vanilla egg-custard mixture, then baked.
July 13^th 202262K 54 min.

Apple-almond shortbread tart

A great pastry classic, with a shortbread base, almond cream and apple slices.
September 24^th 20239,136

Blackberry and almond fondant tart

Balckberries and almonds go so well together: the slight tartness of the berries is the perfect foil for the sweeter almonds. This combination makes for a delicious tart. The sweetcrust pastry case is filled with a blackberry jelly and an almond panna cotta, presented in a bold and unusual way as a...
December 30^th 201936K 3 hours 46 min.

Breton strawberry and verbena tart

Strawberries and verbena go well together. In this recipe they are combined as a verbena crémeux with whole fresh strawberries on a Breton sablé base.
August 11^th 201937K 1 hour 47 min.

Citrus tart

This is an unconventional tart, though the recipe is quite simple: no cream filling in the bottom, just slices of lightly poached fruit in a sweetcrust pastry case.
July 8^th 202026K 2 hours 31 min.

Crisp apricot and pistachio tart

This delightful tart has a caramelized puff-pastry base, topped with apricots and pistachios. The recipe is simple and delicious.
July 12^th 202321K 1 hour 14 min.

Lemon tart

Lemon tart (tarte au citron) is one of France's great classic desserts, though there are many different versions. This is more or less the classic version, with sweetcrust pastry and a creamy filling that uses both lemon zest and juice for a deliciously tart tart!
September 18^th 201939K 1 hour 33 min.

Lime meringue tart

For this delicious tart, you will see how the crisp, sweet pastry is the perfect foil for the distinct taste and slight sharpness of the lime filling and, of course, the smoothness of the Italian meringue topping.
July 1^st 201834K 1 hour 54 min.

Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint

Thick slices of poached pears in a blind-baked sweetcrust pastry case, their centres filled with mint-flavoured confectioner's custard, and surrounded by a chocolate cream, set by baking briefly in the oven. The flavours of pears, chocolate and mint work perfectly together to create a truly...
April 22^th 202031K 2 hours

Plum tart "En passant par la Lorraine"

This tart - with a nod to the French children's song - features produce the Lorraine region is famous for: plums and hazelnuts. The small, sweet mirabelles contrast with the larger plums and make the most of the different varieties.
September 1^st 201937K 1 hour 56 min.

Rhubarb-hazelnut tart

You may already be familiar with the classic rhubarb tart, but here's a rhubarb-hazelnut version in which the rhubarb doesn't need to be cooked beforehand.
July 28^th 20241,554 1 hour 16 min.

Smart plum tart

This is a very simple tart recipe that combines the flavours of plums and hazelnuts. It stays crisp after cooking because it is baked in two stages.
September 22^th 202120K 1 hour 20 min.

Tarte à l'coloche

This is a tart from northern France combining apples with caramel. The name in the ch'ti dialect means "bubble tart", on account of the bubbles made by the caramel while it is cooking.
October 20^th 202121K 1 hour 47 min.

Tarte Bourdaloue

This tart is a classic of French pâtisserie. It's quite simple: a sweetcrust pastry case filled with almond cream and pears poached in syrup. Invented in the middle of the 19th century, it gets its name not from its creator but from Rue Bourdaloue, the street where he had his pâtisserie.
November 22^th 202336K 1 hour 2 min.

Tarte Normande

This tart showcases ingredients from Normandy: the sweet pastry case is baked blind, then filled with apple sticks sautéed in Calvados, and a cream-egg mixture. The tart is then baked and dusted with icing sugar when cold.
December 30^th 201942K 1 hour 30 min.

Tatin apple diplomat tart

This tart is every bit as good as it looks: a sweetcrust pastry case baked blind, then filled with diplomat cream and topped with apples cooked tatin-style, long and slow in butter and sugar until they caramelize.
November 20^th 201937K 2 hours 18 min.

Profiteroles

Small choux pastry puffs, filled with vanilla ice cream and topped with a rich smooth chocolate sauce.
October 13^th 2010304K 14.5 1 hour 35 min.

Crêpes Suzette

Crêpes Suzette are pancakes filled with orange-flavoured butter (butter and sugar mixed with Grand Marnier), caramelized in a pan and soaked in orange-flavoured syrup. This is an modified version of the recipe invented by Auguste Escoffier.
February 28^th 2013140K4.1 48 min.

Rum babas

Rum baba is a classic French dessert, consisting of a small cake soaked in rum syrup and filled with a little Chantilly (whipped cream).
November 24^th 201394K3.9 3 hours 33 min.

Caramelized brioche with pear and kiwi

This "classy restaurant" style dessert consists of a sort of dish made of caramelized brioche filled with a mix of pear compote and kiwi salad with vanilla, served surrounded by real custard (crème anglaise).
April 29^th 201296K 15 45 min.

Brioche galette

This galette (flat cake) is made with brioche dough, stuck with little pieces of butter and sprinkled with sugar.
February 23^th 201288K4.8 2 hours 3 min.

Chinois

"Chinese" - what a strange name for this cake! A kind of brioche, filled with confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière) which can be decorated with fondant icing.
September 10^th 2018260K 24.7 5 hours 29 min.

Old style brioche

Classical version of brioche use yeast to raise the dough, but in this recipe some leaven is added. This make a more rustic brioche, with a small taste of leaven.
December 19^th 2014297K4.6 14 hours 6 min.

Apple and Blackcurrant Brioche Pies

These brioche pies look like muffins with their "mushroom" tops. They are filled with quartered apples and a little blackcurrant jelly.
September 10^th 201847K4.5 2 hours 55 min.

Kouign-amann brioche

This is unusual brioche is halfway to being a Breton Kouign-amann. The difference is in the treatment of the dough, which is layered with sugar and butter. The basic dough is rolled out with butter in stages, like for croissants, but with 2 "turns" of sugar for one of butter (granulated and vanilla...
December 30^th 201956K4.3 15 hours 55 min.

Mini apricot and pistachio brioches

These mini brioches are made with dried apricots and have double pistachio flavour: in the dough itself, which is tinged green, and with dry-roasted pistachios added whole.
November 22^th 201552K4.1 18 min.

Brioche slices with almond cream

A brioche slice, soaked in rum syrup and covered with almond cream, then browned in the oven. It's a dessert, and also a pastry which goes very well with tea or coffee at the end of the afternoon, especially when it's cold outside.
June 13^th 2013206K4.1 54 min.

Rolled chestnut and apple brioche

This rolled brioche is made with a special dough, using a mixture of two flours: ordinary plain flour and chestnut flour. The prepared dough is then rolled up around a filling of apples sautéed with brown sugar.
September 12^th 201848K 24 15 hours 52 min.

Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins

These are small apple turnovers ("chaussons") of puff pastry, filled with a mixture of caramelised almonds, stewed apple and rum-soaked raisins. To be eaten just as they are...
September 11^th 2018297K3.8 1 hour 31 min.

Milk rolls

This sweet milk bread, made as baps or rolls, with its sugar topping is delicious for breakfast or with afternoon tea.
September 11^th 2018184K 13.8 5 hours 31 min.

Nanterre brioche

This is the classic, but delicious, brioche recipe that you can find in any good baker's. Her unique shape is made from small balls of dough put in a mould.
September 10^th 2018269K3.8 2 hours 26 min.

Brioche Tatin

For this filled brioche, the apples are cooked separately, as for a tart tatin (caramelized), then sandwiched between two circles of brioche dough.
September 10^th 201872K3.7 3 hours 21 min.

Pogne de Romans

Pogne de Romans is a kind of brioche lightly flavoured with orange and rum. It originated in Romans-sur-Isère, a town in south-east France. This recipe dates back to medieval times, when it was made in a ring (or crown) shape to celebrate the end of Lent, as eggs could then be used again. This more...
October 7^th 201878K 23.3 1 day 17 hours 38 min.

Agen prune cake

This cake from Agen, in southwestern France, is a type of brioche. Inspired by the famous "tarte au sucre" (sugar tart), it is like a thick "galette" with a moist texture, filled with prunes and marzipan with Armagnac.
September 16^th 201837K3 1 hour 51 min.

3-fruit brioche loaf

This long brioche is called a "lingot" (ingot) in French. It is filled with three layers of different fried fruits: apricots, raisins and cranberries. When sliced, the three layers are revealed - and it's every bit as delicious as it looks.
September 23^th 201841K 2 hours 51 min.

Cramique

Cramique is a kind of brioche from Belgium and northern France, made with raisins and pearl (or nib) sugar. It is traditionally served sliced with butter and jam.
September 12^th 201881K 13 hours 55 min.

Pistachio and goji pinwheels

Inspired by the traditional French "pain aux raisins" (like Danish pastries), here is a colourful and flavoursome version filled with pistachio cream and goji berries.
October 10^th 202122K 2 hours 19 min.