List of recipes using Vanilla sugar: 62 recipes (alcohol-free)
List of recipes using Vanilla sugar
- Desserts : 47 recipes
- Baking : 4 recipes
- Drinks and cocktails : 1 recipe
- Recipes for kids : 1 recipe
- Basic recipes : 9 recipes
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 13th 201392 K5 50 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 8th 201752 K4.6 1 hour 5 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 11th 201863 K3.7 55 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 23th 2011306 K4 3 hours 15 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 8th 2010187 K5 20 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 13th 2010190 K 14.6 1 hour 50 min.
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 30th 201939 K 3 hours 50 min.
Bounty-style tart for Alison
This Bounty-style tart combines, as you might expect, chocolate and coconut in a sweetcrust pastry case.June 2nd 2015130 K 14 1 hour 35 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 7th 202121 K 1 hour 60 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 29th 201298 K 15 45 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 20th 2010255 K4.5 2 hours 5 min.
Chocolate cake
A traditional-style recipe for a moist chocolate cake with plenty of chocolate flavour.December 25th 201575 K 44 1 hour 20 min.
Chocolate muffins
Variation on muffins recipe. In this version each one is filled with a dark chocolate ganache.February 21th 2011310 K4.3 1 hour 15 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 16th 2013289 K 15 2 hours 30 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 24th 2018133 K4.3 2 hours 50 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 10th 201874 K5 2 hours 2 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 21th 202410 K 1 hour 50 min.
Diamond biscuits
These round biscuits no doubt get their name from the coating of sparkling sugar crystals around the edge.December 30th 201951 K 1 hour 50 min.
Eton mess
Behind this strange name there lurks a delicious traditional English dessert made of meringues, strawberries and cream.July 25th 2010160 K5 4 hours 55 min.
Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis
A small chocolate cake, still runny in the middle, served with a raspberry coulis.October 3rd 2010329 K5 1 hour 25 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 15th 2020495 K 25 3 hours 60 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 25th 202315 K5 1 hour 30 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 27th 2011156 K4.5 4 hours 25 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 24th 2018137 K4.3 6 hours 40 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 30th 201959 K4.3 15 hours 55 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 29th 201961 K3.3 1 hour 45 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 18th 201942 K 1 hour 35 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 12th 2011255 K5 1 hour 55 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 18th 202219 K4 12 hours 50 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 30th 201880 K5 1 hour 15 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 20th 2011163 K3.8 40 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 22th 202033 K 2 hours
Pear and strawberry verrine with tiramisu cream
For this recipe, layers of cookie, pear and strawberry in a beautiful verrine, bound with a tiramisu-style cream.September 25th 20245,073 1 hour 15 min.
Plain cake
This is a classic, loaf-shaped cake, deliberately left plain for you to embellish as you choose.December 30th 201977 K3.7 1 hour 30 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 20th 201942 K 3 hours 25 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 3rd 2010231 K 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 24th 201670 K5 55 min.
Strawberries with mint and cream
Minty confectioner's custard, diced strawberries and whipped cream.February 21th 2011240 K5 1 hour 30 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 17th 2012140 K5 3 hours 9 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 22th 202127 K 25 min.
Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines
Chopped kiwi with lemon, ripe strawberries and smooth mascarpone cream.June 12th 201661 K5 25 min.
Tatin apples with mascarpone cream
Small pieces of apple cooked "tatin" style (caramelized in a pan) with a light mascarpone cream.November 20th 2011179 K4.3 1 hour 3 min.
Toasted almond cake
A layer cake, with toasted almonds in the chocolate part.July 5th 2016238 K4.4 2 hours 2 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 4th 201649 K5 1 hour 50 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 31th 202124 K 1 hour 30 min.
Viennese Shortbread
The Viennese shortbread, or "Spritz", are small shortbread cakes, with a light vanilla taste and covered with chocolate.June 4th 202314 K4 3 hours 5 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 26th 201472 K4.3 1 hour 3 min.
Chocolate rolls (petits pains)
Here is a recipe for "real" chocolate petits pains, i.e. with a milk bread dough (not croissants dough) and with a stick of chocolate inside.October 30th 2021433 K4.6 5 hours 30 min.
Nantes Tourton
The "tourton Nantais" is a sweet loaf from Nantes, somewhere between bread and brioche, but without egg and only a small amount of butter.September 12th 201877 K4.3 7 hours 35 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 19th 2014299 K4.6 14 hours 6 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 12th 201850 K 24 15 hours 55 min.
Hot chocolate
Here's something simple to cheer up cold days, or a delight to look forward to on coming home after a walk in the rain.December 19th 2010215 K4 25 min.
Italian hot chocolate
This delicious, custardy chocolate treat is made in minutes. A treat for kids (and big kids) to enjoy at teatime, or any other time.April 26th 2020156 K 10 min.
"Moelleux" cake batter
This French-style "moelleux" cake batter gives a softer, moister texture than a classic cake batter. It can be made plain or varied with different flavourings.January 26th 202231 K5 20 min.
Breton sablé biscuit dough
Brittany is famous for its rich, sandy textured "sablé" biscuits. Similar to shortbread, they are made with lots of butter and egg yolk, and just a hint of vanilla. This dough can be made into simple biscuits – already delicious on their own – or used as the base for tarts and other desserts.August 1st 2018104 K 30 min.
Chantilly cream
Chantilly cream, it's simply whipped liquid cream with sugar. It is use in many desserts, but already delicious simply with strawberries or other fruits.September 17th 2013662 K5 20 min.
Clafoutis batter
Clafoutis is a cake from the Limousin region of France, made with a liquid batter similar to pancake batter, into which fruit is added before baking. Here's a recipe for clafoutis batter, which you can use with any fruit you like.August 23th 202316 K5 5 min.
Génoise (Genoa sponge)
A Génoise (or Genoa sponge) is a very light and delicate cake. It is good on its own, but is more often used as the base for many different French-style gâteaux, with layers of mousse or cream between 2 (or more) layers of sponge. It is a tricky recipe to get right, rather technical, but here's a...March 10th 2019227 K 53 1 hour 15 min.
Pear compote
Stewed pears are not as easy to prepare as stewed apples, as they contain more juice and you risk ending up with more of a coulis than a compote. So here are two simple methods to help you succeed.April 26th 2012460 K4.3 40 min.
Quince and apple compote
This compote is a tricky balancing act between the characteristic quince flavour and just enough apples to sweeten it. You should end up with a compote that has a delicate quince flavour rounded out by the apples and brown sugar.December 30th 2019109 K3 60 min.
Stewed apple (compote)
Here is a very basic but delicious recipe, and the pitfalls to avoid.November 8th 20172.42 M 14.8 1 hour 15 min.
Stewed apricots
Here is how to make delicious stewed apricots, both an easy and a more sophisticated way.July 12th 2023776 K 143.5 1 hour 20 min.