Clafoutis aux cerises – a French baked dessert with fruit, traditionally cherries. These are arranged in a tin and covered with a batter. The clafoutis is served warm with cream or…
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Palmiers – biscuits made from puff pastry and brown sugar. This French pastry is also known as pig’s ear or elephant’s ear and has the shape of a palm leaf.…
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Tarte au citron – a lemon tart consists of a pastry case containing a baked lemon custard usually composed of eggs, sugar, lemon zest and juice and cream. The recipe…
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Fondant au chocolat – chocolate fondant, also known as petit gâteau in French is a dessert composed of a small cake with a soft interior. It is usually served warm with…
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Savarin au chocolat de Pâques – a take on a traditional French dessert, which is usually soaked in liqueur syrup. This cake is my celebration cake for Easter this year. The Savarin is…
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Soufflé au citron is a French baked egg-based souffle. It is made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with a few other ingredients. The soufflé can be served as…
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Beignets de Carnaval in France are the equivalent of doughnuts, which are a deep-fried choux pastry or a yeast dough. Some are filled with chocolate or a cream, however, it…
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La Galette des Rois is the traditional cake to celebrate Epiphany in France. This cake is a puff pastry, with a frangipane filling; a cream made from sweet almonds, butter, eggs…
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Les Mendiants – traditional French chocolate disks topped with nuts, dried fruits. Each ingredient represented one of the four monastic orders and the colours referred to the robe colours. Tradition…
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Les Mendiants – traditional French chocolate disks topped with nuts, dried fruits. Each ingredient represented one of the four monastic orders and the colours referred to the robe colours. Tradition…