French Desserts

Table of Contents

Introduction

Essential Ingredients

On the pantry shelf
In the freezer or refrigerator

Essential Tools

Homey Cakes

Plenty of Pears Salted Caramel Loaf Cake
Whole Wheat Nutella Loaf Cake
Tart Lime and Yogurt Loaf Cake
Wine and Grape Harvest Loaf Cake
Zucchini, Lemon, and Walnut Loaf Cake
Orange-Glazed Apricot Almond Loaf Cake
Crazy Chocolate Loaf Cake with Fleur de Sel and Ice Cream
Hélène’s Grandmother’s Rice Pudding Cake Bathed in Caramel
Hazelnut Cake with Nutella Drizzle
Normandy Apple Cake Tatin Style
Walnut Cake with Warm Honey Glaze
Fabulous Butter Cake from Brittany

Eiffel Tower Pie Crust Cookies
Coconut Domes
Pumpkin Seed Tuiles
Irresistible Espresso Almond Cookies
Giant Break-and-Share Cookie
Chocolate Sables
Laughing Cow Sugar Cookies
Palets de Dames with Currants or Chocolate Chips
Anise Cookies with Pistachios and Dried Cherries
Little Boat Cookies from Marseille
Orange Madeleines with Orange Glaze
Breton Butter Cookies
Apricot Jam “Eyeglasses” Cookies

Fresh Fruit Papillotes with Melting Ice Cream
Peach Flaugnarde
Baked Banana and Chocolate Pain Perdu
Roasted Peaches in a Pool of Crème Anglaise
Individual Berries Gratin with Yogurt Whipped Cream
Sweet Sugar Bread Ardennaise
Puffs with Warm Chocolate Sauce
Far Breton Prune Custard Cake

A Cloud of Lemon Vermouth Mousse
Très Quick Chocolate Ginger Pots de Crème
Strawberries Romanoff
Fresh and Dried Fruit Salad in Sweet Basil Syrup
Grand Marnier Mousse
Sweet Wine Jelly, Wine Whipped Cream, and Grapes on the Vine
Lemon Rice Pudding with Blackberry Caramel Sauce
Provençal Melon Mousse
Chambord Raspberry and White Chocolate Mousse
Blanc-Manger with Apricot Coulis

Frozen or Refrigerated Desserts

“Vin Chaud” Sorbet with Frosted Grapes
Strawberry Frozen Yogurt
Peach Melba with Muddled Vanilla Ice Cream
Fresh Orange Sorbet Champagne Coupe
Left Bank Café Liégeois
Peach Sorbet with Fresh Peach Slices
Vanilla, Raspberry, and Chocolate Ice Cream Bombe Glacée

Waffles, Crêpes, and Pancakes

Street Fair Lemon Waffles with Blueberries and Chantilly
Farz Buen Broken Crêpes
Green and Red Apple Pancake
Fresh Orange Crêpes Suzette

Puff Pastry

Niflettes
Mini Raspberry Croissants
Pastry Shop Traditional Almond Pithivier
Apricot Jam Sacristans
Giant Strawberry-and-Whipped Cream Millefeuille
Alsatian Apple Marzipan Strudel
Sweet Vol-au-Vent with a Strawberry and Tarragon Coulis

Rustic Plum Tart in a Sweet Fennel Crust
Medieval Custard Tart in a Clove-Scented Crust
Strawberry Peach Galette
Chocolate on Chocolate Tart with Raspberries
Swiss Chard and Goat Cheese Cheesecake Tart

Candies and Mignardises

White Chocolate Truffles with Dried Cherries and Chocolate Whiskey Truffles
Mini Pain d’Épices
Easy Orangettes with Chocolate Squiggles
Swirly Marshmallows
Nonnettes
Almond–Brown Butter Financiers

Special Occasion Desserts

Pavlova with Mixed Berries
Chocolate Soufflé
White Chocolate Crèmes Brûlées with Salty Pistachios
Pastis Gascon
A Precious Pear Charlotte
Valbonnaise Almond Tart
Silky Chocolate Jelly with Berries and Whipped Cream
Baba au Rhum

Acknowledgments

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