Ache au chocolat
Comply with our suggestions and methods to make a traditional ache au chocolat – a buttery, wealthy, crisp French pastry that is greatest served with a mug of tea or espresso.
Macarons
Flip your hand to those charming French macarons to your subsequent baking venture – they could take a few makes an attempt to good however the scrumptious outcomes are effectively value it.
Easy madeleine ‘baba’
Minimize corners with this cheat on a rum baba – it’s easy to make, and you need to use whichever rum you want.
Pear tarte tatin
This traditional tarte tatin mixed with ripe British pears is simple to make however spectacular sufficient to serve to friends, best for a French-style dinner dessert.
Chocolate soufflé
A traditional feast dessert which serves as much as 4 – try these mild, fluffy and chocolaty soufflés.
Calvados-poached pears with cardamom custard and sesame brittle
Brush up in your dessert-making expertise with this fashionable calvados-poached pear pudding, served with sweet-savoury sesame brittle and lashings of silky cardamom-infused custard.
Basic creme brûlée
This traditional French dessert will at all times go down a deal with – learn to grasp it with our final recipe.
Chocolate éclairs
Grasp your choux pastry expertise with these mild and ethereal chocolate éclairs, a traditional French dessert.
Millefeuille of summer season fruit with calvados cream
French patisserie at its most interesting, do this traditional millefeuille with delicate layers of puff pastry, recent summer season berries and candy calvados cream for a particular teatime dessert.
Salted caramel popcorn soufflés
Soufflés get a candy, salty makeover on this recipe from Miro in Mayfair. Plus, the satisfying crunch from the popcorn takes it to a different stage.
Normandy teurgoule
Normandy teurgoule is a slow-cooked rice pudding dish with mushy, creamy and spiced outcomes. It makes a warming dessert that’s notably good with stewed apples on the facet.
French crullers
Make Edd Kimber’s crullers, a traditional French dessert, for glazed donuts that are crispy on the surface and lightweight on the within.
Poached pears with pedro ximénez and chocolate sauce
Benefit from pears on this fancy French-style dessert, paired with clean darkish chocolate sauce and pedro ximénez sherry. And it solely takes 25 minutes to make.
Peach, pistachio and ricotta friands
These mini French-style muffins stuffed with fruit, floor almonds and ricotta would look nice as a part of a summery dinner unfold.
Croquembouche profiterole tower
The final word dessert to serve at any feast, create this showstopping chocolate and hazelnut profiterole stack with a creamy Nutella filling and crunchy hazelnut brittle, and watch the crowds collect.
Miso crème brûlée
Recreate this straightforward miso crème brûlée, a traditional French dessert with a twist, from Islington’s 4 Legs.
Lemon and lime tart
The right make-ahead French pud and much like a traditional tarte au citron – recreate Edd Kimber’s epic lemon and lime tart with a coconut macaroon case and fill with a citrussy curd.
Prune and armagnac soufflé
Soufflé, a traditional French dessert, is levelled up due to wealthy prunes and a boozy armagnac custard, good for a dessert designed to impress.
Caramel choux puffs
A few methods are concerned in making these French pastry puffs, however they make a significantly spectacular dessert at your subsequent feast. The empty, cooked choux buns can be frozen for a number of months.
Tarte au chocolat
This traditional French-style chocolate tart is a assured winner on any feast menu due to its wealthy, creamy chocolate filling and candy buttery crust.
Rose and almond choux buns
Take your choux pastry expertise up a notch with these bite-sized rosewater choux buns, a fairly French dessert that makes for a complicated finish to a cocktail party.
Butterscotch banana crêpes
The one factor higher than a traditional French crêpe is a butterscotch crêpe with a boozy banana sauce. Not solely are they nice for a decadent Shrove Tuesday pancake, however make a enjoyable candy deal with to serve at gatherings with family and friends.
Basic chocolate mousse
For those who’re in search of a traditional French dessert which may be prepped forward, you should make this straightforward darkish chocolate mousse. Take it to the subsequent stage and serve with zesty orange shortbreads.
Kahlúa crème caramel
A traditional French dessert which is as mild as it’s indulgent, attempt these straightforward crème caramels with espresso liqueur to noticeably impress at your subsequent feast with associates.
Chocolate fondant
A go-to feast dessert for a cause, attempt these gooey, melt-in-the-middle fondants for a chocolaty candy deal with that’s assured to please.
Honey madeleines
The addition of honey provides a delicate and delicate sweetness to French madeleines, good for a light-weight candy deal with to spherical off your meal.
Calvados and apple granité
The right post-dinner pick-me-up after a heavy French meal, make this calvados and apple granité for a light-weight, surprisingly punchy dessert.
Nutella macarons
French macarons are taken up a chocolaty notch with the addition of Nutella. Serve them as a part of a cocktail party unfold and watch them disappear in seconds.
