Îles flottantes au cidre (cider floating islands)
Îles flottantes is a classic French dessert of meringue islands floating on vanilla custard. Here’s why…
Gluten-freeVegetarian
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 20 min hands-on · 35 min oven◆ Easy
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French desserts
We’ve got the French to thank for a lot of our favourite desserts. They never fail to bring something impressive to the table, so we’ve rounded up our favourite French-inspired sweet treats for you to try.
Try a certified classic like Michel Roux Jr’s chocolate mousse or a wonderful apple tarte tatin, add a seasonal spin with a blackberry millefeuille, or go French-inspired with Ravneet Gill’s mango and passion fruit choux buns.
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Far breton (French custard cake)
Far Breton is a beloved pudding from Brittany, made of boozy prunes set in a rich…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 4-6⏱ 10 min hands-on · 50 min oven◆ Easy
Nicola Lamb’s French toast cinnamon buns
Soft, lightly spiced cinnamon buns are wonderful as they are, but expert pastry chef Nicola Lamb…
🍽 Makes 10⏱ 1 hour hands-on · 32 min oven◆ Challenge
Tom Kerridge’s cappuccino fondants
These melting-middle fondants by Tom Kerridge are hard to resist. “A combo of indulgent chocolate and…
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 35 min hands-on · 14 min oven◆ Medium
Nicola Lamb’s crullers
You may not have heard of crullers but, trust us, you’re going to love them. More…
Freezable
🍽 Makes 8⏱ 1 hour hands-on◆ Challenge
Ravneet Gill’s mango and passion fruit choux buns
⏱ 1 hour 40 min. Oven time 30 min hands-on◆ Medium
Chocolate and chestnut macarons
Iconic French macarons come in many colours and flavours. Here, layers of chocolate sandwich a light,…
Gluten-freeVegetarian
🍽 Makes 20⏱ 30 minutes hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Medium
Blackberry millefeuille
Millefeuille (which translates to ‘a thousand leaves’ thanks to all the layers of puff pastry) are…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 6⏱ 40 min hands-on◆ Medium
Sea shell madeleines
What would you say if we told you you could bake madeleines in sea shells? Do…
Vegetarian
🍽 Makes 12⏱ 10 min hands-on · 10 min oven◆ Easy
Choux buns with raspberry, rose and pistachio
Profiteroles… move over. You’ve had your moment. These choux buns are filled with a silky pistachio…
Vegetarian
🍽 Makes 10⏱ 1 hour 20 min hands-on · 30 min oven◆ Easy
Raymond Blanc’s apricot and almond tart
Raymond Blanc shares his recipe for the perfect apricot tart. A crisp pastry shell is filled…
Vegetarian
🍽 Serves 4-6⏱ 30 min hands-on · 35 min oven◆ Easy
Michel Roux Jr’s Îles flottantes
You’re in for a treat with this classic dessert which sees a perfect custard, topped with…
🍽 Serves 4⏱ 1 hour hands-on◆ Medium
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