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    Home • Recipes • French Desserts

    French Desserts

    • Creamy Lemon Ice Cream (Glace au citron)
    • Best French Toast Recipe (Pain Perdu)
    • Easy Apple Sauce Recipe (French Apple Compote)
    • French Apple Tart with Puff Pastry (Tarte fine aux pommes)
    • Roasted Pineapple with Sticky Vanilla
    • White Chocolate Panna Cotta with Rose
    • Chocolate Beetroot Cake (Fondant Chocolat-Betterave)
    • Cranachan Parfait - A French Twist to the Scottish Dessert
    • Milk Chocolate Crème Brûlée with Passionfruit
    • Pear Crumble with Oats, Chocolate and Hazelnut
    • Corsican Ricotta Cheesecake (Fiadone)
    • Macaron Tiramisu (gluten free)
    • Tarte Tatin Recipe
    • Baked Apricots (Abricots Rôtis)
    • Berry Gratin - A Light Crème Brûlée
    • Lemon Verbena Ice Cream (Glace à la verveine)
    • Strawberry Almond Tart - How to Turn it into a French Cake
    • Brandy Snaps with Mojito Cream
    • Cherry Clafoutis - the Classic French Custard Dessert
    • Strawberry and Pistachio Tart - with Pistachio Pastry Cream
    • Rhubarb Compote (Compote de Rhubarbe)
    • Individual Rhubarb Crumble Revisited
    • French Rice Pudding (Riz au lait)
    • French Pancakes (Crêpes)
    • Lemon Almond Cake - Gluten Free and Drizzled for Easter
    • Salted Caramel Sauce (Caramel au beurre salé)
    • French Crème Caramel (flan aux oeufs au caramel)
    • Lava Cakes (Moelleux au Chocolat)
    • Roasted Figs with Honey and Port
    • Blueberry Lemon Clafoutis
    • No Bake Chocolate Puddings (crème au chocolat)
    • Mendiants (French Chocolate Disks)
    • Pear Almond Tart (Tarte Bourdaloue)
    • French Apple Custard Tart (Tarte Alsacienne aux Pommes)
    • Chestnut Vanilla Ice Cream (Glace aux Marrons)
    • French Dark Chocolate Mousse (Mousse au Chocolat)
    • Black Sesame Ice Cream
    • Strawberry Clafoutis with Almond Flour
    • French Butter Cookies (Palets Bretons)
    • French Semolina Cake (Gâteau de Semoule)

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