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EASY PUFF PASTRY
This is by far the easiest puff pastry recipe you will find anywhere. It takes less than an hour to be ready and can be used in all sorts of savoury puff pastry recipes.
GRAND MARNIER SOUFFLE
Learn how to master the making of an Escoffier style Grand Marnier Soufflé.
OLD-STYLE MACARONS
Old fashioned macarons existed before the modern Parisian style and they are simpler to make. All you need to do is mix 3 ingredients in a bowl with a spoon.
BRITTANY QUATRE QUARTS
Brittany’s Quatre Quarts (Four Quarters) cake is a French version of the pound cake – a cake for total beginners and a great place to start if you have no knowledge of baking. All you need is 4 simple ingredients plus one flavouring of your choice.
POIRE A LA BEAUJOLAIS
Poire a la Beaujolais is an old recipe for poached pears dating from the 19th century.
LADY FINGER BISCUITS
Sponge lady fingers (Biscuit a la cuillere in French) are versatile biscuits used for many things in French patisserie.
FINANCIER CAKES
Financiers are bite sized almond cakes flavored with a beurre noisette ('hazelnut butter)
SHORTCRUST PASTRY
A shortcrust pastry that is easy and tasty and can be made in a minimum amount of time. This shortcrust (or pie crust) can be used for savoury or sweet preparation.
EVERYDAY BAGUETTE
How to make a good French baguette at home, using basic supermarket ingredients and the simplest technique.
ALMOND CREAM
Learn how to make a French style almond cream by hand and use it to make all kinds of desserts. A perfect filling for any cake or tart.
TARTE TATIN
The Tarte Tatin, or the “upside down apple tart”, is one of the most famous French apple based desserts.
Madeleines
I’ve never met a person who didn’t like Madeleines. Did you know that madeleines have been mass produced in France since the end of the 19th century and were at the height of popularity during the second world war?