French desserts and pastries

Treat yourself with the French delicacies. If you fond of French desserts and pastries, here are some common French desserts and pastries:

- Crème Brûlée: custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel.

- Choux à la Crème : cream puffs

- Crêpes Suzette: French pancakes in a sauce of jam and orange sauce, flamed with liqueurs.

- Tartes aux fruits : fruit tarts.

- Éclairs: choux dough filled with a cream and topped with icing.

- Gâteaux: cake.

- île flottante: “floating island dessert“, poached meringues on custard.

- Mousse au chocolat: chocolate mousse.

- Mille-feuilles: cake of a thousand leaves.

- Religieuse: chocolate éclair shaped to resemble a nun.

- Macaron: a variety of light, baked confections, small cakes or meringue-like cookies.

- Madeleine: a small cake-like cookie.

- Tarte Tatin: caramelized apple tart.

- Profiteroles: baked puff pastries (choux) filled with cream or ice cream.

If you have tried one of the above desserts and pastries or if you have some other French desserts and pastries, please do not hesitate to post them in our blog and share them with all of us.