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Profiteroles
Light, crisp choux “sandwiches” stuffed with creamy vanilla ice cream and drizzled with a warm chocolate sauce.
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Cream Puffs
Light and crisp cream puffs, filled with your choice of rich pastry cream, whipped cream, or crème légère, will satisfy dessert lovers everywhere.
Éclairs
Homemade éclairs - easier than you think! Light as air choux pastry filled with cream and topped with a shiny chocolate glaze.
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How to Make Choux Pastry (Pâte à Choux)
Choux pastry, or pâte à choux, makes everything from cream puffs, profiteroles, and éclairs to Parisian gnocchi, churros, and beignets. It's easy to make, as long as you understand the process.
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Paris–Brest (Pâte à Choux With Praline Crème Mousseline)
Almond-studded choux pastry and rich, nutty praline crème mousseline join forces in this impressive French dessert.
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Chouquettes
Chouquettes are small choux pastry puffs topped with snowy white grains of pearl sugar. They bake up quickly and make a delicious snack or after-dinner treat.
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Choux au Craquelin
Choux au craquelin—dressed-up pâte à choux filled with pastry cream—are a delicious sweet treat.
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Classic Éclairs
Crisp choux pastry, a rich vanilla bean–infused pastry cream, and an intense chocolate glaze.
Flan Pâtissier (French Custard Tart)
Flan Pâtissier, or Parisian Flan, is a French baked pastry and is considered by manby to be the BEST custard tart in the world!
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Croquembouche
A towering masterpiece of caramel-covered cream puffs surrounded by golden threads of spun sugar, the croquembouche is the celebration cake of France.
There are few things in life as delightful as biting into homemade profiteroles! Crispy, light pastry balls filled with custard or cream, drizzled with chocolate.
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Crème Brûlée (French vanilla custard)
A classic Creme Brûlée recipe. French chic sophistication in dessert form - yet it's so easy to make! Excellent dinner party dessert idea.
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Chocolate Marquise
A handsome ramekin of dark chocolate mousse is a Seriously Bitter Sweet indulgence. Take the time to make the Cocoa Bean Cream to serve on top; the cocoa nibs add a depth that complements the mousse beautifully.
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Islas Flotantes de Coco (Coconut Floating Islands)
Though some recipes call for baking the meringues and then slipping them into the custard, I follow the more traditional route and poach them. A bite reveals that these islands are rather more like clouds.
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Coeur à la Crème With Strawberry Sauce
Coeur à la Crème is a traditional French dessert that is, conveniently enough, almost always shaped as a heart. It features sweetened dairy, here made from cream and cream cheese and served in a deep red pool of strawberry sauce.
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Jeni Britton Bauer's Tuscan Sundae
The flavors here are so complementary and play off each other perfectly: the salt and caramelized sugar in the ice cream, the warm honey and Vin Santo sauce—delicious
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Crème Brûlée
Made well, crème brûlée is a magnificent dessert of silky, vanilla-scented custard beneath a shatteringly crisp topping of caramelized sugar.
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Chocolate Pot de Crème
70% cacao chocolate, yolks, and a bit of heavy cream add up to one heck of a deep, dark, sinfully decadent baked chocolate custard.
Strawberry Cheesecake Sundae Pots
Like the look of this? It's incredibly easy to make - and no bake! A twist on the classic cheesecake, this is perfect for entertaining because all the elements can be made ahead then simply assembled prior
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Caramelized White Chocolate Ganache
Caramelized white chocolate has a wonderfully toasted, butterscotch-y flavor that reminds me of dulce de leche. Use it as a simple sauce, drizzle it over your favorite ice cream, or pour it over a crumb-coated layer cake as a shiny glaze.
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Boston Cream Pie
Much more cake than pie, thick pastry cream and oozing chocolate ganache make up for the misnomer. Mad Hungry Cravings has the simple but satisfying recipe.