List of French desserts

This is a list of desserts from the French cuisine. In France, a chef who prepares desserts and pastries is called a pâtissier, who is part of a kitchen hierarchy termed brigade de cuisine (kitchen staff).

Desserts in Paris

French desserts

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Clafoutis is a baked French dessert of fruit, traditionally black cherries,[1] arranged in a buttered dish and covered with a thick flan-like batter.
 
Crème brûlée consists of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel.
  • Angel wings – Sweet crisp pastry
  • Calisson – Traditional candy from Aix-en-Provence
  • Charlotte – Icebox cake
  • Clafoutis – French dessert traditionally made of black cherries and batter, forming a crustless tart
  • Coconut cake – Cake with white frosting and covered in coconut flakes[2]
  • Crème brûlée – Custard dessert with hard caramel top[3]

French pastries

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An assortment of petit fours, which are small confectioneries. Some petit fours are also savory.
 
Religieuse is made of two choux pastry cases filled with crème pâtissière,[5] covered in a ganache of the same flavor as the filling, and then joined/decorated with piped whipped cream.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Wells, Patricia (1991). Simply French. New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc. p. 276.
  2. ^ Le Ru, Christelle; Jones, Vanessa (2005). Simply Irresistible French Desserts. Christelle Le Ru. p. 12. ISBN 0476016533.
  3. ^ Ayto, John (2012). The Diner's Dictionary: Word Origins of Food and Drink. Oxford University Press. pp. 103. ISBN 978-0199640249.
  4. ^ Wilson, Dede (2011). Baker's Field Guide to Holiday Candy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-1558326279.
  5. ^ "une religieuse, un éclair". Pretty Tasty Cakes. 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  6. ^ Montagné, Prosper, Larousse gastronomique: the new American edition of the world's greatest culinary encyclopedia, Jenifer Harvey Lang, ed., New York: Crown Publishers, 1988, p. 401 ISBN 978-0-517-57032-6
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