Pastries, cakes and desserts
Milk brioche
Did I tell you I hold a pastry certificate since June? I learned so much, and I want to share it with you! So here is a milk brioche recipe, rolled out like a pie and sprinkled with sugar and Lire la suite
Crêpe Suzette
I met the Crêpe Suzette quite recently actually. It was in these classic Parisian brasseries, after having a big plate of sea food in a very elegant but noisy Belle Epoque style atmosphere: le Dôme, la Coupole, Mollard, le Vaudeville, Bofinger… Lire la suite
Pecan pie
I got this recipe from a bakery I worked in for a while. It’s a very good caramel recipe, perfect with nuts. You will love baking this pecan pie for Thanksgiving and it is just great for tea time. If Lire la suite
Lemon madeleines
When I went to Europain exhibition in Paris last year, I tasted these amazing French scallop-shell-shaped cookies at a baking equipment supplier stand. The young pastry chef kindly gave me the recipe as I was so enthusiastic about these incredible Lire la suite
Matcha cookies
I tasted matcha tea in Japan. It’s a finely ground high-quality green tea with smoky flavours. Japanese tea ceremony is about matcha. But it is now also used to flavour and dye a lot of preparations: pastries, candies and chocolates, Lire la suite
Christmas spicy extra buttery shortbreads
Wouldn’t it be great to give a home-made, customized and delicious present to your friends and family for Christmas?! So here is an extra buttery shortbreads recipe from my pastry class, in which I added a spices mix. And then Lire la suite
Summer peach tart
Here is a special peach tart recipe made of an extra buttery pastry dough (Breton shortbread recipe), stewed caramelized white peaches, vanilla and mascarpone whipped cream and some fresh yellow peach segments. It’s a delightful summer tart, perfect at the Lire la suite
Apricot and almond milk clafoutis
Here is a variation of my cherry clafoutis. As apricot season has come, let’s enjoy it with a delicious apricot and almond milk clafoutis recipe. Perfect for lactose intolerant people. The mix of apricot sourness and almond milk sweetness in Lire la suite
Cherry clafoutis
Days are getting warmer, and daylight finally lasts longer. Trees’ snowy white and light pink flowers have become pairs of dark red shiny beads. Daddy gets his ladder and starts picking the ripened cherries. He picks up two pairs for Lire la suite