Patisserie recipes
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Afternoon tea
Classic canelés
Philippe Moulin's traditional French canelés are golden-brown with a crisp, shiny exterior and soft, custardy centre. Serve at afternoon tea.
Easter
Raymond Blanc’s gâteau à la crème
Raymond Blanc's classic French cake recipe is part of Easter tradition at his restaurant. Try it as a finale to your Easter lunch.
Festive desserts
White chocolate, orange and ginger profiteroles
We've revitalised this 1970s classic with these white chocolate drizzled profiteroles filled with an orange and ginger cream.
Brunch
Cinnamon, fruit and almond cruffins
Debbie Major rolls shop-bought croissant dough with cinnamon and a sweet almond frangipane to make this fabulous breakfast pastry.
Christmas gifts
Double chocolate macarons
Eric Lanlard's rich chocolate macarons are just as good with your afternoon tea as they are for dessert. They're super easy too...
Sweet bread
Kouign amann
These buttery French pastries – a Breton cousin to the croissant – are so irresistible you'll struggle to limit yourself to one.
Brunch
Quick almond croissants
These easy almond croissants are the perfect treat to serve when hosting a brunch or making breakfast for someone special.
Afternoon tea
Easy macaroons
These easy macaroons make great gifts, are ideal to hand round as sweet canapés or petits fours, and really look the part at afternoon tea.
Patisserie
Chocolate and hazelnut pithivier
The pithivier orginates from France. Wow your friends with your patisserie skills with this rich chocolate and hazelnut pithivier recipe.
Festive desserts
Salted caramel and chocolate profiteroles
This profiterole recipe really is something special, thanks to the addition of salted caramel, and it's easier than it looks.
Afternoon tea
Multicoloured macarons
Want to make colourful macarons for a stylish afternoon tea, birthday or baby shower? Use this easy to follow recipe for perfect results.
Sweet tarts
Lemon tart
Raymond Blanc's lemon tart with tangy lemon custard and crumbly shortcrust pastry is certain to impress as a dinner party dessert.
Raspberries
Glazed raspberry and white chocolate tarts
These white chocolate and raspberry tarts are so good they'll look like you've bought them from a fancy patisserie.
Impressive recipes for a special occasion
Croquembouche profiterole mountain
This spectacular-looking creation is the classic French croquembouche (also known as a profiterole mountain).
Afternoon tea
Strawberry macaroons
These strawberry macaroons are little pink delights that make fab edible gifts. Bake them for someone special on Mother's Day or Valentine's.
Strawberries
Strawberry choux buns
Treat guests to strawberry choux buns made with fresh, juicy strawberries and filled with a beautifully light mascarpone cream.
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