The classic French desserts you must eat in France
A good French life is inseparable from all kinds of food, not to mention the legendary French meal, a variety of bread desserts alone, can bring people full of small happiness. Today and we look at the classic French desserts are what it.
La Religieuse
The most distinctive feature is the two puffs with small top and large bottom, which are connected by whipped cream in the middle and filled with castaway sauce. Because the top layer of small puffs is decorated with cream, it resembles the trim of a nun's costume, so the French call this dessert "nun's puff".
Canelé
Canelé is a home-made dessert from the Bordeaux region of France, also known as "angel bells". The best feature is that the outer layer is black and crispy, and the inner layer is full of holes.
Mille feuille
You may not be familiar with the name of Mille feuille, but you must have heard of its other name "Napoleon cake". The traditional French lasagna is made of three crispy puff pastry sheets and two layers of fresh cream, each sheet has 729 layers and the whole cake has 2187 layers!
Macaron
This is a famous French dessert with an iconic appearance. In the beginning, macarons were just ordinary, round fluffy cookies with no special flavor in the abbey, then in the 1930s, cream started to be added, until today, macarons started to be more and more diversified, with different flavors such as matcha, caramel, strawberry and so on.
Because of the shiny macaron belt and fluffy texture, it also has the name of "girl's puffy chest".
Crêpe
Crêpe, also known as French pancake, is a speciality from Brittany, France.
Tarte au Citron
Tarte au Citron is the mainstream of French confectionery, with lemon tart as the authentic one. The authentic way is to make the tart with the juice of yellow lemon, cream, sugar, egg, etc., and shave a bit of yellow lemon peel to add aroma.
Crème Brûlée
Crème Brûlée is a traditional French dessert, also known as French egg stew, French crème brûlée, etc. The raw materials are mainly eggs and cream, the outside is a layer of baked crispy caramel shell, the inside is cold and delicious crème brûlée.
Le baba au rhum
Le baba au rhum is a savarin cake, a soft and fluffy cake soaked in rum. It is usually round in shape and topped with a little whipped cream. It is a traditional cake, most often served on holidays such as Easter or Christmas.
Mousse au chocolat
Mousse au chocolat is made of chocolate, egg yolks, cream and sugar, and was invented by Louis XVI's cook, Swiss Charles Fazi.
Tarte Tatin
Unlike the traditional apple tart where the crust is placed first and then the apples, this tart is made with caramel, then the apples, and finally the crust. After baking, the apple tart is flipped up and down to serve. The aroma of caramel and the sweetness of apples are combined together with the crispy tart crust, which makes the tart taste unique.
With so many classic French desserts introduced above, are you guys particularly excited to fly to France to taste it right away?