French Recipes

I tried out a super thin chocolate puff pastry for this chocolate mille-feuille recipe and it came out amazing! The flakiest pastry with a dark chocolate cremeux filling and optional orange gel. The perfect sharing dessert.

This is a vanilla and pecan yule entremet recipe that has the real wow factorl A stunning layered dessert topped with a beautifully piped whipped ganache, it’s a real gourmet dessert.

This is my take on a classic tarte tatin. I pair cooked apples with mascarpone cream and soft caramel for a real luxury dessert that’s not too heavy.

The ultimate fancy dessert recipe – profiteroles! Some like theirs filled with cream, but personally I prefer ice cream! Top with chocolate sauce and you have the perfect French dessert.

A classic mille-feuille recipe. Perfect puff pastry filled with diplomat cream and raspberr coulis. A great dessert to share with friends – all grab a spoon and dig in!

Once I mastered the perfect choux pastry recipe I had to complete them with my filling of choice – chocolate pastry cream! Topped with a chocolate glaze, these chocolate eclairs are super decadent.

Another challenging recipe but the results are so good! A sweet hazelnut pastry with a crunchy praline filling, topped with a smooth mascarpone cream. I like making individual ones as the perfect plated dessert idea.

Something a little bit different – a light French brioche filled with pastry cream and stewed apples, finished with a crumble topping. A delicious French pastry that works as a dessert as well as for breakfast!

Never make choux pastry wrong again with these recipes for a choux bun, a paris brest, and an eclair. Master these choux pastry recipes and you’ll have three classic French desserts.

Creme Brulee but in a tart! I love the idea of torching the top of this smooth vanilla tart to get that burnt creme brulee effect. Such a simple idea but an impressive French dessert.

Learn how to make these three staple creams with these easy to follow recipes. French creme patissiere is my absolute favourite, I use it in so many of desserts.

Think of French cremeux like a stabilised custard. I love pairing this with classic french desserts like eclairs or my mille-feuille.

This easy crème brûlée recipe is the perfect individual dessert to enjoy by yourself, on a date night, or at a dinner party. It’s super quick to make, it just needs a few hours in the oven and time to chill completely before serving.

I love a dessert that seems fancy but is actually really simple to make and this pot de creme recipe is exactly that! I always whip this up last minute when I have guests to visit and it goes down a treat every time.

This is my go to chocolate soufflé recipe that I shared in my book Bake It Better. It’s super quick to make and the perfect light dessert to impress your guests with.

A souffle can be intimidating to make, but this is my foolproof recipe that’s so quick to make! I love the flavour of the passion fruit, but if you prefer something more decadent then check out my chocolate souffle recipe.

I love a chocolate mousse cake so I thought I’d try out a raspberry one and I’m really pleased with the result! This raspberry mousse cake is so light and airy. I’ve topped mine with chocolate ganache for the ultimate shine.

Pistachio is all the rage at the moment so I had to try out a pistachio cremeux, and it didn’t disappoint! This uses pistachio paste for the ultimate pistachio flavour. I would alternate this French cremeux with buttercream in a cake.

A lot of love has gone into this croissant recipe. It’s a long one, but it has all the tips and tricks you need to perfect the perfect French croissants.

Use these whipped ganache recipes as frosting on top of cakes or cupcakes and you won’t be disappointed. These are my 3 favourite flavours that I use all the time in my recipes.

My perfect eclair recipe. I mastered the perfect choux pastry eclairs so here I share all my learnings so you can master them too!

I love the flavour of this caramel cremeux. It’s a rich and sweet flavour but with a pinch of sea salt flakes to give it a bit of an edge. This is perfect piped in a cake alongside buttercream.

Here I share my favourite recipe for French and Italian macaron shells. Learn about the key differences and see which one you prefer.

This brown butter milk chocolate ganache literally melts in your mouth! It’s perfect for piping on top of brownies or chocolate cakes, and it makes a great filling for macarons (or wedged between chocolate chip cookies!).

This is my Michelin Star dad’s French brioche bread recipe from back in his restaurant days. Things may have changed a fair bit since then but this homemade brioche bread really takes me back – it’s so soft and buttery and pretty simple to prepare!

This white chocolate cremeux recipe is perfect for piping as a decoration or between cake layers. It’s a little softer than my Dark Chocolate Cremeux recipe but perfectly pipeable and beautifully smooth and creamy.

Learn how to make 3 different types of meringue in these step by step meringue recipes. French, Swiss and Italian meringue all behave differently and should be used for different purposes. Find out more.

I love using this chocolate cremeux as an alternative to buttercream. Like a thick chocolate mousse, this is 5 ingredient cremeux is perfect piped between cake layers.

This is the ultimate guide to making 3 different versions of puff pastry – classic, inverse and viennese! Once you have mastered the fundamentals, you’ll be more confident in laminating all types of dough.

These chocolate orange brioche buns are so incredibly moreish! They’re a soft, pillowy dough filled with a rich chocolate orange crème pâtissière, topped with a simple glossy chocolate glaze.