Art of the Home Easy Rice Pudding Recipe What’s for dessert tonight? How about trying our calcium-rich easy rice pudding recipe (riz au lait)? Riz au lait is a classic old fashion simple French dessert. Made of milk, sugar, and rice, rice pudding is nutritious and very satisfying. In fact, in the old days, a big bowl of […]
French Desserts
Seasonal Dessert: Strawberry Sorbet (Sorbet aux Fraises)
Verrine of Strawberry Sorbet with Raspberries and Chantilly Cream Today, we’re offering a fresh seasonal dessert: a strawberry sorbet (sorbet aux fraises). By now, strawberries are in season so let’s enjoy them! A sorbet makes a delightful dessert — light enough for a lunch or summer dinner. Once you make your strawberry sorbet, you can arrange it […]
Light French Apple Tart Recipe – Tarte Légère aux Pommes
Light French Apple Tart Recipe – Tarte Légère aux Pommes Today, we are featuring Art of the Home light French apple tart recipe – recette de la tarte légère aux pommes. This is a variation on the traditional French “tarte aux pommes”, which typically includes a homemade compote or a crème pâtissière (pastry cream). Our light […]
First White Peaches of the Season for Easy Peach Melba
First White Peaches of the Season Peaches feel like summer so imagine our joy when we found some fragrant white peaches at a local store a few days ago. And although they smelled like they were just picked from a peach tree, we did not find them at the farmers market but at a warehouse […]
Easy Creme Caramel Recipe
Easy Creme Caramel Recipe (Crème Caramel Renversée) How about a crème caramel (crème caramel renversée) for dessert tonight? We have an easy creme caramel recipe for you! Closely related to the elegant crème brûlée, this down to earth creamy French dessert can be prepared with staples you already have in the kitchen. And, our easy creme caramel recipe […]
Old fashion and Easy French Strawberry Dessert
Strawberries are starting to look good and are becoming affordable. Check a favorite old fashion and oh so easy French strawberry dessert: Fraises au Vin (Macerated Strawberries in Wine). All you will need are: – Strawberries – A red table wine – Some sugar, and … – Good company – always a plus with any […]
Our Recipe Journal: Yogurt Cake (Gâteau au Yaourt)
Today we are sharing a French dessert recipe from one of the Art of the Home recipe journals: Gâteau au Yaourt (Yogurt Cake). Our cahiers de cuisine (recipe journals) are a compilation of family handwritten recipes. These recipes span 4 generations of French women — some recipes date back to the early 1900’s! We are […]
Easy French Dessert: Banana Pound Cake
The quatre-quart is a classic French easy to make cake. The idea and is that you use the same weight for the four (quatre) basic ingredients (eggs, flour, sugar, butter). The recipe below is a variation on the traditional quatre-quart (pound cake) that we use often when we have bananas that are too ripe to eat […]
Crepe Recipe for France’s Crepe Day Next Week
Crêperie La Brigantine, Saint Malo, France If you need a recipe to flip some crêpes on France’s Crepe Day (La Chandleur), we got one for you! We just recovered from eating a few (too many) galettes des rois and now it’s time to eat (too many we hope!) crêpes. That’s right, the festivities will kick off […]
French Sweet Tarts: Almond Cream Pear Tart
A Slice of Almond Cream Pear Tart Arranging your Pears Enjoying your Almond Cream Pear Tart, Bon Appétit! French Sweet Tarts: Almond Cream Pear Tart (Tarte Frangipane à La Poire) INGREDIENTS (for 6-8 servings) 4-6 pears, depending on the size of the pears. Favor bosc pears or a firm type that will hold during cooking. […]