French Desserts

Pears to Decorate and Add a Country Accent to your Home We love pears in the winter! Love them year-round really, but we enjoy them especially in the fall and winter when fruits are less bountiful. Before eating them for dessert, we like to display them – they add a delicious country look to any […]

If you love delicious puff pastry almond cream cakes, France is the place to be in January. That’s the month when no matter who you visit or when you visit, you are pretty sure to be served a galette des rois for dessert or with your coffee. The galette des rois literally means the cake […]

This sweet mascarpone and fromage blanc tart is a variation on the classic Tarte au Fromage Blanc, a specialty from the Alsace region in France. Typically, this easy pie dessert is made with fromage blanc only but traditionally, the fromage blanc in this  recipe should have a 30-40% fat content. Unfortunately, fromage blanc is harder to find in […]

Homemade French Pie Crust – Pâte Brisée Maison Pâte brisée (French pie crust) is the basic pie dough used in France. It is amazingly simple and so quick to make. Pâte brisée literrally means broken (brisée) dough (pâte). But there is nothing broken about this French pie crust, it is tender and so buttery – just delicious! A […]

Looking for a few easy and quickly prepared French desserts recipes with chocolate?  You may enjoy these favorite Art of the Home desserts recipes, all three loaded with chocolate joy.  On the dessert menu or for an afternoon snack, we have three selections to choose from: #1: a light chocolate mousse (mousse au chocolat) #2: […]

Apple Tart Tatin Recipe – Tarte Tatin Today, we are featuring Art of the Home apple tart tatin recipe – recette de la tarte tatin. The apple tart tatin recipe (or simply tart tatin) is basically a upside down apple tart with caramelized apples. With this apple tart tatin recipe you make your caremelized apples directly in the […]

Today we are sharing an Art of the Home favorite yogurt recipe: recette du yaourt à la vanille (vanilla yogurt recipe). We have been blessed with the many yogurt varieties offered in French grocery store since we arrived, loving it! And as we discussed in the article “Top 5 Reasons to Eat Yogurt“, yogurt is […]

Cagettes de melons “Le Puits d’Amour” – “The Well of Love” melon crates Today we are sharing a quick, easy and pretty melon dessert inspired from the “voilier de melon” (melon sailboat) French appetizer: un canoë de melon (a melon canoe). We picked up a few “Le Puits d’Amour” (The Well of Love) melons at the […]

Art of the Home arrived in France and we are finally set up in our French kitchen — we are so excited! Even though the sunshine has not been with us since we arrived, simply walking in the streets brings such much joy! And the lack of sun has not stopped us (and most people in […]