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30 French Pastry Recipes

Learn to make French pastry recipes that are so delicious it is like eating shortbread, so light, crisp, and buttery with toppings of the heavenly type like crème fraiche, whipped cream, pastry cream, chocolate ganache, caramel dream, or luscious fresh fruit. It makes your mouth water just to think about it, doesn't it?

Easy to follow how to's and lot's of tips, to make stellar pastries like Millefeuille,  Choux Pastry and Profiteroles with delicious fillings to melt in your mouth!

Once you have mastered it, "Hey Presto!", you will be making the most delicious fruit tarts with this Paté brisée sucrée, filled with Crème Patissière . Or, savory recipes with Paté Brisée (short crust pastry) like the famous classic Quiche Lorraine. Don't be shy!

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    Traditional French Flan: Leek and Gruyère Flan Recipe
  • An off-white pie shell with scalloped edges and steam release holes across the bottom cooling on a wire rack.
    How To Make Pastry Dough Like A French Chef
  • Pissaladiere is good pizza French style with caramelized onions and black olives.
    Pissaladière Is Good Pizza, No Great Pizza
  • A brown and beige round pie with score marks spiraling out from the center.
    Vegetarian Pithivier Recipe: Easy French Puff Pastry Pie
  • A large egg pie with green spinach and white cheese mixed with the eggs and cooked to light golden color.
    Tasty Spinach Quiche Recipe
  • A yellow onion custard tart.
    Classic Onion Tart Recipe
  • crab-quiche
    Easy Crab Quiche Recipe
  • Two slices of easter pie one on top of the other showing a whole cooked egg with its yellow yolk surrounded by white, in the middle of the green spinach filling in a beige crust.
    Easter Pie Recipe
  • Galette des rois is the cake of kings baked with a surprise inside for the celebration of the three wise men came to visit baby Jesus.
    Galette des Rois
  • A golden yellow and brown meat pie with maple leaf pastry cutouts as decorations.
    Tourtière: A Delicious French Canadian Meat Pie Recipe
  • A golden yellow pie with pork meat, apples, and chestnuts.
    Pork And Apple Pie Recipe With Chestnuts
  • A large round flat yellowy cake with a brown edge and one slice cut out on top.
    Butter Cake Recipe, Easy, & Crunchy
  • Three cream puffs covered in buttercream icing in various flavors cherry, butterscotch, and chocolate.
    French Religieuse Cakes
  • A type of pie with a dark beige crust, yellow filling with red plums scattered throughout.
    Plum Tart Recipe
  • normandy apple tart
    Classic Normandy Apple Tart Recipe
  • A pie shaped dessert filled with concentrically placed golden slices of apples covered in light brown sauce.
    French Apple Tart Recipe: Golden Heaven
  • Palmiers pastry cookies are sometimes called shoe-soles, or glasses, were created early in the 20th century.
    Palmiers Recipe
  • Make my favorite, classic French croissant recipe with expert tips to help you make a light crisp French treat.
    A Delicious French Croissant Recipe
  • Light brown pastry with almond slices on top and filled with creamy pastry cream on pink floral plate.
    Paris Brest Recipe An Exceptional Cake
  • Raspberry Millefeuille is a classic French dessert. It is a French patisserie recipe.
    Raspberry Millefeuille: A Classic French Dessert
  • pate brisee recipe
    The Best Paté Brisée Recipe
  • A slice of yellow lemon tart, sprinkled with white icing sugar with a brown crust.
    Lemon Tart Recipe A Great Meal Finisher
  • Short crust pastry dough is used to make savory or sweet treats.
    Sweet Short Crust Pastry: Paté Brisée Sucrée
  • French raspberry and pastry cream filled tarts for a French dessert.
    A Winning Recipe For Raspberry Tart
  • A white plate witha cream colored puff pastry drizzled with dark chocolate.
    Exquisite Choux Pastry Recipe
  • A step in making puff pastry where the dough is folded over the butter.
    How to Make Perfect Puff Pastry Dough The Easy Way
  • A light brown galette on a white plate with orange flowers on the side and a pink French bull dog figurine.
    Best Easy Apple Pie Filling Galette
  • Five red strawberries in a tart shell with cream filling.
    Strawberry Dessert No Bake: Quick & Easy Strawberry Tart Recipe
  • A French classic of apples caramelized in butter and sugar with a mouth-watering crust.
    Caramelized Apple Tart A French Classic
  • Tarts filled with chocolate pastry cream topped with red raspberries.
    Pastry Cream Recipe Perfection
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    DIY Stock: 45-Minute Vegetable Stock
  • A finished velouté ready to be added to many recipes.
    Classic Velouté Sauce Recipe
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    Salade Niçoise With Homemade Dressing
  • lyonnaise salad
    Easy Lyonnaise Salad
  • Cut up artichokes with slices of red onion and drizzled with vinaigrette.
    Best French Artichoke Salad Recipe With Vinaigrette aux Fines Herbes Dressing
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    Delectable Lobster Thermidor
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  • Two white bowls one with dark shellfish, the other with brown potato sticks on a red gingham table cloth with green plant garnish.
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