Desserts

Far Breton is a custardy cake similar to a clafouti gilded with rum-soaked prunes and a specialty of Brittany, France. And you know any dessert lovely enough for the French is gonna be something really quite special.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 4

This homey chocolate bread pudding transcends its arguably homey origins of brioche, milk, cream, sugar, eggs, and bittersweet chocolate.

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• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 4

Not a lot has changed since you last had this after-school classic. It’s still easy. It’s still quick. And it’s still gosh darned comforting as heck.

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• 30 M
• 30 M
• 8

Carefully concocted to rely on less sugar than the cloying milk chocolate cream pie of our childhood, this is a far more adult-friendly, yet still spectacularly satisfying, rendition of a classic.

• 30 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 6

Creamy custard is infused with tea for an unusual take on the classic Portuguese flan. The classic caramel topping gives the dessert its depth and sweetness.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 9

Eating this dessert is sorta like spooning white chocolate ganache straight into your mouth. Sounds terrible, right?

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• 20 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 0

An Oreo cookie crust is filled with a rich custard made from bittersweet and semisweet chocolate. Vanilla-infused whipped cream is crowned high on top.

• 35 M
• 4 H, 15 M
• 20

Made from just three ingredients, this classic flan is ridiculously easy to toss together. A tangy, rich, creamy coda to a luxe dinner or a simple brunch.

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• 10 M
• 9 H
• 2

We’ve no idea where this name came from, as there’s nothing foolish about conjuring a conversation-stopping dessert from just three ingredients. Nothing foolish at all.

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• 10 M
• 10 M
• 2

Riz au lait is another way of saying French rice pudding. So gosh darn easy and impossible to stop eating that it’s quite possibly the thing we love most about the French.

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• 10 M
• 45 M
• 0

A riff on the classic lemon tart that’s ubiquitous in pâtisseries all across Frances, these orange tartlets are comfort food extraordinaire.

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• 1 H, 15 M
• 5 H, 30 M
• 1

Sweetly tart cranberries make an unexpected yet inspired match for this rich, creamy, vanilla-inflected, perfect-for-fall cheesecake. Bye bye, pumpkin pie.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 2

Everyone’s all talking about the inauguration and we’re just over here helping ourselves to more of this updated version of the classic that’s creamy and boozy and subtly sweet in a perfect sorta way.

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• 30 M
• 4 H, 30 M
• 5

Similar to flan in its delicate texture, this classic creme caramel is as simple as it is sophisticated. You’d expect nothing less from the French, yes?

• 20 M
• 1 H
• 4