List of French desserts
This is a list of desserts from the French cuisine. In France, a chef that prepares desserts and pastries is called a pâtissier, who is part of a kitchen hierarchy termed brigade de cuisine (kitchen staff).
A floating island is a dessert consisting of meringue floating on crème anglaise.
Mendiants are a traditional French confection.
A profiterole, sometimes referred to as a cream puff in other cultures
Tarte Tatin is an upside-down tart in which the fruit (mostly apples) are caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked.
Madeleine cake is a traditional small cake from Commercy and Liverdun.
Traditionally, a mille-feuille pastry is made up of three layers of puff pastry, and two layers of crème pâtissière.
Pain au chocolat is an example of viennoiserie.
Le Vitréais is a pastry from Vitré, Brittany.
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