Cinnamon and Cream

Classic Eclairs with Vanilla Pastry Cream and Dark Chocolate Glaze

These elegant French eclairs are filled with silky vanilla pastry cream and topped with a glossy dark chocolate glaze that snaps when you bite through it. Once you learn the simple science behind choux pastry, you will wonder why you ever bought them from a bakery.

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Classic Profiteroles with Vanilla Crème Pâtissière and Warm Dark Chocolate Sauce

Light, hollow choux puffs filled with silky vanilla pastry cream and draped in a glossy dark chocolate sauce – this is the kind of dessert that makes a dinner table go quiet. Once you understand the simple science behind choux pastry, you will wonder why you ever found it intimidating.

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Crispy Churros with Cinnamon Sugar and Dark Chocolate Dipping Sauce

Golden and shatteringly crisp on the outside with a soft, airy choux interior, these churros are rolled in fragrant cinnamon sugar and served with a deeply rich dark chocolate sauce. Once you make them at home, the fairground version will never quite measure up.

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Dark Chocolate and Salted Caramel Tart with Hazelnut Crust

A buttery, toasted hazelnut crust cradles a silky salted caramel layer and a glossy dark chocolate ganache in this showstopping tart. It is easier than it looks, requires no stand mixer, and tastes like something from a Parisian patisserie window.

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Classic Baked Rice Pudding with Golden Nutmeg Crust

Slow-baked until the milk turns silky and the top caramelizes into a speckled, fragrant nutmeg crust, this is comfort food at its most honest. One bowl of this and you will understand why rice pudding has been on family tables for centuries.

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Passionfruit Curd Posset with Crisp Almond Shortbread

Silky, trembling posset meets the bright floral punch of passionfruit in a dessert that looks wildly impressive but comes together in under 20 minutes of active work. Pair it with buttery, snap-crisp almond shortbread fingers and you have a dinner party dessert that will earn you a standing ovation.

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Cardamom Rice Pudding with Honeyed Pistachios

Silky, slow-stirred rice pudding perfumed with green cardamom and topped with warm honeyed pistachios – this is comfort food with a fragrant, slightly exotic twist. It comes together on the stovetop in under an hour and tastes like something you would find at a very good dinner party.

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