Mad About Macarons

ALT pots of homemade vanilla rice pudding with golden raisins a gluten free dessert

ALT strawberry clafoutis with almonds, a gluten free French dessert that's easy to make

ALT cracking a spoon into a chocolate crème brûlée next to passion fruits

ALT cutting through an almond tart with rum icing, known as a Saint Germain cake in the French town of St Germain just outside Paris

ALT slice of Saint Germain cake of almonds and rum icing topped with pistachio macarons

ALT an almond tart with rum icing, known as the French Saint Germain cake, topped with toasted almonds and pistachio and chocolate macarons

ALT Making a French almond tart with almond cream, known as the gateau St Germain

ALT soft yet crunchy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies cooling on a wire tray

ALT crunchy peanut butter with chocolate chips, flour, baking powder, an egg, a little butter and sugar to make cookies

ALT close up of a peanut butter cookie with chocolate chips and slightly toasted

ALT Whisky glass filled with soft and creamy ice cream served with crispy French tuile cookies

ALT pot of simmering seafood stew made with monkfish, wine, tomatoes and cognac

ALT plate of seafood stew on a bed of rice served with French beans

ALT a perfect shiny crème caramel pudding upturned on a plate and surrounded in a pool of golden caramel

ALT a Parisian waiter serving a French crème caramel pudding in a café

ALT a creme caramel served directly in a ramekin in a Parisian restaurant

ALT large pot of red cabbage cooked with apple

ALT frying shallots in a large pot next to chopped red cabbage, cider vinegar and 2 Granny smith apples

ALT transferring cooked German red cabbage dish into a freezable container

ALT turning round large chunks of fresh apple with sliced red cabbage

ALT large slice of gluten free almond flour chocolate cake topped with toasted almonds and gold leaf

ALT slice of luxury French chocolate cake topped with a rum glaze and cream in front of a Christmas tree

ALT a French Queen of Sheba cake with a knitted queen looking on with gold leaves

ALT a flourless French Reine de Saba cake topped with rum icing and macarons

ALT crate of fresh chestnuts at a French market

ALT a stand selling roasted chestnuts at a French Christmas market in Paris

ALT piles of fresh raw chestnuts ready to be roasted at a French Christmas market next to a nutcracker

ALT fluted ice cream with candied fruit on a plate with a fruit coulis and macaron on the side

ALT slice cut from a loaf of moist gingerbread, showing an excellent texture and crumb on a white plate in front of a Christmas tree

ALT stack of pumpkin pancakes, slightly orange with dribbling maple syrup on a plate of blueberries and pumpkin

ALT ingredients laid out for pumpkin pancakes with cottage cheese and eggs

ALT flipping over pumpkin pancakes

ALT spoonful of creamy tartare sauce with homemade mayonnaise, gherkins, capers and shallots

ALT 2 egg yolks, mustard in a bowl with vinegar, capers and olive oil next to a whisk

ALT crispy fishcakes being dipped into homemade tartare sauce

ALT holding a scallop shell plate of macarons in a rural French countryside village

ALT cat sleeping on a window ledge with shutters in a French village

ALT a French bakery in a rural countryside village

ALT holding a blackcurrant pastry in front of a Medieval fortress in Burgundy

ALT bright pumpkin orange French macarons filled with a white chocolate ganache with real pumpkin and spice

ALT ingredients to make pumpkin macarons

ALT macaron recipe steps to make a white chocolate ganache filling with pumpkin and spice

ALT large bowl of hummus topped with seeds and olive oil, surrounded by colourful vegetable sticks of radishes, cucumber, carrots, bell pepper and cauliflower florets

ALT recipe steps how to make hummus French style with chickpeas and garlic with tips how to make them digestible

ALT chickpeas being sold at a French Provençal market

ALT mango cream desserts with cubes of fresh mango underneath

ALT recipe steps showing how to make mango cream desserts

ALT watercress soup, bright green in a French lion bowl

ALT pork roast in a large pot with potatoes and apples

ALT silky smooth creme caramel flan topped in shiny caramel

ALT golden buttery little financier cakes topped with almonds