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Timbale à la Parisienne
A glazed brioche shell arrives jewelled with candied fruit, then receives its warm filling at the table: firm orchard fruit, pineapple, almonds and raisins held in a bright, kirsch-scented apricot purée.
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Timbale à la Favart
A burnished brioche shell filled at the last moment with whole fruit and vanilla chestnuts, held in a glossy apricot, kirsch, and chestnut binding that respects every shape.
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Montmorency Timbale
A glossy crown of sour cherries inside hollow brioche, apricot-brushed and ringed with pale puff-pastry ornaments: a celebration dessert whose success depends on filling it at the final moment.
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Marie-Louise Timbale
A celebration timbale of day-old Génoise, Italian meringue, peaches, cherries, and pineapple, rebuilt slice by slice and gently bronzed, with a bright Kirsch peach sauce poured beside it.
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Apple Pudding
Pouding aux Pommes wraps lemon-scented apples in tender suet paste and cooks them slowly in a sealed basin, proof that the lid, not any flourish, decides the pudding.
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Soufflé à la Royale
Vanilla Soufflé à la Royale rises around kirsch-soaked biscuits and bright diced fruit, a celebration of controlled moisture, glossy egg whites, and the nerve to carry it straight from oven to table.
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Soufflé with Fresh Almonds
A golden Soufflé aux Amandes Fraîches rises on a tender vanilla base, carrying milky green almond splinters through its airy crumb. Fold gently, bake boldly, and bring everyone to the table first.
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Lérina Soufflé
Soufflé à la Lérina rises butter-gold around a tender centre, carrying the island liqueur’s herb perfume in every spoonful. Add the Lérina off the heat, fold lightly, and let the oven do the rest.
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Soufflé Palmyre
Vanilla soufflé rises around delicate layers of ladyfingers saturated with anisette and kirsch, its golden crown hiding a fragrant, tender heart. Keep the biscuit layers light, and Palmyre lifts magnificently.
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Soufflés
Soufflés rise on disciplined air, not magic: butter and sugar guide the climb, a moderate oven sets the center, and the caramelized crown goes straight to the table before its graceful fall begins.
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Almond Soufflé
Soufflé aux amandes turns one careful fold into a tall golden dessert, fragrant with almond milk and lightly grilled nuts, its sugared timbale helping every spoonful climb.
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Soufflé à la Camargo
Two airy soufflés meet in one dish: bright tangerine, toasted filbert, and Curaçao-soaked ladyfingers layered quickly, baked tall, and carried straight to a celebration table before the crown can settle.
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Soufflé with Filbert
Filbert Pralin (No. 2352) perfumes the milk, the fine sieve keeps the base silken, and properly folded whites lift one generous soufflé high above its dish for a celebration served without delay.
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Rothschild Soufflé
A cream soufflé carrying jewel-cut candied fruit and gold-flecked Dantzig brandy, crowned with ripe strawberries only when its rise is secure: timing, not ceremony, makes this celebration dessert.
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Vanilla Soufflé
Soufflé à la vanille rises from vanilla-infused milk and properly whipped whites, plain enough to expose every choice and generous enough to make four people lean toward the oven.
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Cherry Soufflé
Kirsch lifts a feather-light soufflé while warm stoned cherries stay safely beside it beneath a sharp raspberry purée. The fruit remains outside the batter, so the crown rises high and tender.
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Violet Soufflé
Soufflé aux violettes rises high from a vanilla panade and glossy whites, with crushed crystallised violets through its heart and a candied crown above: crush every shard fine, then trust the oven.
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Paulette Soufflé
A firm vanilla soufflé base carries exactly five tablespoons of strawberry purée without surrendering its rise, while cold strawberries in raspberry purée wait beside the butter-gold crown.
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Hilda Soufflé
Soufflé Hilda rises warm, high, and tender beside cold strawberries veiled in raw raspberry purée, a precise lesson in timing, temperature, and the restraint that keeps fresh fruit brilliantly alive.
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Strawberry Soufflé
Soufflé aux Fraises rises fragrant with kirsch beside orange-macerated strawberries chilled nearly to ice, a last-minute French dessert built on the clean contrast of hot, tender soufflé and cold, vivid fruit.
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Pomegranate Soufflé “à l’Orientale”
Soufflé à la Grenade “à l’Orientale” rises around vanilla cream and grenadine-soaked biscuits, then meets a spun-sugar veil at the oven door. The lesson is timing: the crown waits for the soufflé, never the reverse.
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Lucullus Soufflé
Soufflé Lucullus joins a kirsch-soaked savarin to a rosy raspberry soufflé, then protects both with the paper collar that keeps the cake tender while the center rises.
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Fruit Soufflé in a Croustade
A thin sugared croustade holds vanilla apple and seasonal fruit beneath a tender soufflé crown, baked until the pastry bronzes and the filling rises, then turned out for a warm rum finish.
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Soufflé Praline
Soufflé Pralin rises on a vanilla base scented through with caramelized almonds, then comes to the table tall and tender beneath a crisp scattering of grilled almonds.
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Soufflé with Liqueur
A high, tender Soufflé à la Liqueur built on the right foundation: cream for rum, curaçao, or anisette; fruit for kirsch or kümmel. Match the bottle to the base, then guard the egg whites.
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Soufflé “à la d’Orléans”
Peach liqueur and kirsch perfume tender Reims biscuit, cherry and angelica inside a cream soufflé that rises gold above its dish, proof that moisture control, not ceremony, gives this dessert its lift.
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Java Soufflé
Strong black tea replaces milk in this high, bronzed Soufflé Java, while the book’s full measure of chopped pistachios runs through its tender centre. Brew boldly, fold gently, and serve at once.
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Souffléd Pudding, Denise
Pouding soufflé Denise turns a properly dried almond and crème de riz paste into a tender, buoyant pudding, enriched with yolks, lifted by whites, and unmoulded beneath apricot-almond sauce.
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English Tapioca, Sago, and Semolina Puddings, etc.
Pouding anglais turns three humble starches into one lesson: cook the grain fully in barely sweetened milk, add exactly two eggs per pint, then let a bain-marie set the custard gently.
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Rice Pudding
Pouding de riz rises from whole vanilla-scented grains and beaten whites into a tender moulded pudding, butter-gold at the edges and light enough to carry custard, sabayon, or fruit sauce.
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Semolina Pudding
Gâteau de semoule turns sweet milk and economical grain into a tender moulded pudding, lifted with yolks and whipped whites, then gently poached until resilient enough to turn out.
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Souffléd Pudding à la Vésuvienne
A tender ring of souffléd pudding holds tomato jam and Malaga raisins, poached gently in a bain-marie, then turned out with glossy apricot sauce and a living flame of rum.
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Fruit Pudding
Pouding aux fruits teaches patience: apricot purée custard and sliced fruit set in clean layers, each firm enough to hold the next, then turned out with a bright sauce of the same fruit.
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English Almond Pudding
Butter worked to a true pommade carries almonds, eggs, orange-flower water, and cream into a tender pouding, gently set in a bain-marie and brought to the table in the very dish that baked it.
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Souffléd Pudding à la Royale
Pouding Soufflé à la Royale hides a tender, airy custard inside a mosaic of jam spirals, then arrives with apricot-Marsala sauce: a grand moulded pudding made possible by careful lining and gentle heat.
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English Rice Pudding
Firm rice grains held in loose vanilla custard, baked in the serving dish and dusted with icing sugar. Pull it early, because the quiet standing time completes the oven’s work.
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Vermicelli Pudding
Milk-tender vermicelli, butter, yolks, and folded whites become a light molded pudding, with long strands left nearly whole so the turned dessert wears its own pattern.
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Plum Pudding
A dark, fruit-laden Pouding de Noël à l’anglaise, steeped in rum, bound with suet and stout, then steamed four hours until close-textured, fragrant, and ready for its blue crown of flame.
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Almond Souffléd Pudding
A tender almond soufflé pudding, poached rather than baked, with grilled almonds and warm white-wine sabayon: mastery lies in drying the panade before the egg whites ever meet it.
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French Bread Pudding
Pouding de pain à la française turns humble white crumb into silk: vanilla milk, eggs, and beaten whites poached gently until the pudding stands proud, then served with custard, sabayon, or fruit sauce.
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Souffléd Pudding Sans-Souci
Currants stipple the buttered mould, apple dice bring tenderness, and the bain-marie holds a gentle heat. This is the moulded pudding that teaches why fruit must be cooked before it meets a souffléd batter.
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Cabinet Pudding
Liqueur-soaked biscuits, jewel-bright fruit, and vanilla custard are packed into one mould and poached without a bubble. Fill slowly, and every slice holds its cabinet of colours.
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Fresh-noodle Pudding
Thin ribbons of fresh egg noodle set in buttery sweet milk, enriched with yolks, lifted with whipped whites, and gently poached in a mould: a tender pudding with real structure.
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Indian Souffléd Pudding
Two gingers do different work in this French souffléd pudding: ground ginger carries the heat, candied dice give the bite, and ginger custard catches every warm, tender spoonful.
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Roly-poly Pudding
Pouding roulé à la confiture turns rested suet paste, a bright layer of jam, and ninety minutes in a cloth into tender spirals made for generous fruit sauce.
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Chestnut Souffléd Pudding
Pouding soufflé aux marrons rises on one uncompromising step: dry the vanilla-poached chestnut purée until it leaves the pan clean, then yolks and whites can carry it into a tender, buttery pudding.
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Souffléd Pudding à la Régence
Caramel sets the pace in this vanilla-light Régence pudding, whose airy crumb poaches gently behind an amber shell before meeting a separate ribbon of caramel crème anglaise.
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American Pudding
A French moulded pudding where beef marrow and suet melt invisibly into breadcrumb, candied fruit, citrus zest, and spice, gently poached in a bain-marie and served beneath a cloud of sabayon au rhum.
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Brazilian Pudding
Pouding Brésilien teaches the nerve of caramel and the gentleness of custard: old-gold sugar clothing a tender vanilla tapioca pudding, poached quietly, chilled, and turned out into its own shining sauce.
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Mousseline Pudding
Pouding Mousseline turns butter, sugar, yolks, and beaten whites into a tender ring that rises in a bain-marie, rests ten minutes, then receives a light Sabayon or vivid fruit sauce.
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Saxon Pudding
A milk panade dried as firmly as choux, enriched with yolks, then lifted with stiff whites: Pouding Saxon rises gently in a bain-marie and arrives soft, butter-gold, and ready for custard.
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Orange, Curaçao, Anisette, and Bénédictine Puddings, etc.
One base becomes four perfumed desserts, each gently poached and paired with its own crème anglaise. The lesson is restraint: add every liqueur off the heat, or its finest aroma escapes.
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German Bread Pudding
Brown crumb drinks Rhine wine, cinnamon, and moist sugar before eggs, butter, and a gentle bain-marie turn thrift into a tender pudding made for ruby fruit syrup.
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Almond Pudding
Six almond-lined moulds, gently poached until softly risen, with white-wine sabayon scented by orgeat. The lesson is simple and exact: the bain-marie must tremble, never boil.
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Marrow Pudding
A fruit-studded Pouding à la Moelle, gently poached until tender, with beef marrow and suet melted invisibly into its crumb and warm rum sabayon spooned generously around each slice.
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English Bread Pudding
Butter each slice, swell the fruit, and let a shallow bain-marie do its quiet work: this economical custard pudding rewards patience with tender crumb and a softly set centre.
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Sago Pudding
Pouding au sagou rises softly in its sago-dusted mould, then turns out with a pearled edge and tender vanilla centre, proving that patient swelling, not richness or fuss, makes a fine starch pudding.
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Biscuit Pudding
Pouding aux biscuits turns crushed ladyfingers, hot milk, kirsch-soaked fruit, butter, and yolks into a tender pudding, with five late-folded whites keeping every spoonful light beneath warm apricot sauce.
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Tapioca
A modest tapioca pudding with the full grammar of a soufflé: milk-swollen pearls, yolks for richness, whites for lift, and a gentle bain-marie that sets it just firm enough to turn out.
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Scotch Bread Pudding
Pouding de Pain à l’Écossaise turns vanilla bread custard light with beaten whites, suspends thin seasonal fruit through it, then meets a glossy red-currant sauce sharpened with raspberry.
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Chevreuse Pudding
Pouding à la Chevreuse turns humble semolina into a dinner-party dessert: a tender buttered pudding under kirsch sabayon, whisked until pale and carried to the table before its airy crown can settle.
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Rice and Chocolate Pudding
Tender grains, dark chocolate, and a lifted crumb baked in one buttered dish, with chocolate custard softened by whipped cream alongside. The whole pouding rests on folding the whites without crushing the rice.
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Lemon Souffléd Pudding
Hot lemon-scented pudding rises tender above its ramekin, then turns soft and custardy beneath, with cool crème anglaise beside it. The lesson is simple: perfume the milk with rind, never burden the batter with pith or juice.
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Souffléd Pudding à la Reine
A tender vanilla pudding ring with pistachio and macaroon layers running through it, finished with warm pralin custard. The moulding is the lesson, and a generous coat of butter is your insurance.
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Subrics
Subrics teach the discipline of setting before frying: vanilla semolina chilled firm, cut into neat rings, bronzed in clarified butter, and filled with sharp red-currant jelly while the crust is still glossy.
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Rissoles
Thin puff pastry folded around tart jam, sealed with care and fried until butter-gold: twelve little rissoles that teach the grand pastry lesson that a crisp shell begins with cold dough and a clean, exact seam.
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Bourdaloue Timbale
A tall almond pastry case hides layers of tender stewed fruit and firm frangipane, then turns out whole beneath a vanilla-apricot glaze, proof that a sealed crust succeeds by controlling moisture.
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Timbale à la d’Aremberg
Firm brioche, vanilla-poached pears, apricot jam, and a warm maraschino apricot sauce meet in a tall golden timbale whose sealed seam and clean vent make the whole splendid construction possible.
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