Armagnac

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but requires additional unattended time. A fantastic ice-cream sauce.

This recipe originally accompanied Prune Kumquat Sticky Pudding with Amagnac Toffee Sauce .

We like serving these chewy, moist almond cakes, which are based on the financier, a French pastry, in individual gratin dishes, but the batter can also be baked in a 9-inch glass pie plate for 30 to 35 minutes.

In most of France, turkey with chestnuts has become a standard Christmas dish, but in the southwest, goose is preferred.

This Basque dish is essentially a fish pâté or pudding, called budíns in Spain.

This classically simple milliard is similar to a clafouti - both desserts are a cross between a cake and a custard and are about as thick as a thin cake layer.

Active time: 45 min Start to finish: 3 1/4 hr

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. This recipe originally accompanied Prune Kumquat Sticky Pudding with Amagnac Toffee Sauce .