A traditional Napoleon is a layered dessert that consists of baked puff pastry, pastry cream, and ganache. Also known as the mille-feuille, the Napoleon is a French dessert of unknown origin that ...

Julia Child, the French Chef, demonstrates how to be successful with the pastry you thought you could never make–the pastry of a thousand uses from appetizers to desserts–the puff pastry.

Needless to say, Cordon Bleu-trained chef Mary Berry is a fan of the “French institution,” which is incidentally a great way to use up leftover puff pastry. Like Nigella, Mary Berry uses ...

This easy apple tart uses shop bought puff pastry to speed things up. Laced with calvados and topped with soft Chantilly – look out for all-butter puff for the best flavour. Preheat the oven to ...

Ready-made puff pastry hardly feels like a cheat, but is a great shortcut to making instant desserts. Even Michel Roux uses it for his French apple tart and Marcus Wareing has it in the fridge for ...