Over 500 recipes of dishes have been developed by chefs to serve every day including 50 hot dishes that would be enough to satisfy the guests. The desserts are themed in the French section and world cuisine section to make your experience unforgettable. You will find a variety of desserts to enjoy while watching the Games.
Parisian Flan
A Flan is a French cuisine that is available across France. It is famous for its simplicity and comforting taste, an egg-based dish with an open, surrounded pastry base that looks golden brown. A rich and creamy vanilla custard that can make you tempted for it. Parisian Flans are crisp enough to hold the slice cantilevered in your hand.
This famous French dessert is made from eggs, cornflour, vanilla beans, sugar, milk and butter. It is usually served chilled or at room temperature with a dusting of powdered sugar. Additionally, it is enjoyed with a treat, coffee, and tea to enhance the taste. French Flan is thicker than many other varieties such as Spanish and Latin American Flan, a soft caramel custard.
Lemon-Meringue Tartlet
If there’s one dessert to choose from this summer, let it be this Lemon Meringue Tartlet, which is sweet, slightly tart, buttery, delicate, and embellished with the most stunning meringue, these tartelettes citron meringue will impress all and the way the delicate tart crust crumbles and melds with the lemon curd is just amazing.
The tartlet starts with a shortcrust pastry that forms a crisp base with a nice, soft filling and toppings. The fillings are generally made from lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar, eggs, and butter, giving a rich and refreshing flavor. Additionally, they are smaller in size making it convenient for portion control.
Paris-Brest
It is one of the famous pastries of France made of choux pastry and a praline-flavored cream topped with flaked almonds and sugar. It was created in 1910 by Louis Durand, patissier of Maisons-Laffitte, at the request of Pierre Giffard, to commemorate the 1,200 km Paris-Brest-Paris bicycle race, meant to resemble the bicycle wheel.
It has a rich, creamy mixture of praline paste and pastry cream, giving the Brest a unique nutty, and sweet flavor. Moreover, it is mainly made in a large ring shape but can be sliced in a smaller portion according to the choice. Paris-Brest is different due to its historical significance and distinctive shape.
Cheesecake
Cheesecake is one of the most common and unique types of cake, made with soft fresh cheese, eggs, and sugar. It may be baked or unbaked and is usually refrigerated. Cheesecakes may have a crust made from crushed cookies, graham crackers, pastry, and sometimes sponge cake.
It has many flavors including vanilla, spices, lemon, chocolate, pumpkin, and other flavors that can be added to the main cheese layer. The flavors and visual appeal may be added by topping the finished dessert with fruit, whipped cream, nuts, cookies, fruit sauce, chocolate syrup, or other ingredients.
Tiramisu
Tiramisu originated in Italy and its taste makes it a standout dessert, made of ladyfinger pastries dipped in coffee. It is mainly layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone and flavored with cocoa. The Tiramisu recipe is not found in cookbooks before the 1960s.
A common variant involves soaking the savoiardi in alcohol, such as Marsala wine, amaretto, or a coffee-based liqueur. The original tiramisu made at Le Beccherie was circular. Additionally, it gives a rich and smooth texture that is less tangy than cream cheese used in other desserts.
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