. Gaufres à la Flamande
Waffles usually topped with whipped cream or powdered sugar. 
Region: Nord

. Tarte au Fromage
Light cheesecake made with cottage cheese and eggs. 
Region: all north

. Tarte au Gros Bord
Custard and sugar tart with a thick pastry border. 
Region: Pas de Calais

. Tarte aux Mirabelles, aux Framboises, aux Quetches, aux Reines-Claudes.
A range of fruit tarts made with whichever soft fruit is in season (including plums, raspberries, and greengages). 
Region: Alsace-Lorraine

. Ardoise
Chocolate covered nougatine. 
Region: Angers

. Gratin de Pommes Vallée d'Auge
An adult apple crumble, soaked in Calvados and baked with crème fraîche. 
Region: Normandy

. Tarte Tatin
Classic caramelized upside-down apple pie, ideally served hot with cream or crème fraîche.  
Region: the Loire Valley

. Teurgoule
Thick, sweet, rice pudding; baked slowly for hours in a cooling bread oven.  
Region: Normandy

. Torteau Fromage
A variation of cheesecake, usually made with fresh goat's cheese, cooked in a very hot oven so that its top becomes puffed up and almost black.  
Region: Poitou-Charentes

. Cannelé
Little moist moulded cake, flavoured with cinnamon.  
Region: Bordeaux

. Noix au Café
Pieces of walnut wrapped in marzipan and covered in coffee-flavoured chocolate.  
Region: Bayonne

. Pastis Gasconne or Croustade
Very fine pastry, folded and repeatedly layered with butter and vanilla sugar, then topped with apple slices and soaked in Armagnac.  
Region: Gascony

. Turron/Touron
A wide range of different marzipan sweets.  
Region: Bayonne and Basque Country

. Bugnes
Yeast-dough fritters.  
Region: Lyon

. Fromage Blanc à la Crème
White cheese with a scoop of crème fraîche and sugar to taste.  
Region: Lyon and Burgundy

. Mont Blanc
Mound of puréed chestnut topped with whipped cream.  
Region: Savoie and Dauphine

. Crème Catalane
Rich custard flavoured with lemon and vanilla.  
Region: Roussillon

. Fruits Glacés
Fresh fruit candied in sugar syrup.  
Region: Provence

. Marrons Glacés
A great treat of autumn, fresh chestnuts candied in vanilla-flavoured syrup.  
Region: Provence

. Nougat de Montelimar
A hugely popular white nougat made from ground almonds, egg whites, honey and syrup.  
Region: Montelimar

. Nougat Glacé
Frozen honey and almond desert.  
Region: Provence

Also see related articles

Restaurants in Calais
The cheese of France
The Patisseries of France
French Menu Terms

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