Indulge: 100 Perfect Desserts by Claire Clark

  • Shortbread

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    • Categories: Cookies, biscuits & crackers; Afternoon tea; Scottish
    • Ingredients: plain flour; caster sugar; vanilla pods; butter
    • Accompaniments: Bramley apple and cinnamon risotto
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  • Ana10000 on April 11, 2022

    The shortbread is excellent in this book - I no longer use any other recipe for this. The book in general is great - but I would have liked a few more pictures, especially for the more complex desserts.

Notes about Recipes in this book

  • Shortbread

    • anniem on July 18, 2013

      I made these once. The flavor was excellent, but because the dough was so crumbly, I ended up not rolling the cookies thinly enough. As a result, they were very thick and difficult to eat (imagine trying to daintily crunch through a 1/4 inch rock hard square in front of your dinner date). I blame myself, not the recipe.

  • Carrot cake

    • anniem on July 18, 2013

      I love carrot cake. My husband loves carrot cake. I have made at least ten different recipes over the years, but this is hands down the best. In fact, when I was making the dessert bar for our wedding, I made mini cupcakes with this recipe and they disappeared VERY quickly.

  • Frosted banana cake

    • anniem on July 18, 2013

      I made these in a cupcake pan for a breakfast party and they were a sensational hit. Very easy and moist, even one and two days later!

  • Sticky toffee pudding

    • anniem on July 18, 2013

      Someone I was trying to date/impress once asked me to make him a sticky toffee pudding, so I made this recipe. It is very different from all the other baking I had ever done, but I felt the recipe was easy to follow (although trying to slice the dates was infuriating). My boyfriend liked the dessert, but I was not impressed.

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Reviews about this book

  • Nord1jus

    Her recipes in the book vary in influence – some are quite British and some not so – and complexity but you can tell that they all rank among her favourites.

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Reviews about Recipes in this Book

  • Marmalade bread and butter pudding

    • Nord1jus

      I know that this pudding was invented to use up stale bread, but I was very happy with my freshly baked bread and butter pudding...Claire suggests leaving the crust on and she is absolutely right.

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  • Green tea and jasmine delice

    • Nord1jus

      I loved the pairing of pistachio and matcha though – normally it’s one or the other, but it actually works really well together.

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  • ISBN 10 1552859096
  • ISBN 13 9781552859094
  • Linked ISBNs
  • Published Oct 12 2007
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 240
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Whitecap Books
  • Imprint Whitecap Books

Publishers Text

With a foreword by Thomas Keller.

Learn to craft desserts from a master pâtissier.


Claire Clark is the pastry chef at The French Laundry (Napa Valley in California), one of America's most renowned restaurants. Its innovative and creative menus always deliver the highest standards of quality and great taste. Its celebrated desserts, made by Clark, are nothing short of remarkable.


Indulge is a collection of Claire Clark's favorites dishes that any home chef can re-create. Perfectly decadent, the recipes in this new cookbook range from the deceptively simple to the more exotic. Included are cookies, cakes, pastries, mousses, ices, meringues, custards and creams, and more. Clark's down-to-earth writing style demystifies such sumptuous sweets as:


  • Red wine and chocolate cake
  • Bitter chocolate, praline brûlée and espresso torte
  • Orange and pistachio semolina cake
  • Fig and blueberry and créme fraîche tart
  • Rich chocolate ganache tart with salted caramel and candied peanuts
  • Tropical fruit Pavlova
  • Mango, ginger and lime sorbet.


Along with the recipes there are valuable tips and techniques learned during Claire Clark's 20 years as a pastry chef in world famous restaurants.

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