Puddings & Custards

In a reality-TV moment that shocked us all, Tre Wilcox of Top Chef Season 3 was eliminated after preparing a dense, d...

In Season 5 of Top Chef, host Padma Lakshmi actually spit out Ariane Duarte's cloying dessert, layered with cherries ...

Gail Simmons was so disappointed during the Top Chef Season 5 finale when she learned that Carla Hall's soufflé ...

Mexican chocolate, which is flavored with ingredients like cinnamon, almonds and vanilla, lends a distinct flavor to ...

This creamy, sweet and tangy mousse is fantastic on its own, but Stephanie Prida will also layer it with slices of po...

Shawn McClain tops his cinnamon-and-vanilla-flavored panna cotta with an elegant apple-cider gelée. He equates t...

David Guas, a New Orleans native, remembers this comforting dessert from his childhood. It's a spectacularly creamy b...

The ethereal Italian dessert sauce zabaglione (known in French as sabayon) consists of egg yolks beaten with sugar an...

The Good News The arborio rice in Joe Bastianich's lightly sweet pudding provides complex carbohydrates for energy. S...

"Some corn puddings are really dense," says Katie Lee. "The egg whites here make this one lighter." T...

A classic British dessert of pureed fruit folded into whipped cream, a fool is one of the first things Peter Ting lea...

When he was working as a caterer, Patrick O'Connell would often study the cookbooks at his local library during his d...

Pastry chef Maggie Leung's reimagined cheesecake is super-versatile: Its three components—the creamy, tangy cheesecak...

Alain Coumont makes these ethereal, citrusy custards with wild blackberries gathered from his property. Try them with...

F&W's Grace Parisi calls this a deconstructed fruit smoothie: Ice-cold mango chunks and berries are served straig...

A French take on strata, or savory bread pudding, this simple summer dish contains zucchini, onion and tomatoes layer...

This vanilla-flecked rice pudding is exceptionally easy and exceptionally delicious, thanks to the tangy rhubarb. Kri...

A direct descendant of the Spanish Crema Catalana, natilla is a rich, creamy egg custard made without the crispy suga...

In an homage to spring, Rolando Beramendi makes these lush custards with fresh artichokes; the flavor is wonderfully ...