It is also a remarkably simple dessert as you can buy the puff pasty and the almond cream takes just a few minutes to make.

Spoon the almond cream into the centre of the puff pastry.

Poached pear with fig sauce and almond cream is delicious.

Throughout lunch we eyed the grape tart with almond cream.

There was no need for sauces of almond cream, once real cream could be used.

The sweet smell of almond cream was stronger, though.

Prepare almond cream: using a food processor, mix butter and sugar together until smooth.

His skin must smell like cashew nuts and thick almond creams.

Roast peaches with almond cream got a strong endorsement from our waiter but were never available.

A martini glass comes filled with a lumpy mound of almond cream.