Brandy-soaked toast fried in peanut oil and served with chantilly cream. ... the chantilly cream can be made up to 1 hour in advance. Advertisement. Pain perdu and assembly. 4 eggs.

Heavy cream, due to its high butterfat content (36%) whips a little better than whipping cream, which has 30%. Light cream, also called coffee cream, does not whip.

Legend has it that the sweet fluffy, vanilla-scented cream originated with chef Francois Vatel in the 1670s, as part of an extravagant banquet for Louis XIV at the Chateau de Chantilly.

If you go to a fancy French restaurant, you’ll likely see a dessert listed with “Chantilly Cream” as a garnish. But when your tarte tatin arrives, you might be a little surprised to find a ...