If you’re like the rest of us – that is, not one of the select few elite athletes competing at or the 15 million lucky tourists travelling to see the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in person – you’ll be cheering on Team Green and Gold from the comfort of your couch.
Unlike in 2021, when we were forced to watch the postponed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 from home – despite the friendlier time zone – due to COVID-19, this year’s events have no such restrictions.
It would be remiss of us not to acknowledge, however, the limitations we’re left with once we properly convert each event’s Central European Summer Time start, and finish, to our hours… and, et voilà. Derrière, meat couch cushion. Feet, meet coffee table.
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French-Australian celebrity chef Manu Feildel’s lamington soufflé recipe is the perfect dessert to eat while cheering on Team Australia while they’re in Paris. (Supplied)
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But your feet don’t have to be the coffee table’s sole companion even accounting for the late hours. Why not put your own spin on the Blue Peter’s iconic phrase, “Here’s one we made earlier”, and treat yourself to a late night dessert while you watch?
You might not physically be in Paris, but your taste buds and your eyeballs can together go on a trip to France with these French-inspired dessert recipes below – and if you can’t quite convince yourself to part from the Australian loyalty in your heart, why not try the best of both worlds?
It’s almost as if French-Australian celebrity chef Manu Feildel created his lamington soufflé recipe just to solve this conundrum.
See below all the best French dessert recipes to indulge in while cheering on Australia at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
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