We even have regional French recipes from meals author and writer Felicity Cloake. In her e-book One Extra Croissant For The Street, Felicity tells tales and shares recipes from her weeks biking and consuming her manner round France. Purchase it right here on Amazon.
Tuck into your French meals and escape to France nearly with our foodie highway journey in Normandy.
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Simple French recipes
French onion soup
This deeply flavoured, beefy onion soup is topped with effervescent cheese melts, excellent for a comforting meal.
Selfmade croissants
Selfmade croissants are achievable – you simply want somewhat time, endurance and know-how. This is the best way to get them proper each time.
Coq au vin
Tender, slow-cooked hen is the star on this dish, a basic French recipe that can by no means exit of favor.
Ache au chocolat
Comply with our suggestions and tips to make a basic ache au chocolat – a buttery, wealthy and crisp French pastry, finest served with a mug of tea or espresso.
Tartiflette
Exhibit your expertise to dinner company with this comforting tartiflette épinards, completed with a heavenly bacon crumb. This recipe comes from Maison François, a French brasserie and bar in London.
Eggs en cocotte with swiss chard and smoked haddock
This classically French egg recipe sees eggs sluggish cooked with smoked haddock and swiss chard for a scrumptious brunch, lunch or perhaps a mild dinner.
Bavette steak
Also called flank or flap steak, this straightforward bavette steak with a fast selfmade pesto and fried broccoli is an actual deal with and shall be on the desk in half-hour.
Tartiflette tart
You can also make every part for this tart – pastry shell and filling – forward of time. Simply fill with crispy bacon lardons, pickled cornichons and melt-in-the-mouth reblochon cheese and bake to serve.
Alpine croûte savoyarde
Subsequent-level cheese on toast, this comforting open-faced sandwich is roofed in melted cheese, soaked in white wine and topped with ham and crispy fried eggs for pure indulgence. Recipe writer Felicity Cloake says… “Alpine cheese on toast, mainly, and simply the factor to heat your cockles after a tough morning biking up mountains, or falling over in snowdrifts – or alternatively, only a bracing autumnal stroll. In case you don’t have stale bread to make use of up, you may make this with contemporary stuff, simply toast it first to dry it out.”
Macaronade sétoise
Originating from Southern France, this strong pasta dish is made by simmering steak and sausages in a wealthy, chilli powder-laced tomato sauce. Recipe writer Felicity Cloake says… “The realm round Marseille has some actually wonderful Italian meals, due to the various migrant sailors and dockers who settled there. This strong pasta dish, a speciality of Sète, somewhat manner alongside the coast, was very welcome certainly on a stormy summer time evening after a day battling metropolis site visitors.”
Socca with sa tartinade
This French socca recipe will serve up excellent unleavened pancake squares, as per Claude Bosi’s Mayfair restaurant. Accompany with a garlicky aubergine dip.
Dauphinoise potatoes
Dauphinoise potatoes are an absolute basic. We love the mixture of cream, garlic and cheese smothered on thinly sliced potatoes and it makes any meal really feel extra particular.
Beef Bourguignon
Basic, straightforward beef bourguignon to eat now or freeze for later. This hearty French recipe is nice for a crowd and serves eight.
Rooster chasseur
Succulent hen served with tacky garlic mash is indulgence in its purest type – excellent for a hearty meal with none of the fuss.
Fast duck confit
Our straightforward duck confit recipe is a faster, more healthy model of the French basic. Comply with the recipe to impress with restaurant-quality duck confit.
French onion tart
Add a deliciously creamy onion filling to your pastry case then bake and serve for a weekend lunch.
Twice-baked goat’s cheese soufflés
Do not be intimidated by this straightforward starter or mild lunch – we’ve got a step-by-step information for you. These foolproof soufflés will be chilled or frozen till it’s essential to give them their second baking, so you will be stress-free.
Steak with creamy peppercorn sauce
Steak frites is a well-liked dish at French brasseries. Our model is a fast and simple meal, with selfmade peppercorn sauce, which provides a contact of indulgence.
Uncover the best way to cook dinner the right steak and take a look at our assortment of steak recipes.
Gruyère, fig and prosciutto croissants
Straight from the oven, these scorching and toasty butter croissants with melty cheese and candy figs make a very fast and simple continental-style breakfast.
Duck rillettes
Made with duck legs, this basic French-style recipe is sort of a pâté however with shredded duck, packed right into a terrine. Serve with a inexperienced salad.
Steak tartare
This basic dish does not need to be intimidating. Our easy recipe makes for a terrific starter, simply multiply the elements by how many individuals you might be serving.
Butternut squash and gruyère pithivier
Our savoury pithivier is a vegetarian centrepiece to impress everybody. The butternut squash and gruyère make a deliciously wealthy filling for the golden puff pastry.
Tapenade
Received 10 minutes to spare? Ditch the jar and make your personal Provençal-style tapenade as a substitute. Unfold over toasted baguette for lunch or stuff into poultry for a predominant course.
Pork chops with pommes boulangère
A easy thought for pork chops. Serve with a comforting, mild French-inspired baked potato dish. The trick is to slice the potatoes finely. Add contemporary greens on the aspect.
Ratatouille with crisp garlic sourdough
Our greatest and best ratatouille recipe is full of tomatoes, aubergine, courgettes and purple pepper. Serve alongside sourdough with a kick of garlic.
Leek, inexperienced olive and sultana pissaladière
Pissaladière is a dish which originated from Good in Southern France. The dough is normally a bread dough, thicker than that of the basic Italian pizza. Strive our model utilizing leeks, inexperienced olives and sultanas.
Chicory gratin
This straightforward gratin recipe is made utilizing chicory, additionally typically known as endive. Prepared in simply 20 minutes, it is a scrumptious and comforting French-inspired aspect dish.
Simple French desserts
Simple tarte tatin
Caramelised apples wrapped in puff pastry make a terrific dessert. These particular person tarte tatins are designed to be straightforward however spectacular sufficient for a cocktail party. The cider-caramel sauce is a scrumptious final touch with a twist.
Normandy teurgoule
Delicate, creamy and spiced, this slow-cooked rice pudding impressed by the Normandy basic is nearly as good chilly as heat, and significantly good with stewed apples on the aspect.
Recipe writer Felicity Cloake says… “The identify of this slow- cooked rice pudding, which I discovered bought from huge earthenware dishes in a market in Cherbourg, means “twist-mouth” in Norman dialect – apparently a reference to the big quantities of spice within the recipe.”
Peach, pistachio and ricotta friands
Friands are mini French-style muffins with floor almonds and are really easy to make. Comply with this easy recipe and deal with your family and friends to those fairly, ricotta and fruit-filled delights.
Prune and Armagnac soufflé
Making your personal soufflés from scratch might sound a bit daunting however should you observe this detailed recipe rigorously, yours shall be excellent. This wealthy model is served with a boozy Armagnac custard.
Tarte au chocolat
This basic French-style chocolate tart is somewhat effort to make, however the outcomes are spectacular.
Butterscotch banana crêpes
Take a look at this indulgent recipe with boozy banana and bourbon sauce. This fast and simple recipe, impressed by French crêpes, makes a enjoyable candy deal with to serve at gatherings with family and friends.
Chocolate fondant
A straightforward recipe to make this favorite melt-in-the-middle chocolate dessert. Nonetheless a winner on feast menus. Serve with somewhat cream on the aspect.
Calvados and apple granité
This surprisingly punchy dessert doubles up as a palate cleanser and a post-dinner pick-me-up after a heavy French meal.
