List of recipes using Parsley: 140 recipes (alcohol-free)

List of recipes using Parsley
Alsatian-style salad
Alsatian-style salad
This salad is based on a traditional Alsatian recipe: cabbage julienne, warm potatoes, bacon, parsley and vinaigrette.
January 3rd 2014275K4.4 1 hour 11 min.
Avocado and celery remoulade
Avocado and celery remoulade
Avocado, grated celery and remoulade sauce are combined in this delicious winter salad.
March 3rd 20246,986 20 min.
Avocado with Sautéed Prawns
Avocado with Sautéed Prawns
Just a classic prawn cocktail with avocado? Oh, no! The prawns in this recipe are sautéed briefly to enhance the flavour, then mixed with a curry mayonnaise.
March 6th 201660K4.3 30 min.
Baby spinach salad
Baby spinach salad
It might not be obvious, but spinach can be eaten raw, as in this salad, where the leaves are shredded and mixed with croutons, lardons (bacon bits) and hard-boiled eggs.
June 12th 201982K 42 min.
Beetroot and black radish salad
Beetroot and black radish salad
The slight bitterness of black radish goes well with the sweetness of beetroot in this very simple salad recipe.
December 8th 202124K 27 min.
Bistro celery salad
Bistro celery salad
A typical bistro-style salad with grated celery, mimosa eggs, diced cheese, croutons and grilled ham, tied together with a good remoulade sauce.
December 3rd 20237,883 43 min.
Bistro-style beetroot salad
Bistro-style beetroot salad
Beetroot salad is a well-known classic, but have you come across the "bistro" version? The beetroot is still diced, but raw and served with croutons and fried ham in a rémoulade dressing.
December 30th 201936K 38 min.
Bistro-style red endive salad
Bistro-style red endive salad
Have you tried red Belgian endives? They are similar in size to the more common white sort, just as crunchy, but slightly less bitter. They are the main feature in this salad inspired by French bistro cuisine: combined with chopped hard-boiled eggs, fried ham and croutons, in a rémoulade dressing.
March 11th 202038K 29 min.
Breton coleslaw
Breton coleslaw
Coleslaw with a French twist from Brittany, using finely sliced raw cauliflower instead of cabbage.
January 8th 202034K 17 min.
Brussels sprout salad
Brussels sprout salad
It might seem unlikely, but Brussels sprouts are very good raw, like in this salad, pepped up with lemon and Parmesan.
March 28th 202123K 32 min.
Brussels sprouts salad with smoked trout and Comté cheese
Brussels sprouts salad with smoked trout and Comté cheese
An elegant winter salad with sliced Brussels sprouts, smoked trout and Comté cheese.
January 24th 20246,803 38 min.
Cauliflower and egg salad
Cauliflower and egg salad
This very simple recipe combines crunchy raw cauliflower with hard-boiled eggs and herbs in a rémoulade dressing.
July 1st 202045K 19 min.
Cauliflower tabouleh
Cauliflower tabouleh
In this tabouleh recipe, the couscous or bulgur is replaced with grated cauliflower florets. This gives it a very fresh and amazing flavour.
April 22th 2012120K4.1 1 hour 38 min.
Celeriac and parsley soup
Celeriac and parsley soup
A very simple but delicious soup, this may well win you over (if need be) to the flavour of celeriac, partnered here with parsley.
March 9th 202221K 34 min.
Celeriac Rémoulade
Celeriac Rémoulade
A classic recipe of traditional French bistro cooking (winter salad).
December 21th 2020394K5 18 min.
Celeriac soup with mustard
Celeriac soup with mustard
This delicious creamy soup is very quick to make.
May 4th 2012146K4.6 43 min.
Cervelle de Canut
Cervelle de Canut
In French, this curious name means "silk-weaver's brain", but don't be alarmed, this tasty "brain" consists of cottage cheese mixed with herbs, vinegar and finely chopped shallots. The Canuts were the silk weavers in the area around Lyon, France. In the nineteenth century this was one of their...
August 1st 202122K 1 hour 21 min.
Cherry tomato and green bean salad
Cherry tomato and green bean salad
Here is a quick recipe for a very simple but delicious summer or late summer salad.
October 30th 202213K 32 min.
Comtoise endive salad
Comtoise endive salad
This endive salad has a Comtoise twist as a change from the usual pairing of endives with walnuts. The endives are finely sliced, mixed with fried smoked bacon, diced Comté cheese and a little chopped parsley, then dessed with a good vinaigrette.
March 6th 201945K 38 min.
Comtoise endive salad
Comtoise endive salad
An endive salad given a hearty boost with fried croutons, diced Comté cheese and Morteau sausage.
March 10th 202129K 26 min.
Crunchy Cauliflower Salad with Lemon
Crunchy Cauliflower Salad with Lemon
Crunchy slices of cauliflower and radish in a delicately flavoured lemon mayonnaise.
March 11th 201852K4.6 16 min.
Crunchy spring salad
Crunchy spring salad
Fresh and crunchy, this colourful spring salad combines baby courgettes, radishes, cauliflower, beetroot and spring onions with chopped herbs in a good vinaigrette.
May 22th 201650K4.6 27 min.
Cucumber, avocado and mussel salad
Cucumber, avocado and mussel salad
A bold salad idea that brings together 3 ingredients which rarely end up on the same plate: cucumber, avocado and mussels, in a rémoulade dressing.
August 9th 202030K 21 min.
Eggs Benedict
Eggs Benedict
Soft-boiled eggs, served on toast with a slice of fried smoked ham, and the whole covered with Hollandaise sauce.
April 8th 2023219K4 1 hour 4 min.
Eggs with mayonnaise
Eggs with mayonnaise
Simply known as "œufs-mayo" in French bistros, these hard-boiled eggs are garnished with mayonnaise and are best served with sharply flavoured crudités to balance their creaminess. For this recipe, I have chosen a salad of grated carrot with shallot.
October 5th 201464K5 33 min.
Grandma's salad
Grandma's salad
This salad harks back to the ones French grandmas used to make: green beans and potatoes (preferably still warm) mixed with diced cheese, parsley and chopped onion in a good vinaigrette dressing.
September 29th 202131K 54 min.
Green avocado salad
Green avocado salad
This salad is all green and fresh, with diced avocado, lettuce, spring onion and the softness of pieces of hard-boiled egg. The flavour is brought out further with a lime and olive-oil dressing, pepped up with a touch of Tabasco.
July 8th 201854K 27 min.
Green hummus
Green hummus
You are probably already familiar with classic hummus. Here's a "green" version, still mainly chickpeas, but with added herbs and vegetables.
November 29th 202028K 17 min.
Green Piedmont Salad
Green Piedmont Salad
In this version of Piedmont salad, the usual tomato has been replaced by raw courgette.
July 16th 201481K3.9 33 min.
Jerusalem artichoke salad
Jerusalem artichoke salad
This very simple salad combines thick slices of tender Jerusalem artichokes with chopped hard-boiled eggs. The salad can be served warm, with the artichokes freshly cooked, or cold later.
January 11th 202338K 11 min.
Lebanese Tabbouleh
Lebanese Tabbouleh
Lebanese tabbouleh is different from the classic version. It is made from bulgur wheat (burghul), rather than semolina and, most characteristically, includes a lot of parsley.
September 28th 201476K3.9 48 min.
Leeks in vinaigrette
Leeks in vinaigrette
A classic dish of French family and bistro cooking. It's both simple and good. The secret lies in cooking the leeks until they are only just tender, so that they keep their lovely green colour. The special vinaigrette includes herbs and hard-boiled eggs.
September 29th 2012174K4.3 45 min.
Lemony cabbage and potato salad
Lemony cabbage and potato salad
This salad combines, on the one hand, finely shredded cabbage with herbs and, on the other, diced potatoes. The fresh, summery dressing is made with olive oil and lemon.
July 7th 202127K5 28 min.
Lentil and cold-meat salad
Lentil and cold-meat salad
This salad combines lentils, chunks of cooked meat, sliced hard-boiled eggs, shallot and herbs, with a good vinaigrette dressing.
December 7th 201467K3.8 43 min.
Like a Boursin with garlic and herbs
Like a Boursin with garlic and herbs
It is quite easy to make your own garlic and herb cream cheese, rather like the well-know Boursin. It's fresh, much better, of course, and delicious, especially with a piece of toast.
June 12th 2011188K3.9 35 min.
Mexican salad
Mexican salad
This Mexican-inspired salad combines red kidney beans with avocado, chopped onions and tomatoes. It is dressed with olive oil, lime and a touch of Tabasco heat.
October 9th 201977K5 28 min.
Mimosa eggs
Mimosa eggs
Mimosa eggs are hard boiled eggs where the yolks are removed, chopped and mixed with a herb mayonnaise, then this mix is used to refill the whites. It's a classic recipe of traditional French bistro cooking.
February 21th 2011286K 25 46 min.
Mixed salad with curry mayo
Mixed salad with curry mayo
A mixed salad (avocado, artichokes, mushrooms and tuna) in a classic mayonnaise, but pepped up with a good dose of curry.
May 10th 202348K 30 min.
Nanou's red cabbage salad
Nanou's red cabbage salad
If you are used to the usual red cabbage salad (just cabbage in a vinaigrette), I hope you will be agreeably surprised with this more sophisticated version using herbs, diced Parmesan and fried croutons.
November 22th 202027K 30 min.
Paimpol salad
Paimpol salad
This warm Paimpol salad captures the flavours of Brittany with mussels and white beans. These are combined with crunchy slices of baby courgette.
August 7th 201938K 13 hours 22 min.
Panzanella
Panzanella
Panzanella is a recipe from the Tuscany region of Italy, originally a tomato and stale bread salad, but here's a fancier version.
October 16th 202215K 28 min.
Pea and avocado salad
Pea and avocado salad
This very green salad recipe combines the soft texture of peas, avocado and hard-boiled eggs with the crunch of flaked almonds. Shavings of Mimolette add a colourful finishing touch with both flavour and bite.
July 5th 202036K 29 min.
Poivrade artichoke Salad
Poivrade artichoke Salad
"Poivrade" artichokes are the small purple ones, often eaten raw in salads. Choose the smallest ones, as they are the tenderest and have practically no fibrous "choke". For this recipe, they are combined as a salad with herbs, spring onion and Parmesan shavings in an olive oil and lemon dressing.
August 26th 201594K5 23 min.
Polish-style beetroot salad
Polish-style beetroot salad
This salad combines raw beetroot with fried potato slices and morsels of smoked sausage.
February 24th 202125K2 41 min.
Raw beetroot salad
Raw beetroot salad
This is a very simple salad. It contains raw beetroot (of course), but also walnuts, parmesan shavings and a vinaigrette made with balsamic vinegar.
November 2nd 2015148K4.1 31 min.
Red cabage salad with toasted almonds
Red cabage salad with toasted almonds
This salad has a lovely crunch to it: not just the red cabbage, but also from thinly sliced radishes and toasted almonds.
May 26th 201936K5 28 min.
Rémoulette of celeriac
Rémoulette of celeriac
This is a variation on the popular French rémoulade (a celeriac salad, similar to coleslaw). Here, a julienne of celeriac is mixed with chopped shallot, fresh herbs and a lemony rémoulade dressing.
February 24th 201939K 33 min.
Roscoff salad
Roscoff salad
This Roscoff salad, named after the pretty little town on the Brittany coast, is a delicious mix of regional ingredients: sliced cauliflower, smoked sausages and, of course, onions.
December 30th 201942K 2 32 min.
Salad greens and small omelette
Salad greens and small omelette
A very green, rather crunchy salad with chiffonade, zucchini and raw artichokes, into which we add the delicious fluffiness of a quick little omelette.
September 10th 20239,518 47 min.
Salad lyonnaise
Salad lyonnaise
Salad lyonnaise conjures up the cuisine of the French city of Lyon and the region around: traditionally a salad of dandelion leaves with croutons, lardons and poached eggs. Here is a slightly simpler version with shredded lettuce instead of dandelions.
December 29th 202120K 42 min.
Salad paysanne
Salad paysanne
This rustic traditional dish (literally "peasant salad") combines cold sliced potatoes and green beans (cooked separately) with chopped red onion and fried lardons. The salad is finished with a vinaigrette dressing and parsley, or your choice of herbs.
October 21th 202036K1.5 17 min.
Simple mushroom salad with thyme and lemon, 3 ways
Simple mushroom salad with thyme and lemon, 3 ways
This aptly named salad is a breeze because you can enjoy it three different ways: raw, marinated or cooked, all prepared exactly the same way.
May 10th 202342K 9 min.
Springtime mixed salad
Springtime mixed salad
This salad is a way to make the most of the first baby courgettes (if you can get them). The crunchy little darlings are mixed with shredded lettuce, hard-boiled eggs, tinned tuna and diced cheese.
June 5th 201972K 25 min.
Tahitian salad
Tahitian salad
This Tahitian-inspired salad combines fish cured in lemon juice with lettuce, tomatoes and raw mushrooms.
May 10th 202328K 43 min.
Tomato and cream cheese terrine
Tomato and cream cheese terrine
Tomatoes marinated in olive oil and lime, then arranged in alternating layers with cream cheese: one layer with herbs and the other with walnuts.
October 30th 2011154K5 6 hours 12 min.
Tomato tart
Tomato tart
This tart is very easy and quick to prepare.
January 13th 2011273K4.8 1 hour 18 min.
Valay salad
Valay salad
This salad combines ratte potatoes, lettuce, radishes and chicken with a herb dressing.
August 9th 201589K3.9 1 hour 3 min.
Warm chicken salad
Warm chicken salad
This salad is a mixture of fresh, crunchy ingredients (spring onions, radishes and lettuce) with ribbons of pan-fried chicken, added while still warm.
June 24th 2012118K4.2 29 min.
White asparagus salad
White asparagus salad
This spring salad combines warm white asparagus, hard-boiled eggs and small croutons, dressed with a tasty herb vinaigrette.
May 21th 2014117K4.3 48 min.
Winter cauliflower tabbouleh
Winter cauliflower tabbouleh
Here's a recipe for tabbouleh made with cauliflower, best served in winter, when it's in full season.
February 4th 20247,837 25 min.
Zucchini and tomato remoulade
Zucchini and tomato remoulade
A quick summer salad with Provencal flavors: zucchini, tomatoes and shallots, bound with a remoulade and basil sauce.
September 11th 202215K 35 min.
Breton style shellfish and vegetable soup
Breton style shellfish and vegetable soup
For this recipe with marine flavors, we will cook several kinds of shellfish, then add them to small creamed vegetables.
January 8th 202314K 1 hour 43 min.
Crab Cakes
Crab Cakes
These crab cakes are a mixture of crab meat - of course - with onion, parsley, breadcrumbs, egg and mayonnaise. The cakes are made fairly thick and shallow fried in a pan, but they can also be deep fried.
July 1st 201569K4.7 1 hour 3 min.
Creamy spaghetti with cockles and parsley
Creamy spaghetti with cockles and parsley
Parsley-flavored spaghetti with cockles, tied together with a creamy sauce made from the cockles cooking juices.
October 29th 20238,2771 59 min.
Fillet of salmon meunière
Fillet of salmon meunière
A fillet of salmon can be cooked in a similar way to sole: à la meunière. The fish is lightly floured, pan-fried in butter and served drizzled with lemony butter and flat-leaved parsley. Every bit as good as sole.
April 11th 202136K 25 min.
Fillets of sole meunière
Fillets of sole meunière
Sole "meunière" gets its name no doubt from the flour used to coat the fish ("meunière" is French for miller's wife). It is a classic of French bistro cuisine, rich with butter, basically simple, but easy to do badly. Here are all the tips you need to succeed, using fillets rather than fish on the...
November 10th 2014185K4.3 24 min.
Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes
Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes
This terrine is made up of alternating layers of fish fillets with spinach and preserved tomatoes. It is cooked gently in the oven, then served in slices (yes, it really is a kind of terrine) with hollandaise sauce, for example.
November 8th 202029K5 1 hour 52 min.
Mackerel rillettes
Mackerel rillettes
This recipe for mackerel rillettes (or potted mackerel) starts with poaching the fish. The flesh is then taken off the bones and forked into a seasoned mixture of butter, mustard, cream and lemon juice. In France this is traditionally eaten as an aperitif snack, served on small slices of toast.
June 19th 201947K 1 hour
Quick prawn curry
Quick prawn curry
A very quick way to prepare a creamy prawn curry with lime and spring onion.
August 12th 2015123K5 34 min.
Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade
Red mullet fillets in a quick marinade
For this recipe, the marinade is made in a jiffy: oil, lemon, parsley, salt and pepper. The red mullet fillets are marinaded for an hour, then pan-fried quickly. They are served with plain white rice.
February 22th 201575K4.7 1 hour 21 min.
Salmon rillettes
Salmon rillettes
A terrine of two kinds of salmon (cooked and smoked) with butter and lemon.
March 26th 2013278K4.3 2 hours 38 min.
Tagliatelle with cockles
Tagliatelle with cockles
In this recipe, the cockles and pasta are prepared separately, then mixed with the sauce at the last minute. The cockles are first cooked quickly, then shelled carefully (I find it unpleasant to have to do this on the plate) and the cooking juices are used to prepare a cream sauce. The tagliatelle...
June 24th 2018136K 14.7 2 hours 16 min.
Cajun pork with rice.
Cajun pork with rice.
In Cajun cooking, rice dishes with meat, like the famous jambalaya, take pride of place. Here is a simplified version using marinated pork.
May 6th 202059K 2 hours 27 min.
Chicano burger
Chicano burger
Time for a fresh take on burgers with this Mexican-inspired version. The beef patty is pepped up with chilli spices and partnered with a plainer patty made with red kidney beans.
May 12th 202126K 1 hour 2 min.
Chicken breasts in a potato crust
Chicken breasts in a potato crust
In this recipe, instant mashed potato powder is used to give an original crusty coating to the chicken breasts. These are fried and served with peas.
August 26th 2012125K4.8 1 hour 3 min.
Escalope of veal in a cream sauce
Escalope of veal in a cream sauce
Escalopes of veal, mushrooms and a cream sauce.
May 10th 2023249K4.6 1 hour 3 min.
Involtini-Style Filet Mignon
Involtini-Style Filet Mignon
This filet mignon of pork is split, rather like an involtini, and stuffed with grilled bacon, parsley and cheese.
April 15th 201858K3.8 52 min.
Involtinis
Involtinis
Involtinis are small rolls of meat, usually veal, and cheese. Here is my version.
February 21th 2011383K4.4 2 hours 51 min.
Larded pork tenderloin
Larded pork tenderloin
Tenderloin of pork stuffed with mustard and parsley, then wrapped in thin slices of bacon and oven roasted.
November 3rd 2011235K 14.7 1 hour 28 min.
Pork Chops Champvallon style
Pork Chops Champvallon style
Pork chops à la Champvallon are a nicely historic recipe of meat and potatoes in long cooking.
April 30th 202315K 3 hours 8 min.
Sautéed pork with mushrooms in a cream sauce.
Sautéed pork with mushrooms in a cream sauce.
For this rich and succulent dish, we begin by frying the mushrooms then the pork separately, before adding the cream, to bring out the fullest flavours.
May 10th 202361K 49 min.
Artichokes with beef
Artichokes with beef
This dish combines artichokes, sautéed with shallot in olive oil, with cooked beef and potatoes (simply heated through).
October 15th 201474K4.1 46 min.
Baby broad beans and peas with rice and mascarpone
Baby broad beans and peas with rice and mascarpone
Fresh spring vegetables (peas and young broad beans here) with white rice, made creamy at the last minute with a little mascarpone.
July 3rd 202215K 37 min.
Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce
Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce
You will no doubt have baked potatoes the classic way, but here's a version inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi, served with a delicious tuna and caper sauce, and a poached egg.
September 27th 202032K 1 hour 16 min.
Baker's chicken and potato tart
Baker's chicken and potato tart
A baker's tart is made with bread dough. It is sometimes called a baker's pizza, but this version has no tomatoes. It is topped with potatoes and slices of herb-poached chicken on a bed of cream and cheese with more herbs.
June 16th 201947K 1 hour 23 min.
Beans with tomatoes
Beans with tomatoes
Fresh white haricot beans and leftover chicken cooked with stewed tomatoes, a sprig of parsley and it's ready.
February 21th 2011196K4.1 1 hour 55 min.
Butterfly pasta with smoked trout
Butterfly pasta with smoked trout
Butterfly pasta, diced smoked trout with cheese, and a touch of green with parsley.
February 7th 20248,137 19 min.
Cabbage julienne with ham
Cabbage julienne with ham
A quick recipe: cabbage julienne cooked English style, pan-fried ribbons of ham, a knob of butter and some parsley, and it's ready.
December 31th 2013220K 34.1 27 min.
Cauliflower and purple eggplant with Greek pesto
Cauliflower and purple eggplant with Greek pesto
Mediterranean flavors for this recipe where cauliflower and purple eggplant are bound together with a Greek-style "pesto".
September 4th 202215K 56 min.
Chicken and mushroom brik rolls
Chicken and mushroom brik rolls
Roll of brik (or filo) pastry filled with chopped mushrooms, diced chicken and sautéd onions.
May 10th 2023122K4.7 51 min.
Chicken and mushroom pie
Chicken and mushroom pie
This lovely pie has a puff pastry crust filled with a mixture of fried mushrooms, diced chicken and parsley, all bound in a cream sauce.
May 10th 202391K 14.4 1 hour 40 min.
Chicken Brussels pie
Chicken Brussels pie
This is a novel twist on the well known cottage or shepherd's pie idea (minced meat topped with mashed potato). Why not try this "Brussels" pie with a mixture of mashed potato and Brussels sprouts on top of chopped chicken?
February 23th 202039K5 1 hour 24 min.
Country vegetable soup
Country vegetable soup
In this "country" (paysanne) style soup, the vegetables are left in small pieces, rather than blended.
April 2nd 201489K 14.3 1 hour 11 min.
Creamy polenta with green asparagus
Creamy polenta with green asparagus
A deliberately creamy polenta (because we won't be grilling it afterwards), into which we'll add green asparagus and spring onion, cooked separately.
May 19th 20245,428 44 min.
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
Crispy rolls with chicken and leek
Finely sliced leeks are cooked with a shallot, to which is added leftover chicken with a little cream and parmesan. This mixture is rolled up in filo pastry, and cooked in the oven.
February 21th 2011228K5 49 min.
Eggs with green asparagus and Parmesan cheese
Eggs with green asparagus and Parmesan cheese
Green asparagus cut into sections, quickly sautéed with Parmesan, and topped with eggs beaten with cream.
July 23th 20239,267 40 min.
French toast "cordon bleu"
French toast "cordon bleu"
You are probably familiar with those "cordon bleu" chicken breasts filled with ham and melted cheese that so many kids seem to enjoy. Here's a lighter, bread-based version that is deliciously moist. The bread is dipped in egg, like for French toast, then in a coating of breadcrumbs with herbs before...
February 12th 201746K4.5 38 min.
Gisèle's Pasties
Gisèle's Pasties
These small pasties ("rissoles" in the original French version) are made with shortcrust pastry, filled with a mixture of cooked meat, onion, parsley, garlic and egg.
September 10th 2018202K3.8 1 hour 14 min.
Glazed mushrooms with plain rice
Glazed mushrooms with plain rice
In this very simple recipe, the mushrooms are lightly sautéed, then glazed with soy sauce and lemon juice, and served on a bed of plain white rice.
May 10th 202323K 29 min.
Greek-style stuffed courgettes
Greek-style stuffed courgettes
Courgettes filled with a mixture of feta, pine nuts and lemon, then cooked gratin-style in the the oven.
July 17th 202218K 50 min.
Grilled ham and bechamel sandwiches
Grilled ham and bechamel sandwiches
Tartines topped with a generous layer of béchamel sauce, grilled ham cubes and baked au gratin.
May 21th 202316K 51 min.
Hachis parmentier
Hachis parmentier
This is the French answer (meat with mashed potato and cheese) to the English cottage or shepherd's pie: a typical family recipe which is an excellent way of using up leftover meat. The proportions are vague here: you need "whatever you have left over"...
February 21th 2011396K 24.4 1 hour 22 min.
Ham and endives au gratin
Ham and endives au gratin
You may already be familiar with the classic endives au gratin, but here's a new version where the endives are thinly sliced and pan-fried.
March 6th 20248,170 1 hour 13 min.
Kérinou slices
Kérinou slices
These toasted slices are topped with sautéed vegetables (courgette and mushrooms), covered with a slice of smoked ham and then slivers of cheese. Once the cheese is melted and browned in the oven, the slices should be served piping hot.
May 10th 202334K4.7 58 min.
Mushrooms à la grecque
Mushrooms à la grecque
Mushrooms "à la grecque" (Greek-style) is a simple way to enhance sautéed mushrooms with the flavours of olive oil, herbs and lemon. A common variation is to add tomatoes – just one of many possibilities.
May 10th 202327K 17 min.
Pissaladière with puff pastry
Pissaladière with puff pastry
This savoury tart is a traditional speciality around Nice, on France's Cote d'Azur. Originally, pissaladière had much in common with its Italian cousin, the pizza, but made with onions, anchovies and olives, and without tomatoes. This is a slightly different version, more friable (with a...
May 7th 201748K3.9 1 hour 38 min.
Potimarron (chestnut pumpkin) "au gratin"
Potimarron (chestnut pumpkin) "au gratin"
We could almost say a "Parmentier" of potimarron: a layer of left over cooked chicken, covered with potimarron purée and cheese, put to brown in the oven.
February 21th 2011258K 24 1 hour 35 min.
Quartet of brassicas with cream
Quartet of brassicas with cream
Four kinds of brassicas (Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, romanesco and broccoli), blanched separately, then combined to finish with cream and chopped parsley.
January 16th 2013137K4.6 2 hours 41 min.
Ratatouille confite
Ratatouille confite
In this ratatouille recipe, the vegetables are cooked longer than usual to get a richer melting dish.
June 12th 2011212K 13.8 2 hours 40 min.
Red rice pannequets
Red rice pannequets
This is a kind of small crusty parcel with flax seeds, filled with a mix of red rice, diced courgette and smoked ham.
June 12th 2011229K4 2 hours
Rillettes stuffed mushrooms
Rillettes stuffed mushrooms
In this recipe, the mushroom caps are first sautéed, then filled with fried onions and a spoonful of rillettes, then baked in the oven. Here they are served with a quick pickle made from brunoise radishes with tarragon.
May 10th 202334K3.8 58 min.
Salt cod brandade
Salt cod brandade
"Brandade de morue" is a classic of French bistro cuisine, especially in the south. It is a puréed mixture of salt cod and olive oil with (or sometimes without) potatoes. Here is a simplified version.
March 2nd 201486K4 1 hour 32 min.
Sarladaise potatoes
Sarladaise potatoes
Potatoes fried in a little goose fat, with a mixture of chopped parsley, garlic and shallot added just before serving. Greedy folks (like me) melt a few thin slices of foie gras over the top.
October 13th 2010237K4.7 1 hour 25 min.
Sautéed green vegetables
Sautéed green vegetables
Just fresh vegetables, each sautéed in turn in olive oil, then combined with chopped spring onions and parsley.
June 15th 201474K4.1 1 hour 5 min.
Sautéed oyster mushrooms
Sautéed oyster mushrooms
When oyster mushrooms are about, it's worth making the most of them. Why not try this very simple sauté recipe? The mushrooms are fried and finished with just a little parsley and lemon juice.
January 6th 202136K 22 min.
Shiitake eggs
Shiitake eggs
By French standards, this hardly qualifies as an omelette: beaten eggs, simply slammed in the pan with sautéed shiitake mushrooms in soy sauce.
March 7th 202143K4.2 34 min.
Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce
Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce
For this very green and vegetal recipe, vegetables are cooked separately, and bound with a Mornay sauce (Béchamel with cheese).
June 13th 20249,6215 57 min.
Snow peas sautéed in butter
Snow peas sautéed in butter
Here's a quick and easy recipe for spring, when snow peas arrive on the shelves, and it's so simple and delicious just to sauté them in butter with a chopped shallot. This can be a stand-alone dish, or a side dish for meat or fish.
June 2nd 20244,956 29 min.
Spicy mustard cauliflower cheese
Spicy mustard cauliflower cheese
This delicious twist on cauliflower cheese is cooked in 3 stages: the cauliflower is steamed on its own before being fried with the spices. It is then topped with cheese and breadcrumbs, and browned in the oven.
May 24th 202040K 1 hour 1 min.
Stuffed mushrooms au gratin
Stuffed mushrooms au gratin
For this fairly sophisitcated recipe, the mushrooms caps are marinated and pre-cooked in the oven. They are then filled with a delicious mix of potatoes, sausage and cheese before being baked gratin-style.
May 10th 202339K 1 hour 10 min.
Summery cheese on toast
Summery cheese on toast
Lightly toasted bread topped with a mixture of cream cheese, chopped spring onions, sliced radishes and fresh herbs.
July 20th 201641K4 21 min.
Tomatoes Provençal
Tomatoes Provençal
This is a great classic dish of Provençal cuisine: tomato halves topped with a kind of stuffing mixture of breadcrumbs, parsley and garlic. In this version, they are served on a bed of white rice.
December 30th 201943K4.3 1 hour 9 min.
Warm autumn salad
Warm autumn salad
Not quite "surf and turf", but land meets sea in this salad which combines poached fish with cauliflower and buttery fried croutons.
November 22th 201743K4.3 45 min.
Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses
Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses
For this recipe, the cauliflower is steamed until just tender, then mixed while still warm with diced Mimolette and Cantal cheeses and a good vinaigrette.
July 3rd 201643K4.5 31 min.
Lumberjack turnovers
Lumberjack turnovers
These are small stuffed bread turnovers (similar to calzone), made with fougasse dough and filled with bacon, mushrooms, onions, cheese and tomato sauce. Lovely and golden-brown after baking, they are best eaten hot or while still warm.
May 10th 2023110K5 3 hours 45 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Beurre d'escargot
Beurre d'escargot is the typically French flavoured butter added to snails before they go into the oven. In principal, this a simple mixture of butter, chopped parsley and garlic, but here is a more sophisticated gastronomic version with a flavour that simply oozes French savoir-faire.
November 7th 201860K3 51 min.
Bouquet garni
Bouquet garni
Used very frequently in French cuisine, a secret of French chefs, it adds flavour to a lot of recipes, and it's easy to prepare. The basic principle is to make a small bundle of herbs, bind them in green leek leaves and to tie it up, so that the whole thing can be removed and discarded easily after...
March 21th 2017408K3.5 12 min.
Green parsley sauce
Green parsley sauce
This sauce, with a great parsley taste, is perfect with steamed vegetables or fish. At the bottom you will find the coulis version of this recipe.
February 21th 2011505K 44.3 23 min.
Green parsley tahini sauce
Green parsley tahini sauce
This greeen sauce with tahini and parsley is an excellent accompaniment for lots of vegetables (raw or cooked) and also goes well with poultry.
April 8th 202043K 9 min.
Gribouille dressing
Gribouille dressing
Gribouille dressing is based on a rémoulade dressing, with shallot, herbs, hard-boiled egg and tuna added. It goes well with fish and vegetables of all kinds and makes a great sandwich filling.
February 17th 202127K 18 min.
Herb salad
Herb salad
Herb salad is a small salad made with leaves of all kinds of aromatic herbs, it's highly flavoured, and should be considered almost as a condiment. It really is a salad, the leaves are not chopped.
October 13th 2010222K4.6 22 min.
Light herb sauce
Light herb sauce
This is a very quick and easy recipe for a delicious sauce! It goes particularly well with baked potatoes, fish (such as salmon) and cold white meats.
May 20th 201586K4 8 min.
Meatballs
Meatballs
Used in several recipes like couscous, meatballs can also be a dish on thier own. The secret of this recipe is in the mix of two different kinds of meat with a little Parmesan. Note that it's a dish children always love.
February 21th 2011284K 24.7 43 min.
Mushroom duxelles
Mushroom duxelles
A duxelles consists of finely sliced mushrooms cooked in butter with shallots. It is more of a preparation than a dish in its own right, which can be used in other recipes.
May 10th 202347K 24 min.
Bolognaise lasagne
Bolognaise lasagne
Lasagne is an Italian pasta that comes in rectangular sheets. These are used to separate layers of filling, like a large savoury oven-baked millefeuille. A bolognaise lasagne combines bechamel sauce, minced meat and tomato sauce.
February 27th 2011222K4.4 2 hours 3 min.
Caesar salad
Caesar salad
Ceasar salad is a classic of North American cuisine. It consists of lettuce served with croutons and the famous Caesar dressing. Here's my own version.
November 25th 201299K4.5 37 min.
Home-made doner kebab
Home-made doner kebab
The kebab is a way of cooking meat that originated in the Middle East (the word means grill or grilled meat in different languages). The doner kebab is made up of slices of meat skewered and grilled vertically. The Turkish version is traditionally served with a yogurt and herb sauce in bread and/or...
May 20th 2015336K 15 2 hours 32 min.
Polpete
Polpete
The polpete are the delicious meatballs of the Italian cuisine, softer than the classic meatballs because they contain breadcrumbs moistened with milk.
April 8th 202316K 1 hour 51 min.
Sautéed Pork with Peanuts
Sautéed Pork with Peanuts
This sautéed pork has a hint of Thai style, with its accompaniment of chopped vegetables, dry-roasted peanuts and soy sauce.
April 3rd 201648K4 55 min.
Tzatziki
Tzatziki
Tzatziki is an ideal summer recipe: a cooling combination of Greek yoghurt, onion, garlic, cucumber and herbs. It is normally served as a side dish or condiment. This is a Greek recipe, but similar dishes exist in other eastern and middle-eastern countries, under different names.
September 8th 201553K4.7 16 min.

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