List of all the recipes: 1155 recipes (alcohol-free)

"Buttonhole" quail eggs

This little appetizer consists of a small finger of toast, a slice of cured ham and three quail egg yolks arranged on a rectangle of egg white. It is a bit tricky to make, but very attractive to serve, and delicious, of course.
158K5 59 min. June 26^th 2011

Alsatian-style salad

This salad is based on a traditional Alsatian recipe: cabbage julienne, warm potatoes, bacon, parsley and vinaigrette.
262K4.4 1 hour 11 min. January 3^rd 2014

Artichoke Soup

For this recipe, we will first steam the artichokes, recover all the flesh, and prepare with shallot and milk a delicious soup.
4,653 46 min. December 4^th 2022

Asparagus "en petit pois"

As the name suggests, this historic recipe (see below for more details) treats asparagus like peas, Napoleonic French style: first cooked the usual way, then cut small (to look like peas), cooked again in stock, and finished with a cream and egg yolk sauce.
20K 42 min. May 2^nd 2021

Avocado "tarte fine"

The French "tarte fine" (pronounced "feen") is a literally a thin tart, made on a precooked flat base of puff pastry. This delicious, crisp, savoury tart is topped with cream cheese, slices of avocado, a trickle of lime juice and fresh coriander.
31K 59 min. July 15^th 2020

Avocado and smoked salmon terrine

In this colourful terrine, layers of avocado alternate with smoked salmon and diced tomato in balsamic vinegar.
163K5 4 hours 7 min. April 10^th 2011

Avocado mousse with sorrel

Avocado is rarely paired with sorrel, yet they go well together as the slight acidity of the sorrel balances the smooth richness of the avocado nicely. In this recipe they are combined in a cool, fresh avocado and sorrel mousse, served here with eggy bread fingers.
6,978 43 min. July 6^th 2022

Avocado with gravlax

Diced avocado with morsels of gravlax salmon and cream cheese with herbs for a simple yet delicious starter.
41K4.5 18 min. July 31^th 2016

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.
50K4.3 30 min. March 6^th 2016

Avocado with Tuna

Here is a quick recipe for a simple starter: avocado, tuna, chopped herbs and mayonnaise.
69K5 12 min. April 29^th 2015

Avocado, artichoke and chicken salad

This fairly simple recipe combines slices of avocado, spring onions, diced chicken and artichoke hearts in a good vinaigrette dressing.
24K 23 min. September 6^th 2020

Baby courgette salad

Early in the season, it is easy to find young courgettes that are still small and delightfully crunchy raw. They are ideal for this salad recipe, combined with radishes and tuna in a lemon mayonnaise.
27K 21 min. July 31^th 2019

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.
72K 42 min. June 12^th 2019

Baked eggs with chicken and spinach

A classic recipe for baked eggs (œufs cocotte), cooked in ramekins with a base layer of spinach and diced chicken.
24K4 27 min. March 29^th 2020

Beetroot and black radish salad

The slight bitterness of black radish goes well with the sweetness of beetroot in this very simple salad recipe.
13K 27 min. December 8^th 2021

Beetroot and cream cheese verrines

Diced beetroot, marinated in lemon juice and walnut oil, between layers of cream cheese with herbs.
95K5 2 hours 46 min. May 29^th 2013

Beetroot and fried chicken salad

A raw beetroot salad, enriched with toasted almonds, diced fried chicken and potatoes. As beetroot tends to colour everything it touches, you can be sure that your diced chicken will be an unusual but attractive bright pink - children love this!
38K4.2 39 min. October 16^th 2016

Beetroot salad with cashew nuts

This pink — almost hot pink — salad gets its colour from the raw beetroot, teamed here with toasted cashew nuts and fried croutons.
29K5 32 min. July 29^th 2018

Bisto-style canapés

This recipe captures the hearty and slightly raffish style of French bistro cuisine: fried rounds of baguette with egg, fried ham and a topping of melted cheese.
18K 39 min. March 17^th 2021

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.
27K 38 min. December 30^th 2019

Bistro-style cabbage salad

This salad, inspired by French bistro cuisine, combines cabbage with fried potatoes and lardons, and hard-boiled eggs in a vinaigrette dressing.
8,440 38 min. April 6^th 2022

Bistro-style endive salad

This delicious late-winter salad is made with red endives, slivers of Mimolette* cheese and toasted walnuts. In France it is known as a "Dutch" salad and typical bistro fare. *Currently banned in the USA.
9,304 27 min. March 27^th 2022

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.
27K 29 min. March 11^th 2020

Bouchées montagnardes

Literally "mountain mouthfuls" in French, these canapés combine ingredients from the mountainous region of eastern France: Morteau sausage, Morbier cheese and mushrooms. They make a hearty aperitif snack or are ideal for an informal supper.
7,480 30 min. May 18^th 2022

Bread with Tomato

This tomato-flavoured bread, the famous "pan con tomate" of our Spanish friends, is ridiculously simple, but such a treat! It only takes a few minutes to prepare and makes a delicious aperitif snack.
41K4 6 min. November 8^th 2015

Breton coleslaw

Coleslaw with a French twist from Brittany, using finely sliced raw cauliflower instead of cabbage.
25K 17 min. January 8^th 2020

Broad bean salad with Parmesan

A salad that combines crunchy almonds, tender broad beans, with the flavours of balsamic vinegar, parmesan and herbs.
257K3.8 35 min. February 21^th 2011

Brussels sprout salad

It might seem unlikely, but Brussels sprouts are very good raw, like in this salad, pepped up with lemon and Parmesan.
15K 32 min. March 28^th 2021

Cajun-style lentil salad

If you have leftover pulled pork, try this recipe to transform it into a delicious, Cajun-style, warm lentil salad.
10K 36 min. December 22^th 2021

Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits

For an ideal aperitif snack, why not try these delicious savoury biscuits made with cashew nuts and Parmesan?
15K 12 1 hour 55 min. March 31^th 2021

Cauliflower and chickpea salad

Chickpeas go well with cauliflower, so here is a salad that makes the most of this with sliced radishes for extra crunch.
14K 19 min. February 14^th 2021

Cauliflower and egg salad

This very simple recipe combines crunchy raw cauliflower with hard-boiled eggs and herbs in a rémoulade dressing.
34K 19 min. July 1^st 2020

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.
110K4.1 1 hour 38 min. April 22^th 2012

Cauliflower, chicken and avocado salad

In this really simple recipe, crunchy cauliflower is balanced with the soft texture of avocado and tender morsels of diced chicken. A delicious summer salad.
25K 28 min. July 12^th 2020

Cauliflower, red bean and avocado salad

This combination of crunchy (raw cauliflower) and soft textures (red beans and avocado), in a rémoulade dressing with fresh herbs, makes a simple yet delicious salad.
14K 19 min. April 21^th 2021

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.
11K 34 min. March 9^th 2022

Celeriac and sesame soup

Celeriac soup with a double dose of sesame flavour: tahini (sesame paste) in the smooth, creamy soup and a crunchy sesame-seed crumble scattered on top.
7,203 58 min. April 3^rd 2022

Celeriac Rémoulade

A classic recipe of traditional French bistro cooking (winter salad).
380K5 18 min. December 21^th 2020

Celeriac soup with mustard

This delicious creamy soup is very quick to make.
135K4.6 43 min. May 4^th 2012

Celery and avocado salad

For this recipe, very simple, we mix celeriac and avocado and we bind them with a remoulade sauce. The association celery and avocado is not common, but you will see that it works very well.
2,721 18 min. March 26^th 2023

Celery soup bourguignonne style

Celery and Époisses cheese flavors for this very simple soup recipe.
3,471 33 min. January 22^th 2023

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...
12K 1 hour 21 min. August 1^st 2021

Cherry tomato and green bean salad

Here is a quick recipe for a very simple but delicious summer or late summer salad.
5,181 32 min. October 30^th 2022

Cherry tomato and two cabbage salad

Green and red cabbage with cherry tomatoes make up this quick fall salad.
4,201 22 min. November 20^th 2022

Chicken and Avocado Salad

A delicious salad of radishes, tomato, avocado and chicken.
42K5 32 min. October 14^th 2015

Chicken club sandwich

In this club sandwich: chicken marinated in lime, fried bacon, lettuce, red onion and mayonnaise.
107K4.1 1 hour 42 min. November 19^th 2012

Chickpea salad

This quick salad includes chickpeas, of course, but with spring onions, radishes and chopped coriander, too.
56K4.7 14 min. May 28^th 2014

Chinese Soup

This delicious soup is a flavoursome mix of herbs, mushrooms, soya noodles and small diced vegetables briefly cooked in vegetable stock. It takes a while to make and there are lots of ingredients, but the result is worth it.
99K 24.5 1 hour 15 min. April 6^th 2017

Cocotte eggs with Comté

A light delicious and quickly prepared dish, an easy and elegant answer to the frequent question "what are we going to eat this evening?". Here is version with Comté (a famous cheese from eastern France, like gruyère, but much better), but it can be made prepared many different ways.
332K4.3 1 hour February 21^th 2011

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.
35K 38 min. March 6^th 2019

Comtoise endive salad

An endive salad given a hearty boost with fried croutons, diced Comté cheese and Morteau sausage.
21K 26 min. March 10^th 2021

Corn salad with croutons

Corn salad (or lamb's lettuce) leaves mixed with chopped hard-boiled eggs, mushrooms, spring onions, butter-fried croutons, and - of course - a good vinaigrette dressing.
112K5 54 min. April 8^th 2012

Cornouaillaise salad

This salad combines the soft texture of haricot beans with the crunch of croutons. Translator's note: Brittany has its own equivalent of the British Cornwall (hence the similar name), showing how close the languages and cultural roots of the two regions are.
9,524 12 hours 56 min. February 23^th 2022

Courgette tart with mint

Fried rounds of courgette in a puff pastry case with a feta and mint filling. You will find that this combination of feta with mint gives an agreeable fresh lift to this tart.
148K4.1 1 hour 23 min. June 11^th 2011

Crackers

These crisp savoury biscuits are ideal for dipping into a sauce as an aperitif snack. It is quite easy to make your own crackers at home and they are much healthier and even more delicious than the commercial kind.
106K 14.8 1 hour 38 min. December 9^th 2012

Cream of cauliflower soup with smoked haddock

This soup with a difference plays up an amazing flavour combination: creamy cauliflower with morsels of smoked haddock.
24K 24 min. March 18^th 2020

Creamy cauliflower and avocado salad

For this simple and delicious recipe of cauliflower and avocado salad, linked by a rémoulette dressing, you will surely notice the very creamy side of the whole, due to the association of avocado and sauce. This creaminess will become more pronounced if you stir the mixture. The name "Caulicado...
2,658 24 min. February 26^th 2023

Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup

This is a very simple recipe: lots of winter vegetables cooked in chicken stock, then blended. The soup's special finishing touch comes from cream and a spoonful of mustard.
66K5 1 hour 23 min. January 14^th 2015

Cretan salad

A hint of Crete in the flavours of this salad, with a mix of crunchy and soft textures: diced tomatoes, sliced spring onions, feta and tuna.
45K 49 min. August 29^th 2018

Crispy cheese parcels

Small crisp parcels filled with cheese and linseeds, hot and crunchy on the outside, melting in the middle. They can be served with a light green salad.
124K4.1 37 min. December 18^th 2011

Croque-monsieur

A classic of French "street food" or bistros: a slice of ham between two slices of bread spread with béchamel sauce. The sandwich is then sprinkled with cheese and toasted in the oven.
239K4 46 min. August 1^st 2010

Crunchy Cauliflower Salad with Lemon

Crunchy slices of cauliflower and radish in a delicately flavoured lemon mayonnaise.
42K4.6 16 min. March 11^th 2018

Crunchy courgette and mushroom salad

This very simple salad contains a mix of crunchy raw ingredients, balanced by the softer texture of tuna, and dressed with mayonnaise.
29K 41 min. May 10^th 2023

Crunchy radish and carrot salad

Quick and straightforward, this fresh, crunchy salad is ideal for early spring.
32K 16 min. June 17^th 2020

Crunchy salad

Crunchy vegetables, pine nuts and rice with a rémoulade dressing.
136K 14.6 36 min. April 3^rd 2011

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.
41K4.6 27 min. May 22^th 2016

Cubed salad

For this fun salad, all the ingredients are cut into small dice, hence the name.
74K4.3 49 min. August 4^th 2014

Cucumber and salmon salad

For this summer salad: slices of cucumber, morsels of smoked salmon, diced avocado and a little tuna, dressed in a herb mayonnaise.
161K4.6 28 min. August 15^th 2010

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.
20K 21 min. August 9^th 2020

Dauphinoise potatoes with Serano ham

These tasty, bite-sized rosettes can be served as an aperitif snack or to accompany a meal.
91K4.6 40 min. January 23^th 2013

Du Barry soup

Du Barry is a creamy cauliflower soup, including small whole pieces of cauliflower.
247K4.5 1 hour 1 min. October 17^th 2018

Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach

A buttered ramekin, a layer of mushroom duxelles, a layer of spinach, a bit of cream, and an egg, in two layers, on top.
121K5 1 hour 14 min. May 10^th 2023

Eggs Arsène

Eggs Arsène is a rather more rustic version (and definitely more Comtoise in style) of eggs Benedict , that indispensible breakfast dish in Ian Fleming's novels. And you're right, there is a nod to James Bond here.
35K5 1 hour 2 min. October 25^th 2018

Eggs Benedict

Soft-boiled eggs, served on toast with a slice of fried smoked ham, and the whole covered with Hollandaise sauce.
209K4 1 hour 4 min. April 8^th 2023

Eggs en Cocotte à la Française

Eggs cooked in small ramekins with a tasty mix of peas, bacon, onion and cream - even more French than the classic version!
100K4.6 31 min. April 27^th 2020

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.
55K5 33 min. October 5^th 2014

Endive and cheese salad with croutons

This starts out as a classic salad of shredded endives, but is pepped up with sliced spring onions, fried croutons and chunks of cheese.
30K 31 min. May 12^th 2019

Endive and walnut salad

This salad has a double dose of walnut flavour: walnut oil in the vinaigrette and crunchy walnut kernels.
63K4.9 22 min. May 11^th 2014

Foie gras fingers

An elegant canapé which consists of a crisp layer of shortcrust pastry topped with a layer of foie gras.
119K4.6 2 hours 50 min. December 21^th 2011

Four-tier glasses

This starter recipe, served in a glass, consists of four tiers of different vegetable preparations. Each can be made the day before, and it's only the assembly that is tricky.
246K5 1 hour 36 min. June 2^nd 2015

French bean salad with vinaigrette

A very simple recipe for a salad of green (or yellow) French beans: The beans are boiled first, then thoroughly drained and served mixed with herbs, chopped shallot and a good vinaigrette (french dressing).
47K4.6 35 min. October 27^th 2016

Gougères

Gougères are small cheese choux pastries, sometimes (like here) with bits of ham.
229K 13.8 56 min. February 21^th 2011

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.
19K 1 hour 4 min. September 29^th 2021

Greek salad

This is a classy version of that perfect summer food, Greek salad. The only difficult part is the care and patience needed for dicing the vegetables.
183K 14.9 57 min. July 13^th 2010

Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa

This colourful salad combines green lettuce, rosy beetroot, the flavour of eggs mimosa and sardines, and crunchy croutons.
8,942 27 min. March 13^th 2022

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.
43K 27 min. July 8^th 2018

Green hummus

You are probably already familiar with classic hummus. Here's a "green" version, still mainly chickpeas, but with added herbs and vegetables.
19K 17 min. November 29^th 2020

Green Piedmont Salad

In this version of Piedmont salad, the usual tomato has been replaced by raw courgette.
70K3.9 33 min. July 16^th 2014

Guacamole

For this typically Mexican recipe there are two main methods: smooth mashed avocado (made with a blender), or simple mashed avocado (made with a fork) with small pieces. And you can add, or not, finely diced tomato. You will find the first version (smooth) below.
277K4.1 1 hour 21 min. November 26^th 2011

Ham à la Russe

Ham "à la Russe" is a slice of cooked ham rolled up around a macédoine of vegetables in mayonnaise.
83K4.3 8 min. September 10^th 2014

Ham spirals

These puff pastry spirals made with smoked ham are delicious and quick to make.
108K3.8 58 min. September 7^th 2018

Hearty leek and sprout soup

The method for this rustic winter soup is anything but typical: the sprouts are first roasted in the oven, before being mixed with the leeks (pre-cooked with onions) and simmered in chicken stock. Served with morsels of crispy ham, the full-on flavour is sure to hit the mark.
18K2 1 hour 29 min. January 17^th 2021

Hummus

Hummus (or houmous), is one of the famous and delicious Lebanese "mezzes".
316K4.7 16 min. May 30^th 2020

Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie

This recipe is made from vegetables cut small and blanched, mixed with pieces of salt-cod and cream, then baked in small soup dishes with a puff pastry lid.
259K3.9 4 hours 35 min. September 7^th 2018

Italian toast

These Italian toasts are slices of fried bread with pesto, omelette and cooked tomatoes, garnished with a basil leaf.
85K 14 49 min. December 1^st 2013

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.
27K 11 min. January 11^th 2023

Julia salad

This salad takes its inspiration from the famous Caesar salad, but is simpler. The combination of chicken with croutons is a delicious way to use up leftovers.
17K3 32 min. February 10^th 2021

Kalamata Salad

The Kalamata salad (a Greek city in the Peloponese) is made of tomatoes, feta cheese and pine nuts roasted with a lemon, olive oil and oregano sauce.
7,105 47 min. August 14^th 2022

Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach

This is a delicious recipe for an end-of-winter soup. It combines fresh spinach with diced potato and smoked sausage.
58K4.9 49 min. May 10^th 2015

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.
67K3.9 48 min. September 28^th 2014

Lebanese-style chickpea salad

This salad combines chickpeas with cauliflower in a light yoghurt dressing, flavoured with lemon juice and sesame paste.
25K5 24 min. February 9^th 2020

Leek and Jerusalem artichoke soup

Jerusalem artichoke and leek is a much rarer combination than the classic potato and leek, but it works rather well, as you will see in this recipe.
15K 51 min. April 28^th 2021

Leek and potato soup

A classic of French family cooking.
465K5 42 min. October 3^rd 2010

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.
165K4.3 45 min. September 29^th 2012

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.
16K5 28 min. July 7^th 2021

Lemony chicken and radish salad

This salad combines the crunch of finely sliced radishes with tender cubes of chicken. The tang which lifts the flavour comes from fresh herbs and the dressing of lemon mayonnaise.
24K5 21 min. September 24^th 2017

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.
57K3.8 43 min. December 7^th 2014

Light Broccoli Soup

This soup is simple and light but tasty, made with a delicate vegetable stock and broccoli.
51K4.6 29 min. December 16^th 2015

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.
177K3.9 35 min. June 12^th 2011

Little vegetable omelettes

As an appetiser or starter, little thick soft omelettes, with diced tomato, courgette and smoked ham.
285K4 1 hour 10 min. June 11^th 2011

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.
65K5 28 min. October 9^th 2019

Mexican tart

This unusual tart features two star ingredients of South American cuisine: red kidney beans and avocado. The shortcrust pastry case is filled with a red bean and onion purée, then topped with sliced avocado dressed with lime and garnished with fresh coriander.
47K 1 hour 17 min. December 30^th 2019

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.
274K 25 46 min. February 21^th 2011

Mini cheese and mustard toasts

For an aperitif snack with a difference, try these little toasted slices of baguette topped with cheese and mustard. Easy to make and can be served in a jiffy.
45K 24 min. June 28^th 2020

Mixed salad

Mixed salad is one of those simple but delicious summer recipes which go so well with a barbeque. It's a mix of several fresh vegetables, herbs and French dressing (vinaigrette).
273K4.6 1 hour February 21^th 2011

Mixed salad stack

A stack ("pressé" in French) can be made of sliced vegetables or other ingredients piled up and pressed in a ring mould to keep them in shape. The ring is removed before serving. This stack consists of tomato, avocado, red onion, hard-boiled egg and anchovy fillets. Serve surrounded with with a...
48K5 30 min. November 25^th 2015

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.
36K 30 min. May 10^th 2023

Mixed tomato salad

This end-of-summer recipe is very simple: just fresh tomatoes with chopped shallot and herbs in a vinaigrette, but we can play up the variety of flavours and colours to make it something with real eye appeal and, above all, delicious!
35K4.3 20 min. September 21^th 2016

Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad

This salad is a good way to enjoy tomatoes at the height of their season, and all the different varieties available with their different flavours and colours.
97K4.3 1 hour 3 min. September 16^th 2012

Mushroom velouté

This smooth, creamy soup with its lovely mushroom flavour is quick and easy to make.
131K4 55 min. May 10^th 2023

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.
19K 30 min. November 22^th 2020

Olive twists

These savoury puff-pastry twists (rather like smoked salmon sacristains) make an ideal aperitif snack. The pastry is simply spread with tapenade.
49K3.6 1 hour 39 min. September 7^th 2018

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.
28K 13 hours 22 min. August 7^th 2019

Pan bagnat

Pan Bagnat is a traditional recipe from the Nice area. The name means "soaked bread", as it consists of a round bread roll that has been drenched with a mix of oil and vinegar then filled vegetables and fish. Years ago this was the snack that fisherman took with them on their boats, but this is a...
141K4.1 43 min. October 18^th 2020

Panzanella

Panzanella is a recipe from the Tuscany region of Italy, originally a tomato and stale bread salad, but here's a fancier version.
6,491 28 min. October 16^th 2022

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.
24K 29 min. July 5^th 2020

Pesto crackers

These are delicious little aperitif biscuits, really crisp and with the full-on flavour of pesto. They can be eaten on their own with dips, such as hot tomato or houmous.
37K 24.1 1 hour 41 min. July 24^th 2021

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.
82K5 23 min. August 26^th 2015

Polish-style beetroot salad

This salad combines raw beetroot with fried potato slices and morsels of smoked sausage.
17K2 41 min. February 24^th 2021

Potimarron and celeriac autumn soup

This soup has a naturally smooth and creamy texture. The blend of autumnal potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) and celeriac flavours is warmed with French mustard.
46K4.6 51 min. December 30^th 2019

Potimarron and leek soup

This autumnal soup combines the flavours of Japanese chestnut pumpkin (potimarron) and leeks - they go so well together. The resulting soup is velvety smooth and delicious.
74K 13.9 1 hour 7 min. November 29^th 2017

Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup

A smooth and fragrant soup, it's much better with potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) than ordinary pumpkin.
320K4.1 1 hour 10 min. October 13^th 2010

Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras

This recipe features a rather unexpected combination that works really well: the distinctive flavour of Jerusalem artichoke with the richness of foie gras. The Jerusalem artichokes are puréed with potatoes. This is serves hot mixed with very cold diced foie gras. The combination of flavours and...
51K4.1 20 min. January 11^th 2023

Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad

This crunchy salad combines endives with purple sprouting broccoli and radishes in a good herb vinaigrette.
12K 31 min. May 5^th 2021

Quail egg canapés

This starter is a small canapé consiting of a toasted and buttered bread slice covered with a slice of smoked ham topped with a fried quail egg.
313K5 54 min. February 21^th 2011

Quick courgette soup with cheese

This really is an express recipe, less than 30 minutes from washing courgettes to serving soup.
249K5 27 min. October 13^th 2010

Radish and mushroom salad

This quick salad balances the crunch of radishes with the yielding texture of mushrooms.
24K 19 min. May 10^th 2023

Ramekins of duchess potatoes

Duchess potatoes are a mix of mashed potato and egg yolks, cooked in the oven, in a decorative shape and delicious. In this recipe they top a ramekin containing a layer of mashed potato, cooked leek, and thinly sliced bacon.
277K 24.6 2 hours 5 min. March 4^th 2020

Raw beetroot mousse with walnuts

A lightly spiced mousse, made with raw beetroot, with a layer in the centre of finely diced beetroot and roughly chopped walnuts. Discover or rediscover the taste of raw beetroot, very special and so "earthy".
341K4 47 min. October 13^th 2010

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.
138K4.1 31 min. November 2^nd 2015

Raw green asparagus salad

Full of spring flavour, this salad partners raw green asparagus with sliced radishes, herbs and slivers of Cheddar.
5,654 20 min. May 11^th 2022

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.
27K 28 min. May 26^th 2019

Red cabbage salad with chives

This simple winter salad recipe combines red cabbage with spring onions (or chives) in a good vinaigrette.
54K5 20 min. February 18^th 2015

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.
30K 33 min. February 24^th 2019

Rice and fresh spinach salad

Spinach is usually eaten cooked. Though seen less often, it can also be eaten raw, like in this salad where it is combined with rice, crunchy radishes and tinned tuna.
25K 27 min. January 29^th 2020

Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad

Like a classic rice salad, but with the crunch of purple-sprouting broccoli.
11K 15 min. July 28^th 2021

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.
31K 2 32 min. December 30^th 2019

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.
11K 42 min. December 29^th 2021

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.
25K1.5 17 min. October 21^th 2020

Salade Niçoise

Salade Niçoise is a typical Mediterranean dish that originated around the French city of Nice. As there is no real "official" recipe, everyone has their own personal version. This is mine.
85K4.9 40 min. June 7^th 2018

Salmon and spinach quiche

This quiche recipe uses a traditional filling mixture, but adds slices of smoked salmon and blanched spinach.
392K 14 1 hour 11 min. April 17^th 2022

Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses

These moist-textured savoury madeleines have a delicious combination of 2 cheeses: Cheddar and Parmesan. They make an ideal aperitif snack.
68K4.4 37 min. May 8^th 2016

Scandinavian cocktail

A very refreshing starter, containing prawns and smoked fish.
282K5 54 min. February 21^th 2011

Sesame fried scampi

Scampi, coated with a sesame crust, fried quickly, and served with a herb salad.
282K5 33 min. November 11^th 2012

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.
32K 9 min. May 10^th 2023

Small cheese and bacon rolls

These small aperitif snacks can be prepared in advance and heated at the last minute, or served cold.
338K5 1 hour 23 min. September 7^th 2018

Small foie gras pasties

Dainty pasties, filled with a morsel of seasoned foie gras.
300K4.6 2 hours September 7^th 2018

Smoked eggs

This sophisticated, smoky flavoured starter consists of an egg yolk, heated in a bain-marie and a smoked cream mousse with a scattering of chives, served with a buttered-toast "soldier".
51K4.9 12 hours 30 min. March 15^th 2015

Smoked salmon sacristains

Sacristain (sexton in English, a strange name though common in French cooking) is a small pastry twist, made with puff pastry. There are many recipes with different flavours, sweet or savoury. Here is one with smoked salmon, ideal as an aperitif.
214K 33.9 1 hour 30 min. February 21^th 2011

Smoky canapés

These tasty morsels combine the freshness of a pistachio and spinach pesto with the smoky flavours of Morteau sausage and cheese. They make original aperitif snacks or starters.
10K 50 min. February 16^th 2022

Smooth mixed vegetable soup

Any vegetables you have, cut into small pieces, mixed with a shallot cooked in butter, cooked together then blended. Even better when it's cold outside.
321K4.4 2 hours 3 min. January 3^rd 2014

Sorrel soup

Smooth with a slight sharpness, this soup has a very particular taste.
375K3.8 1 hour 4 min. May 8^th 2011

Souda salad

The port of Souda in Crete is the inspiration for this colourful salad, combining cucumber and tomatoes with feta cheese. This salad is best served cold from the fridge, perfect for a hot summer's day.
27K 58 min. July 7^th 2019

Soup Cornouaillaise

This rustic soup comes from Cornouailles in Brittany – France's very own Cornwall. It is made with fried bacon and onions, and thickened with a little buckwheat flour, typical of the region.
14K 42 min. May 9^th 2021

Spicy hot toasted cashew nuts

Toasting cashews greatly improves both their flavour and texture over the plain raw nuts. This is also the ideal opportunity to spice them up a little, like in this very simple recipe.
30K 29 min. September 20^th 2020

Spring courgette and tuna salad

Crunchy baby courgettes, spring onion, fresh herbs and tuna in a rémoulade dressing combine to make a true spring salad.
6,307 17 min. June 5^th 2022

Spring radish and avocado salad

This spring salad makes the most of the season's big radishes, balancing their crunch with the soft texture of avocado, in a rémoulade dressing.
12K 29 min. June 16^th 2021

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.
59K 25 min. June 5^th 2019

Super-green, super-thrifty soup

It's all too easy to just throw away the leaves or other green parts of our usual fresh vegetables. This is a real shame, because most of them can be cooked, as in this very green soup that uses up radish tops, spring onion greens and pea pods. I'm sure you'll get how it's "green" in every sense:...
22K 53 min. June 24^th 2020

Surprise eggs

These look like perfectly normal boiled eggs, but when the shell is cracked open - surprise! They contain a mixture of scrambled egg, cured ham, fried prawns and chives.
165K5 51 min. September 26^th 2010

Tabbouleh

Tabbouleh is a Middle Eastern couscous salad., moistened with olive oil and lemon juice. Its flavour comes from plenty of fresh herbs (mint and parsley at the very least), onion and tomatoes. This refreshing dish is ideal for warm summer or autumn days.
47K 3 hours 24 min. July 6^th 2022

Tahitian salad

This Tahitian-inspired salad combines fish cured in lemon juice with lettuce, tomatoes and raw mushrooms.
14K 43 min. May 10^th 2023

The total turnip

The whole turnip goes into this recipe, in which ramekins are filled with both the root vegetable and its leaves.
293K4.4 57 min. February 21^th 2011

Thin summer tart "à la grecque"

A fresh, summery tart with a thin base of pre-cooked puff pastry, spread with a cream-feta mixture, and topped with slices of tomato and cucumber.
10K 51 min. July 18^th 2021

Thin tomato jelly and avocado tart

For this sophisticated recipe, we'll be preparing a disc of tomato jelly to sit on a puff pastry base. This is topped with slices of avocado in a lime dressing.
20K 5 hours 16 min. September 30^th 2020

Tomato and courgette tart

This summer tart has a puff pastry base topped with a rosette of sliced tomatoes and sautéd courgettes. For a more substantial dish, add some diced feta on top before cooking.
211K4.2 2 hours 5 min. July 18^th 2010

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.
143K5 6 hours 12 min. October 30^th 2011

Tomato tart

This tart is very easy and quick to prepare.
265K4.8 1 hour 18 min. January 13^th 2011

Tomato tatin

A savoury shortcrust pastry with Parmesan is used to cover tomatoes cooked in two stages, first in the pan, then in the oven. As for a classic tart tatin, the whole thing is then turned upside down.
132K4.8 2 hours 35 min. December 5^th 2010

Tomatoes Macédoine

Tomatoes macédoine are stuffed salad tomatoes, filled with a macédoine of vegetables in mayonnaise.
56K4 45 min. September 17^th 2014

Turnip and Jerusalem artichoke soup

This soup combines the earthy flavours of Jerusalem artichokes and turnips. This is the chance to use not only the roots, but the turnip tops as well, if possible.
13K January 11^th 2023

Turnip and sesame puree (tahina) soup

For this quick soup, 15 minutes, an original turnip taste with sesame purée (tahina).
215K4.3 35 min. February 29^th 2012

Turnip top soup

It may no longer be widely known these days, but the leafy tops of certain root vegetables are edible, so it's a shame to waste them. Better still, the leaves can be made into interesting accompaniments for their root vegetable, or soups with amazing flavours. In this recipe, I will show you how to...
39K 42 min. April 10^th 2019

Two-colour cauliflower salad

Towards the end of winter you can sometimes find purple cauliflower, as well as the usual white sort, or purple-headed broccoli (calabrese). Mix the varieties for a delicious, crunchy two-tone salad.
31K 18 min. April 7^th 2019

Valay salad

This salad combines ratte potatoes, lettuce, radishes and chicken with a herb dressing.
80K3.9 1 hour 3 min. August 9^th 2015

Vegetable rosette tart

Blanched courgettes and carrots arranged in a rosette with a feta filling.
162K3.8 1 hour 52 min. October 6^th 2010

Vegetable tartare

This amazing recipe from a great chef is surprisingly straightforward to make. You will need lots of different raw vegetables. These are diced really small, then bound with mayonnaise.
61K4.4 49 min. October 19^th 2014

Verrine of avocado mousse and crab

A layer of light avocado mousse on a bed of crab meat in a herb rémoulade dressing.
165K5 35 min. October 16^th 2011

Vol-au-vent

The classic vol-au-vent of French cuisine consists of a very light puff pastry case (supposedly so light that it could fly off in the lightest puff of wind) with a cream-based filling. There are many different recipes for fillings. This version uses bacon, chicken, mushrooms and leeks.
128K4.3 1 hour 23 min. October 20^th 2013

Warm broccoli and Tuna Salad

In this recipe, the broccoli is served only just cooked and still warm with tuna, chopped shallot and cherry tomatoes in a good vinaigrette dressing.
49K4 22 min. March 3^rd 2016

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.
108K4.2 29 min. June 24^th 2012

Warm haricot bean salad

Melt-in-the-mouth haricot beans, pan-fried lardons and croutons with chives and a good vinaigrette dressing.
35K 36 min. November 28^th 2018

Warm lentil salad

Lentils boiled until just tender, then mixed with fried smoked bacon, onion, chives and dressed with a good vinaigrette.
168K4.6 53 min. September 5^th 2010

Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes

This salad combines red onion, purple artichokes cut small and slices of warm potato, dressed with a good vinaigrette.
87K3.8 54 min. October 14^th 2012

Warm scallop and cabbage salad

This salad combines the crunchiness of raw white cabbage, the softness of fried scallops and yielding cooked potatoes, bound in a good herb vinaigrette.
49K5 26 min. January 11^th 2015

White asparagus salad

This spring salad combines warm white asparagus, hard-boiled eggs and small croutons, dressed with a tasty herb vinaigrette.
104K4.3 48 min. May 21^th 2014

Zucchini and tomato remoulade

A quick summer salad with Provencal flavors: zucchini, tomatoes and shallots, bound with a remoulade and basil sauce.
6,374 35 min. September 11^th 2022

"Land and sea" kebabs

For these kebabs, cubes of lime-marinated fish (sea) alternate with mushrooms and bacon (land) along the skewer.
88K5 44 min. May 10^th 2023

Baked salmon fillet

This is a quick recipe for salmon fillet, surrounded by sliced potatoes and baked with lemon juice, olive oil and herbs.
95K4.6 33 min. March 26^th 2015

Baked sea bass fillet with lemon and tarragon

This really simple recipe allows the natural nobility of sea bass to shine through: fillets baked until just done, complemented with lemon and tarragon.
33K 34 min. June 30^th 2021

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.
4,200 1 hour 43 min. January 8^th 2023

Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds

Tasty morsels of red mullet, fried with poppy seeds and served as canapés on toast with feta, basil and preserved tomatoes.
38K4.2 45 min. July 13^th 2016

Cockles and cabbage with smoky cream sauce

I think you'll like this straightforward recipe which brings together cockles and cabbage with a smoky cream sauce.
10K 1 hour 6 min. December 15^th 2021

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.
59K4.7 1 hour 3 min. July 1^st 2015

Creamy "terre et mer" pots

Diced fish (la mer), boiled vegetables and fried lardons (la terre), with all the delicious flavours of land and sea brought together in a creamy sauce.
33K 2 53 min. May 31^th 2020

Cretan-style salmon

Cooked chopped leek and shallot with cubes of salmon, served in a yogurt, tomato and feta sauce.
163K5 1 hour 1 min. February 8^th 2020

Crispy prawn rolls

The prawns are fried, then mixed with finely diced carrots and courgettes before being rolled up in a sheet of brik or filo pastry.
67K4.8 34 min. July 27^th 2014

Crunchy little pieces of fish

Small pieces of fish, dipped in beated egg then in breadcrumbs, and fried. Preferably serve with something with slightly acidic like herb salad, or Béarnaise sauce.
245K5 49 min. February 21^th 2011

Crusty cockle tart

A small puff pastry tart case filled with cockles in a cream and egg-yolk sauce ("a la poulette" in French).
92K4.3 2 hours 52 min. March 17^th 2013

Curried mussels with cabbage

The mussels are cooked "à la marinière", then shelled and served in a creamy curry sauce with shredded, barely-tender cabbage.
30K 1 hour 24 min. December 30^th 2019

Curried tuna cubes

In this recipe chunky cubes of fresh tuna are marinated, then double-dipped to coat them before cooking: first in curry spices, then breadcrumbs. The cubes of fish are pan-fried to a crispy coating on the outside but stay tender in the middle.
52K4.9 2 hours 40 min. June 22^th 2016

Erika's ceviche

Ericka's ceviche is a Peruvian version of the classic South American dish. The diced fish is cured (effectively "cooked") in lime juice. This dish is fairly simple to make, but delicous and full of fresh flavours.
56K 1 hour 9 min. December 30^th 2019

Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages

This pollack fillet is cooked in two stages: first pan-fried briefly to seal it and colour the outside, then baked gently in the oven in a parcel (en papillotte) on a bed of melting onions, julienne carrots and peas. This double cooking will give you a fish that's lightly crisped on the outside and...
163K4.7 1 hour 40 min. January 23^th 2011

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.
26K 25 min. April 11^th 2021

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...
172K4.3 24 min. November 10^th 2014

Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta

A fillet of blackspot sea bream (though you can use another fish), fried rapidly and served with a creamy cheese polenta and sautéed cherry tomatoes.
41K4.3 23 min. September 4^th 2016

Fish fillet in express cooking envelope

Vegetables cut in small dice and precooked, fish fillet, lemon juice, olive oil, and 2 minutes in the microwave.
328K 23.8 1 hour 19 min. June 11^th 2011

Fish fillet with preserved lemons

A thick fish fillet stuffed with slices of preserved lemon - crispy on the outside and tender inside.
108K4.3 36 min. January 30^th 2013

Fish in a salt crust

Fish cooked in a salt crust is simply baked in the oven, surrounded and completely covered by a layer of coarse salt. This allows the fish to cook gently and it should be eaten as soon as the salt crust is opened. In this version, it is stuffed with lemon and herbs. Using a thermometer is the best...
149K3.8 1 hour 8 min. January 29^th 2012

Fish in a seed crust

Fish fillets coated with a mixture of breadcrumbs and seeds, then fried.
71K4.2 30 min. June 1^st 2014

Fish in a sesame crust

Fish portions cooked in 2 stages: first in the pan, then in the oven, covered with a sesame paste which turns crisp when baked.
140K4.4 42 min. February 28^th 2012

Fish Mousselines

Mousselines are a lighter version of the classic French quenelles, but without breadcrumbs. They are poached first in fumet (fish stock), then served "en gratin" in sauce normande.
64K 24.3 38 min. December 29^th 2018

Fish petals, vegetables julienne, and beurre blanc

This recipe consists of delicate flakes ("petals") of poached fish, cooked with smoked ham, served on a bed of julienne vegetables (fine sticks of carrots, turnips and cabbage), with a "beurre blanc" sauce made with vinegar and shallots. Not difficult, but entails some work.
240K4.3 1 hour 34 min. December 31^th 2013

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.
20K5 1 hour 52 min. November 8^th 2020

Fisherman's Ragout

This ragout combines vegetables (cut small and cooked until just tender in vegetable stock) with a mix of cockles and chunks of fish, all simmered together with cream and saffron.
83K4.1 2 hours 17 min. December 30^th 2019

Gravlax

Gravlax is a Nordic speciality and consists of boned salmon dry-cured overnight in salt and sugar. The cured salmon can be eaten like smoked salmon, just with a trickle of lemon juice, or with a light sauce of cream cheese and herbs.
51K5 12 hours 21 min. July 11^th 2016

Grilled fillet of salmon with corn-salad cream

A salmon fillet, grilled slowly to keep the inside tender, served with sesame rice and a little corn salad cream. You'll love it...
251K 13.9 1 hour 14 min. October 13^th 2010

Koulibiak in pie dish

Koulibiak is a traditional russian recipe from, usually served in a flat puff pastry fish shape. Here is an easier version, in a pie dish.
344K3.8 3 hours 19 min. September 7^th 2018

Langoustine and leek tarts

Small puff pastry cases filled with a layer of chopped leeks, fried langoustines (also known as scampi or Dublin Bay prawns), topped with hollandaise sauce.
95K4.2 1 hour 28 min. May 13^th 2012

Langoustine sabayon tart

For this recipe, the tart cases are made with sheets of filo pastry. These are filled with langoustines coated in a delicious lime-flavoured sabayon.
58K3.8 1 hour 6 min. July 2^nd 2014

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.
35K 1 hour June 19^th 2019

Marinated tuna and cabbage

Grilled tuna, marinated in lemon and herbs, accompanied by finely sliced cabbage, which is cooked in the tuna cooking pan to enjoy the flavours.
6,369 1 hour 5 min. August 21^th 2022

Marinated tuna with herbs

Here is a very simple recipe, preferably for a barbecue or plancha, but could be made in the kitchen. As for any summer-barbecue-backyard recipe, all proportons can be varied according to taste.
250K4.3 1 hour 22 min. February 21^th 2011

Mussels with arroz negro

The famous Spanish arroz negro (black rice) is prepared by adding squid ink towards the end of cooking. This gives the rice not only its curious dark colour, but delicious marine flavours. In this recipe it forms the bed for mussels, cooked simply and served out of their shells – a perfect...
28K 1 hour 10 min. January 30^th 2019

Mussels with beurre d'escargot

In this recipe, the mussels are cooked briefly first in salted water, just until they open. They are then shelled and popped in the oven for a few minutes with a knob of beurre d'escargot (butter for snails).
28K 21 min. December 2^nd 2018

Nicholas's fish

This is a very easy recipe, everything hinges on the brief cooking of the leeks, then the fish.
233K4.8 56 min. February 21^th 2011

Parcels of fish fillet in spinach

These parcels are made with small pieces of fish fillet, wrapped in a blanched spinach leaf and lightly fried in butter. They can be served with a salted white wine sabayon (as in the recipe of scallops with crunchy vegetables), a beurre blanc, a dash of olive oil with herbs, or any other sauce of...
222K5 2 hours 23 min. March 18^th 2013

Pollack fillet baked with rice and vegetables.

This oven-baked recipe teams layers of rice and vegetables (sesame-flavoured rice, sautéed courgettes, onions and tomatoes) with fillets of fish (pollack here) and thyme laid on top. Everything is then cooked together in the oven.
42K4.3 1 hour 7 min. September 25^th 2016

Quick prawn curry

A very quick way to prepare a creamy prawn curry with lime and spring onion.
114K5 34 min. August 12^th 2015

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.
65K4.6 1 hour 21 min. February 22^th 2015

Red sea bream fillets in a soy-sauce marinade

In this recipe, fillets of red sea bream are marinated in a mixture of soy sauce, lime juice and olive oil before being pan fried.
83K4.9 25 min. March 16^th 2014

Rolls of fish in smoked ham

Pieces of white fish rolled in thinly sliced smoked ham. These rolls are cooked in a little olive oil and served with French beans. The pairing of smoked ham with fish might seem a little strange, but in fact these flavours marry well.
291K4.9 54 min. February 21^th 2011

Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables

A fresh salmon escalope just salt and pepper with small dices of small vegetables.
229K 15 1 hour 28 min. June 22^th 2011

Salmon chard rolls

For this dish only the green part of the chard is used. The blanched leaves are rolled around grilled salmon portions. The rolls are served coated with a savoury lemon sabayon, or the sauce of your choice.
155K3.8 1 hour 21 min. August 8^th 2010

Salmon marinated like herring

In this recipe, the salmon is cured in coarse salt, then left to marinate in oil with herbs, spices, carrots and onions. Salmon prepared like this is served sliced thinly on a bed of potatoes.
126K 44.6 1 day 38 min. December 4^th 2011

Salmon rillettes

A terrine of two kinds of salmon (cooked and smoked) with butter and lemon.
267K4.3 2 hours 38 min. March 26^th 2013

Scallops au gratin

Scallops rapidly pan-fried, then arranged in shells on a bed of finely chopped leeks, topped with a bechamel sauce and browned in the oven.
54K 1 hour 7 min. January 13^th 2019

Scallops with fondue of leeks

In this very creamy dish, the scallops are pan-fried, then the leeks fondue is added to absorb all the flavours.
303K 24.6 23 min. March 6^th 2020

Scallops with green asparagus tips and parmesan

In this recipe scallops are fried quickly, then cooked aaparagus tips are added with a sprinkling of parmesan to serve.
227K4.1 38 min. February 21^th 2011

Scrambled eggs with langoustines and asparagus tips.

For this dish, the langoustines and asparagus tips are sautéed bafore being mixed with the beaten eggs and finished like scrambled eggs.
24K 50 min. August 28^th 2019

Sea bass with coriander cream en papillote

In this recipe, the fillets of sea bass are laid on a julienne of leeks (the white part), covered with a coriander cream sauce and cooked "en papillote".
48K5 52 min. February 19^th 2017

Sea bass with Indian spices

In this recipe, the whole secret is in the cooking. The sea bass (or other fish of your choice) is simply fried with an Indian spice mix.
10K 22 min. September 1^st 2021

Seafood feuillantines

Little savoury "millefeuilles" with a very Breton taste of the sea: a mix of crab and salmon in a herb mayonnaise, piled up between crisp circles of buckwheat pancake.
87K5 48 min. April 28^th 2013

Seafood rice salad

This warm rice salad ("riz du pêcheur" – fisherman's rice in French) combines cooked rice with sautéed prawns, mussels and flaked salmon in a rémoulade dressing.
13K 26 min. October 17^th 2021

Seared tuna with lemon and lime

This is a very simple way to prepare and cook tuna - a fish that tends to dry out very quickly if you are not careful about how you cook it. In this recipe the tuna medallions are marinated in a mixture of olive oil, lemon and lime, before being seared briefly on both sides. Serve with rice cooked...
37K4.8 2 hours 18 min. July 23^th 2017

Spicy seafood plancha

A mix of diced fish and uncooked prawns marinated with spices and then simply cooked on a plancha. The fish benefits from the acidic citrus note provided by the lime, and the prawns from a little vinegar.
28K 1 hour 33 min. March 11^th 2018

Stock-pot fish

A julienne of vegetables (small sticks) mixed with choice morsels of fish, slowly cooked in vegetable stock.
291K4.3 2 hours 36 min. December 31^th 2013

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...
121K 14.7 2 hours 16 min. June 24^th 2018

Tahitian style fish

Little pieces of fish marinated overnight a night in lime juice.
254K5 12 hours 57 min. February 21^th 2011

Tender tuna

Cooking tuna can be tricky: undercooked it is unappetising, overcooked it dries out rapidly. Here is a method which guarantees that your tuna will be perfectly cooked and tender.
134K4.7 49 min. March 26^th 2014

African style chicken

This is a sort of smoked chicken, cooked in a tomato-coconut sauce, and served with kidney beans and plain rice. It's quite a simple recipe, with ready-made ingredients, but which needs a long cooking time on low heat (one hour).
382K5 2 hours 4 min. February 21^th 2011

Beef Wellington

Beef Wellington consists of a beef fillet (or tenderloin) that is first seared, then cooked in the oven in a puff pastry crust stuffed with a mushroom duxelles and morsels of foie gras. The recipe is rather long, but fairly straightfoward. Here I show you all the tips to help you make it sucessfully...
97K5 1 hour 38 min. May 10^th 2023

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.
47K 2 hours 27 min. May 6^th 2020

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.
17K 1 hour 2 min. May 12^th 2021

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.
115K4.8 1 hour 3 min. August 26^th 2012

Chinese style chicken

Only "chinese style", not a true chinese recipe.
287K4 1 hour 38 min. February 28^th 2012

Confit of carrots with bacon

As with any confit, these carrots are cooked long and slow. This is done in the oven in chicken stock, with the carrots rolled in a strip of bacon or cured ham that has been lightly fried.
34K4.8 2 hours 32 min. April 16^th 2017

Duo of slow-cooked pork

Two pork ingredients, smoked sausage and a shoulder joint here, are left to cook slowly on a bed of vegetables and herbs, moistened with a vegetable or poultry stock. This is one of those crafty dishes that can be reheated over and over, getting better each time.
48K 4 hours 49 min. November 18^th 2018

Escalope of veal in a cream sauce

Escalopes of veal, mushrooms and a cream sauce.
236K4.6 1 hour 3 min. May 10^th 2023

Escalopes in a sesame crust

Fried veal escalopes in a crisp crumb coating with sesame seeds.
8,942 31 min. March 6^th 2022

Express chilli con carne

This is a really express recipe, a "true" chilli is longer and more difficult to do.
374K3.8 33 min. February 21^th 2011

Fillet of beef in a rosemary crust

This is a sophisticated way to cook beef fillet (tenderloin): we make an unleavened bread dough (which will not be eaten), adding plenty of salt and lots of roughly chopped springs of rosemary. The beef fillet is seared all over in a frying pan, then wrapped in the dough before being cooked in a hot...
42K 14.8 50 min. August 26^th 2021

Five hours poultry

Perhaps simplest recipe on this site, but what a result! The idea is to cook the bird, without fat, at low temperature, covered, and for a long time. In this way, the poultry cooks so as to be almost like a "confit": soft and very tasty. The effect is more spectacular with duck because it is a...
519K3.8 5 hours 12 min. January 27^th 2012

Hamburgers

Hamburgers don't have to be the greasy flabby things you find in fast-food outlets, well-made they can be excellent. It's a very convivial recipe as everything goes on the table, and everyone assembles their own burger according to personal taste.
401K4.8 33 min. December 6^th 2015

Hay-baked poultry

Cooking poultry in hay may seem strange, but it is a very simple method. The bird is just seasoned and cooked slowly for a long time with a large bunch of hay. During the slow cooking the poultry takes on the flavour of the hay, with its mix of grassy herbal and floral notes. This recipe is inspired...
9,316 4 hours 21 min. October 13^th 2021

Involtini-Style Filet Mignon

This filet mignon of pork is split, rather like an involtini, and stuffed with grilled bacon, parsley and cheese.
48K3.8 52 min. April 15^th 2018

Involtinis

Involtinis are small rolls of meat, usually veal, and cheese. Here is my version.
368K4.4 2 hours 51 min. February 21^th 2011

Larded pork tenderloin

Tenderloin of pork stuffed with mustard and parsley, then wrapped in thin slices of bacon and oven roasted.
217K 14.7 1 hour 28 min. November 3^rd 2011

Lille style chicken

Chicken breasts and mushrooms, cooked separately, then mixed with a tasty cream sauce before serving. It's a dish with a "cuisiné" taste, but which unfortunately is becoming increasingly rare in restaurants.
337K3.8 50 min. May 10^th 2023

Loin of pork with herbs and julienne vegetables

Pork loin is cut into individual portions, which are split and filled with herbs before cooking. They are served with crunchy julienne vegetables and a cream sauce.
338K4.2 2 hours 33 min. November 27^th 2015

Mexican-style pork medallions

For this recipe with a Mexican flavour (New Mexican, actually), I have used tender medallions of pork fillet mignon. These are first marinated in a spicy oil then pan-fried with the remaining marinade. Serve with green beans and sauce made with a reduced vegetable stock in the frying pan.
52K5 44 min. November 6^th 2016

Morteau sausage

In this recipe Morteau sausage is cooked on a bed of potatoes cut into medium sized pieces. The idea of this recipe is that the pricked Morteau sausage cooks slowly, so that its smoky flavour seeps down onto the potatoes - it's a pure delight.
1.2M 34.1 1 hour 31 min. October 13^th 2010

Morteau sausage "crisps"

To make these "crisps", the Morteau sausage is first boiled before being sliced thinly. The slices are then baked in the oven until they start to crisp. These make a very tasty aperitif snack or can be served to accompany any dish you choose.
40K4.5 1 hour 9 min. March 15^th 2017

Pan-fried chicken breast on mozzarella

Chicken breasts pan-fried with sage leaves, topped with thinly sliced mozzarella and preserved tomatoes, then served turned over on a bed of the "toppings".
54K4.1 23 min. December 30^th 2019

Pork Chops Champvallon style

Pork chops à la Champvallon are a nicely historic recipe of meat and potatoes in long cooking.
2,404 3 hours 8 min. April 30^th 2023

Pork Chops with Rosemary

This recipe is cooked in two stages: the chops are flash-fried in a pan, then finished more slowly in the oven. Towards the end of cooking, you can top the meat with slices of cheese, if you like.
40K4.6 26 min. February 3^rd 2016

Pork medallions with "full" turnips

This recipe brings together sautéed medallions of pork filet mignon and turnips, pan-fried then filled with a creamy mixture made from their own green tops. As in all the best cookery, nothing is wasted.
34K4.7 1 hour 4 min. December 30^th 2019

Pork roast with herbs

A succulent joint of pork, slow-roasted with herbs and served with baby potatoes cooked in the meat juices.
44K 4 hours 37 min. January 16^th 2019

Potted meat (rillettes)

Potted meat (rillettes) is cooked long and slow in fat. Rillettes can be of pork or duck. Here is the pork version.
404K 25 6 hours 46 min. October 3^rd 2019

Quick chicken curry

This curry is quick to make if you have left over cooked chicken, and is always delicious.
253K5 33 min. August 25^th 2011

Roast beef "like they do it in Santa Fe"

For this delicious roast, the beef joint is seared all over, then wrapped in slices of grilled (broiled) bacon before the final long, slow roasting in a bag with aromatic ingredients (bayleaf, shallots, carrot, thyme and chilli). Cooked this way, the meat will be well done on the outside, meltingly...
49K4.5 5 hours 39 min. July 30^th 2017

Roast in the bag pork with fondant vegetables.

Roasting "in the bag" is a simple but long method. The meat is sealed in a bag and cooked slowly at moderate temperature, keeping it very tender and with an amazing flavour. Meat cooked like this produces delicious juicies without adding anything else. These can be used to cook vegetables to a...
72K3 5 hours 43 min. April 12^th 2020

Roast pork with sage, cooked in a bag.

Pork goes particularly well with sage (true for white meats in general), but in this recipe, we'll bring out these flavours to the full by slow-cooking in a bag. The pork roasting joint is simply salted and peppered before being put in the bag and cooked for hours at low temperature. The delicious...
60K4.6 3 hours 56 min. December 30^th 2019

Sausage and lentils "en cocotte"

This is a casserole-style version of the traditional French sausage-and-lentils recipe with a special feature: the lentils are cooked in just the right amount of water. The other ingredients add flavour as does, most importantly, the sausage (preferably smoked). When pricked, this will release its...
115K4.5 1 hour 5 min. February 5^th 2017

Sautéed chicken with leeks

Chunks of chicken marinated in a mixture of soy sauce, vinegar and spices, then sautéed with diagonally cut leeks cooked separately. A simple, healthy recipe with a spicy kick.
65K5 1 hour 53 min. January 20^th 2019

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.
46K 49 min. May 10^th 2023

Sautéed turmeric chicken with mushrooms

For this dish, the chicken and mushrooms are first sautéed separately, then combined in a cream and turmeric sauce.
36K 1 hour 2 min. May 10^th 2023

Sliced veal with leeks and mushrooms

Small strips of veal sautéed with mushrooms and leeks in a creamy sauce.
3,822 2 hours 6 min. May 10^th 2023

Steak burger topped with egg

A succulent steak burger, topped with a perfect egg. Here are all the tips you need to produce this simple but delicious dish.
242K4.9 52 min. June 22^th 2013

Tenderloin steak with beetroot tops and mushrooms

Tenderloin steaks pan-fried with rosemary, served with beetroot tops and mushroom duxelles in a cream sauce.
5,273 28 min. May 15^th 2022

Veal Chop With Assortment of Vegetables

The veal chop in this recipe is cooked in two stages: flash fried first to brown it all over, then gently roasted in the oven. The chop is served with an assortment of vegetables, first lightly boiled, then reheated in the "jus" (cooking juices).
50K5 2 hours 27 min. November 18^th 2015

Veal with mushrooms and green asparagus

Small strips of fried veal partnered with mushrooms and boiled green asparagus.
7,264 1 hour 7 min. May 10^th 2023

Wiener Schnitzel

A Wiener schnitzel is a thin veal cutlet (escalope) coated in breadcrumbs.
125K4.1 1 hour 20 min. September 7^th 2018

"Day After Pork Belly" Soup

If you have made cured pork belly with lentils, you will no doubt have some of the stock left from cooking the meat and lentils. This will be full of flavour, so can be turned into a quick and delicious soup. Here's how to do it.
42K4.1 35 min. November 15^th 2015

"Oeufs rabattus" with leeks

This quick French way of cooking eggs is similar to an omelette, but with the egg simply drawn in towards the centre during the brief cooking. The eggs here are cooked with sautéed leeks and served with delicious morteau sausage "crisps".
28K4.3 44 min. March 29^th 2017

Algerian brik rolls

In this recipe, the brik (or filo) rolls are filled with fried minced meat, flavoured with cous-cous spices, garlic and onion.
54K5 37 min. June 3^rd 2015

Aligot

Aligot is a traditional family dish from the Auvergne mountains in France. It is basically a potato purée enriched with cheese and stirred for a long time.
104K4.2 1 hour 17 min. April 5^th 2012

Artichokes with beef

This dish combines artichokes, sautéed with shallot in olive oil, with cooked beef and potatoes (simply heated through).
65K4.1 46 min. October 15^th 2014

Asparagus and spinach gratin

A quick vegetable gratin made with asparagus and spinach cooked beforehand, in a bechamel sauce and topped with slivers of Brie.
13K 1 hour 2 min. June 20^th 2021

Auvergnat tartines

Ideal for a Sunday evening (but not limited to that), these generously topped slices are very simple to make with toasted bread, ham, tomatoes and Saint-Nectaire – and always go down well.
11K5 39 min. September 5^th 2021

Avengers' potatoes

Lurking behind this strange name (see reason below) is a kind of potato-cheese gratin, which is wrapped in thin slices of bacon. It's cooked first on the hob, then in the oven.
287K5 1 hour 54 min. February 21^th 2011

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.
6,199 37 min. July 3^rd 2022

Bacon and cabbage omelette

A classic, peasant-style omelette with fried bacon bits and blanched green cabbage.
48K4 50 min. April 26^th 2017

Baked Camembert with Walnuts

Camembert can be melted in the oven, like this hot box cheese, but here it has the added delight of toasted chopped walnuts, served on a bed of hot potatoes.
40K3.8 56 min. March 13^th 2016

Baked leek and Camembert slices

In this recipe slices of bread are topped with creamed leeks and slivers of Camembert before browning in the oven.
38K4.8 21 min. March 6^th 2020

Baked Mont d'Or with diced mixed vegetables

The classic hot box method is a delicious way to serve Mont d'Or cheese. For a more original twist, this recipe adds mixed vegetables. The cheese is baked in the oven as usual, but filled with the diced vegetables and mushrooms.
38K3.8 58 min. February 26^th 2017

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.
22K 1 hour 16 min. September 27^th 2020

Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream

Here's how to prepare good baked potatoes, and two ideas for toppings. Herb butter can be easily be made in advance and store in the fridge folded in plastic film, it can also be served with red meat because it look like very much to the "Beurre maitre d'hotel" (butler's butter, usually with parsley...
181K 13.8 1 hour 42 min. October 24^th 2010

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.
36K 1 hour 23 min. June 16^th 2019

Baker's tuna and mushroom tart

A baker's tart, sometimes called a baker's pizza, is a tart with a base made of bread dough. This version, without tomatoes, combines tuna with mushrooms.
29K 1 hour 2 min. May 10^th 2023

Beans with tomatoes

Fresh white haricot beans and leftover chicken cooked with stewed tomatoes, a sprig of parsley and it's ready.
187K4.1 1 hour 55 min. February 21^th 2011

Big knife-cut chips (French fries)

These chips (French fries) are made from potatoes steamed then fried in their skins. Usually we make big ones (3 times the usual French fry) and serve 2 or 3 per guest.
258K4.1 1 hour 19 min. February 21^th 2011

Boulangère potatoes

This great classic of French home cooking consists of sliced potatoes with slivers of bacon between, on a bed of onion fondue, moistened with poultry (or beef) stock and baked in the oven. It takes a fairly long time, but is so good, and reheats very well.
24K 2 1 hour 36 min. April 5^th 2020

Bourguignon potatoes

Potatoes cooked "bourguignon" (or Burgundy) style is a delicious twist on a classic potato gratin. The potatoes are cooked in milk, with added flavour from lardons and fried onions. A tasty topping of cream with Époisses cheese is poured over just before the dish goes in the oven.
17K 1 hour 55 min. August 12^th 2021

bread-crust quiche

Use quiche filling mixture to transform a dry loaf into a spectacular bread-crust quiche. It can be enjoyed on its own or is ideal as an aperitif snack. The bread crust will crisp up when it is baked a second time, the perfect foil for the soft quiche filling.
9,3924 58 min. April 20^th 2022

Breton galettes (pancakes)

Of uniquely Breton origin, this is a buckwheat pancake on which you cook an egg with ham and cheese before folding it over. Easy and quick to make, it's an ideal answer to the question "what are we going to eat this evening?".
204K 23.9 16 min. February 21^th 2011

Breton leek and mushroom tart

This is a "tart" with a difference: the case is not made with pastry, but with a double layer of lightly buttered Breton galettes (buckwheat pancakes). The filling is made with shallots, sautéed mushrooms, leeks and cream. You might have noticed that this recipe includes the key elements of...
35K4.3 1 hour 13 min. May 10^th 2023

Breton Pie

This unusual pie from Brittany is made with piled-up layers of buckwheat pancakes (galettes), sandwiched with a filling of onion and bacon mixed with a little cream. The whole thing, assembled in a baking tin, is then browned in the oven.
50K4.1 1 hour 9 min. October 25^th 2015

Breton Sandwich

This is a sandwich with a difference: its Breton character comes not only from the crab in mayonnaise, but also from pieces of "galette" (buckwheat pancake), fried in butter.
41K3.8 22 min. November 11^th 2015

Broccoli savoury custard

This light and delicious savoury custard with broccoli is perfect to serve with meat or fish in a sauce.
76K4 44 min. October 18^th 2015

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.
210K 34.1 27 min. December 31^th 2013

Cassoulet

Cassoulet is typical, even emblematic, of southern French cuisine. It is a "slow food" casserole in which meat and vegetables, particualrly dried beans, are cooked together for a long time. Here is a simplified version of this famous dish.
182K4.1 16 hours 9 min. September 17^th 2021

Cassoulet-style shepherd's pie.

You may well have come across hachis parmentier, the French version of shepherd's pie. Here's a variation using puréed haricot beans, inspired by another classic French dish: cassoulet.
26K 54 min. June 3^rd 2020

Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins

This melt-in-the-mouth cauliflower dish is a kind of purée, bound with a little potato and cooked in milk to add creamy smoothness. This makes a great accompaniment for meat, or as the main feature, served in ramekins with slivers of fried dry-cured ham.
38K 58 min. March 3^rd 2019

Cauliflower and avocado rémoulade

The combination of cauliflower and avocado is generally a successful one. In this recipe the cauliflower is grated tabbouleh style then mixed with the avocado and a rémoulade dressing for a fresh, summery starter.
7,126 22 min. June 26^th 2022

Cauliflower and chickpea purée

Cauliflower and chickpeas go really well together. Here they are combined in a creamy purée which makes a delicious accompaniment for red meat, for example.
23K 42 min. January 27^th 2021

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".
6,131 56 min. September 4^th 2022

Cauliflower coconut curry

Curry sauces are often heavy with cream, but here's one that's non-dairy, made with coconut milk, so much lighter. It's every bit as delicious.
8,934 54 min. February 27^th 2022

Cauliflower curry

Plenty of flavour in this cauliflower curry: from the hot spices, of course, but also from dry-roasted cashew nuts.
120K4.8 54 min. January 19^th 2014

Celeriac and mushroom gratin

This gratin combines sliced celeriac simmered in milk with fried mushrooms.
60K5 1 hour 8 min. May 10^th 2023

Celeriac in cream and mustard sauce

The celeriac in this dish is cooked in two stages: pan-fried first, then braised in cream with mustard. It can be enjoyed as the main feature with rice or cous-cous, for example, or served to accompany meat.
27K 43 min. December 15^th 2019

Chard and potato gratin

All of the chard leaves (greens and stalk) will be used in this recipe. They are first boiled, then layered with sliced potatoes and topped with a bechamel sauce.
31K 1 hour 6 min. June 10^th 2020

Cheese and tomato tart

A thin puff pastry base, precooked to be extra crisp, filled after cooling with a bed of cream cheese, then a generous layer of tomatoes (as many different colours as possible) to create a colourful and flavoursome tart.
16K 1 hour 44 min. September 2^nd 2020

Cheese Soufflé

A soufflé - one of those dishes with a reputation for being tricky to get right. In fact, it's not as difficult as all that. The important thing is to break the process down into stages: start by making the bechamel sauce, add some cheese (this turns it into a Mornay sauce), then add the egg yolks...
109K 14.4 1 hour 34 min. September 11^th 2013

Chicken and avocado bagels

Bagels filled with herby cream cheese, topped with morsels of fried chicken and slivers of avocado.
20K 37 min. June 2^nd 2021

Chicken and mushroom brik rolls

Roll of brik (or filo) pastry filled with chopped mushrooms, diced chicken and sautéd onions.
108K5 51 min. May 10^th 2023

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.
80K 14.4 1 hour 40 min. May 10^th 2023

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?
28K5 1 hour 24 min. February 23^th 2020

Chicken pie

Apart from the obvious chicken, this pie's puff pastry "lid" also conceals mushrooms, bacon, hard-boiled eggs and leeks.
98K4.3 2 hours 29 min. May 10^th 2023

Chicken with rice and leeks

For this "chicken with rice", the rice is cooked using the pilau method (started on the hob, finished in the oven), but with chicken cooking juices as the liquid to add plenty of delicious flavour. Pieces of cooked chicken are then added. This version also has chopped and lightly fried leeks.
36K4.1 56 min. January 29^th 2017

Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce

This recipe combines morsels of cooked chicken, spinach and potatoes with cream for a simple and tasty dish.
40K 36 min. July 3^rd 2019

Chilli chicken and spinach gratin

A classic combination of chicken and spinach is pepped up with chilli spices and balanced with a velvety bechamel sauce, topped with cheese and browned in the oven.
20K 1 hour 35 min. May 23^th 2021

Chilli potato wedges

To make these spicy wedges, the potatoes are boiled whole first, then cut, coated in your choice of spices and cooked in the oven until browned and beautifully crisp.
14K 1 hour 51 min. May 16^th 2021

Comtoise stuffed tomatoes

These stuffed tomatoes are a bit special: the stuffing is made with Morteau sausage, onions, rice and cancoilotte cheese.
38K4.1 1 hour 36 min. October 5^th 2016

Comtoise tart for Seàn

This tart has all the flavour of the Franche-Comté: the puff-pastry base is covered with diced Morteau sausage and fried potatoes. This is topped with cancoillotte cheese - totally delicious!
66K4.2 1 hour 49 min. March 10^th 2021

Country vegetable soup

In this "country" (paysanne) style soup, the vegetables are left in small pieces, rather than blended.
77K 14.3 1 hour 11 min. April 2^nd 2014

Courgettes (zuchinis)

A classic gratin, but with the courgettes cooked separately to prevent too much juice being released during the oven cooking, and so make a dish that is barely moist.
485K 13.7 1 hour 20 min. October 13^th 2010

Couscous

In couscous, the meat and vegetable mixture is rather long to cook, but not difficult. And the couscous itself (a kind of coarse semolina) is simple and quick to prepare.
491K4.3 2 hours 36 min. November 16^th 2017

Crab and smoked salmon club sandwiches

A club sandwich has three slices of bread, filled with a mayonnaise-style dressing. Here is a crab and smoked salmon version with cocktail sauce.
204K 15 1 hour 2 min. October 13^th 2010

Creamy artichokes

This hearty vegetable recipe uses the whole globe artichoke (heart and leaves), combining the creamy artichoke texture with the crunch of sautéed potatoes.
18K 1 hour 18 min. August 6^th 2020

Creamy asparagus and meat timbale

Asparagus cooked separately first, then sliced and mixed with a reduced cream sauce, full of meaty flavour, and served in individual dishes.
6,024 45 min. April 13^th 2022

Creamy cauliflower with smoked salmon

A creamy cauliflower purée with steamed leek, and strips of smoked salmon lightly sautéed on the side.
3,360 56 min. February 5^th 2023

Creamy Comtoise artichoke gratin

This is an artichoke recipe with a difference: we'll be using both heart and leaves, first steamed, then lightly sautéed before being blended with cancoillotte cheese to make a creamy purée. This is then browned in individual ramekins.
16K 49 min. December 9^th 2020

Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel

This recipe partners green asparagus with sorrel, which adds a slight bitterness and hint of acidity, and cooked rice, all blended to a rich finish with cream.
15K 44 min. May 26^th 2021

Creamy rice with spinach

For this simple recipe, rice is mixed with a shallot cream before adding cooked spinach.
845 18 min. May 28^th 2023

Creamy spinach and potato gratin

This is a gratin with a difference: before going in the oven, the layers of spinach and potato are topped with cream in which Mont d'Or cheese has been melted (or another cheese, if you prefer).
51K4 1 hour 5 min. December 17^th 2017

Crispy potato and mushroom brik rolls

These crispy rolls have a mashed potato filling with mushrooms and herbs.
49K5 46 min. July 26^th 2015

Crispy potato galette with leeks

For this recipe, we make a "galette" of fried potatoes, then add layer of steamed leeks and melt cheese over the top. The galette is folded over, rather like an omelette, before being cut into portions.
39K4.1 39 min. May 5^th 2016

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.
219K5 49 min. February 21^th 2011

Crispy smoked salmon and herb rolls

This recipe is for rolls of brik or filo pastry with a filling of smoked salmon, eggs, herbs and mustard. These are cut into sections before being cooked in the oven.
54K4.1 48 min. February 26^th 2015

Croque-monsieur complet

This is a "full Monty" version of the traditional French toasted sandwich: the bread is dipped in beaten egg with cream before cooking, rather like pain perdu, to make the fried bread rich and moist. The French term "complet" here means "with everything": egg, ham and cheese.
61K 14.1 25 min. June 14^th 2015

Croque-monsieur gourmand

This "gourmand" (or "greedy") version of the traditional French toasted sandwich has 3 fillings: fried potato slices, creamed leeks and fried ham.
50K5 49 min. March 6^th 2020

Croque-monsieur potatoes

A way to revive potatoes, "croque-monsieur" style: topped with bechamel sauce, ham and cheese, then browned in the oven.
14K 40 min. August 4^th 2021

Curried polenta

Made like a classic polenta, then pepped up with curry powder and mixed with morsels of separately cooked globe artichoke.
6,232 44 min. May 25^th 2022

Deep leek and potato quiche

The French make a "tourte" that is smaller and deeper than a normal quiche. This recipe makes the most of this difference: it has plenty of texture and flavour, with bacon, potatoes, leeks, two different cheeses, and an egg and cream filling poured over.
50K 1 hour 36 min. April 17^th 2022

Duck Parmentier

This recipe is very simple to make as everything can be prepared in advance. A layer of duck meat is sandwiched between two layers of potato purée. This is topped with grated cheese before being put in the oven.
93K3.9 51 min. January 27^th 2013

Duet of creamed cauliflower and cabbage

For this creamy "duet", the cauliflower and cabbage are boiled first, then mixed just before serving with a reduced cream sauce.
26K 52 min. July 4^th 2021

Eggs Comtoise

In this recipe from eastern France, an egg yolk sits inside a potato nest with a topping of hot cancoillote cheese. The nest is served with fried sliced potatoes.
36K3.8 40 min. January 17^th 2016

Eggs in brioche nests

This is an original way to serve an egg: with cheese in a savoury brioche nest. This looks elegant for when you have guests and it is delicious as well.
44K4.1 3 hours 37 min. December 6^th 2015

Eggs in tomato shells

This is a novel way of cooking eggs: in tomato "shells" or egg-cups! For extra flavour, we'll put a spoonful of caramelized onions in the tomato first.
43K3.9 1 hour 3 min. October 11^th 2015

Eggs with tomatoes and courgettes

Melting courgettes with tomatoes and onions into which the eggs are slid carefully, without breaking the yolk, and cooked gently. The secret of success in this recipe is to combine the tomatoes and courgettes when they are really soft, and cook the egg white, leaving the yolk still runny.
66K3.8 52 min. September 27^th 2015

Endive gratin with cancoillotte

Here is a variation on the classic French recipe for endives with ham. This recipe uses cancoillotte cheese instead of the usual béchamel sauce.
94K3.8 57 min. February 5^th 2014

Endives

A very classic recipe, but which can easily fail due to two main errors: too much water in bottom of dish because endives give off a lot, and endives that are too bitter so that children hate it. Here is a method which avoids these two problems.
299K5 1 hour 29 min. February 14^th 2012

Endives "bonne femme"

A one-pot endive dish with potatoes, onion and bacon. [Translator's note: the French "bonne femme" style is good, straightforward home cooking (whether the cook is a man or a woman!).
100K4.3 1 hour 23 min. May 12^th 2013

Feta and spinach brik pie

In this recipe, a feta and cream filling is sandwiched between layers of spinach and wrapped in brik (or filo) pastry.
62K 24.8 55 min. December 10^th 2014

Filo leeks and cheese tart

This is a very quick tart recipe, where the crust is made by a stacking filo pastry sheets.
270K4.3 1 hour 14 min. April 17^th 2022

Fine multi-tomato tart

This simple but very elegant tart makes the most of different tomato varieties. Their diversity allows us to create a multi-coloured tart, featuring all their attractive shades.
34K 59 min. October 14^th 2018

Flamiche

Flamiche is a savoury tart from the Picardy region of northeasten France. It is a cousin of quiche lorraine, but the pastry is characteristically made with lard and the filling has neither bacon nor eggs. This version contains a mixture of endives and leeks (white part only).
32K 14.5 1 hour 16 min. April 30^th 2017

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...
36K4.6 38 min. February 12^th 2017

French-style peas

A traditional French recipe, "Petis pois à la Française", with a personal twist, but very easy to prepare. It is an ideal accompaniment for meat, poultry or even a grilled fillet of fish.
144K3.8 28 min. July 15^th 2012

Fresh spinach with cream

Fresh spinach, simply wilted, reheated in a sauce of thickened cream with shallot, and served with quarters of hard-boiled egg.
328K3.8 1 hour 43 min. September 29^th 2012

Fried bread with leek and poached egg

A slice of fried buttered bread with fried sliced leek, topped with a poached egg. For the best effect, split the egg open just before serving.
34K4.8 31 min. September 18^th 2016

Fried cheese toasties with avocado

Cheese toasties just got naughtier: pan-fried with butter, the French way. Serve with sliced avocado and lime juice for a delicious contrast of hot and crunchy with cold and yielding – and a clearer conscience!
16K 28 min. January 20^th 2021

Fried egg in bread

This is a novel way to cook an egg in the middle of a slice of fried bread. For a continental twist to the English breakfast, it comes with a slice of grilled bacon and a little pesto. The tricky part (explained in full in the recipe) is to cook the egg white through but keep the yolk runny.
101K 15 29 min. September 8^th 2015

Fried eggs with tomatoes

In this recipe, thick slices of tomato are cooked first, then the eggs are left to cook gently in the spaces between them. Particularly delicious served simply with a trickle of balsamic vinegar.
70K4.8 31 min. November 27^th 2013

Fried rillettes

Rilletes formed into thin cakes and fried. This allows the fat to drain off during cooking and leaves crunchy and tasty discs of lean meat which can be served with mashed potato (purée).
108K4.9 29 min. December 11^th 2011

Genoese croque-monsieur

Here is an Italian version of the famous French toasted sandwich: a croque-monsieur from Genoa. The two slices of fried bread hold together scrambled egg, pesto and grated Parmesan.
44K 24 min. July 22^th 2018

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.
185K3.8 1 hour 14 min. September 10^th 2018

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.
14K 29 min. May 10^th 2023

Gnocchi alla romana

Gnocchi are a type of pasta made with flour and potatoes or, as here, semolina. For this recipe, the gnocchi are made quite large and cooked "au gratin", topped with grated cheese.
31K 2 hours 59 min. July 29^th 2020

Grated potato cakes

These grated potato cakes (similar to hash browns, but without the onion) can be deep or pan fried. They are excellent with meat, but quite delicious on their own. Children love them.
132K4.3 39 min. November 23^th 2014

Gratin "grilled inside"

We think of a classic gratin, potatoes and cauliflower, but in this recipe we start by grilling them before assembling the gratin, which gives a slightly crunchy texture, and especially a delicious taste.
6,722 1 hour 44 min. September 25^th 2022

Gratin Comtois

This version of Gratin Comtois begins like the classic gratin dauphinois, but uses Morbier cheese, and diced Morteau sausage for a hint of smoky flavour. There's no denying it, this is a rich and hearty dish!
18K 1 hour 13 min. April 7^th 2021

Gratin Dauphinois

This recipe is a bit sensitive for people from Dauphiné (a French area around the city of Grenoble), many of them are sure to have the "true" recipe. Here is the version of the famous French chef Michel Guérard. The most interesting thing about gratin Dauphinois, is that it has a delicate hint of...
373K 25 1 hour 3 min. August 13^th 2016

Gratin of chicken with rice and sautéed mushrooms

This is a very simple gratin, mainly using leftovers (chicken and rice), ideal for a Sunday night supper.
34K3.8 52 min. May 10^th 2023

Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or

This gratin has layers of potatoes and sautéed endives, topped with Mont d'Or cheese and browned in the oven.
40K5 58 min. February 14^th 2016

Gratin of Jerusalem artichokes à la Comtoise

For this recipe, a half-topinamus, half-potato gratin, with a little smoky taste provided by diced Morteau sausage.
4,177 1 hour 20 min. January 15^th 2023