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    Classic French Dishes

    What food is France known for? From everyday dishes to classic French recipes, these easy recipes bring traditional favourites to your table - simple, authentic and full of flavour.

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    • large tomatoes in a roasting tin baked with garlic and herbs from Provence
      Slow Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic and Herbs from Provence
    • baked tomato tart with french niรงoise olives, basil and a green salad
      French Tomato Tart with Mustard - An Easy Summer Lunch from Provence
    • sliced potatoes tossed in white wine, vinaigrette and fresh chopped herbs
      Authentic French Potato Salad - Recipe Without Mayonnaise (ร  la Parisienne)
    • cheese and ham hot sandwich, sliced in half to see the soft insides and toasted texture on top
      Easy Croque Monsieur Recipe -The Hot French Ham and Cheese Sandwich
    • slices of toasted bread with cheese, nuts, lettuce and bacon
      Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chรจvre chaud)
    • plate composed of a classic French salad Nicoise with many ingredients next to a basil plant and French baguette
      Classic French Niรงoise Salad Recipe from Nice
    • Parisian salad with ham, Emmental, hard-boiled eggs, dry-fried mushrooms and mustard vinaigrette
      Parisian Salad (French Ham and Cheese Salad)
    • Scooped out Maltese orange filled with chopped strawberries and orange and served in a bowl of crushed ice
      Strawberries with Orange (Fraises ร  la Maltaise)
    • pouring dark chocolate sauce over crepes
      Chocolate Sauce Recipe - with Chocolate
    • French menu ideas for Bastille Day on 14th July with a tomato tart, whole baked sea bass, brioche and blueberry tart
      What the French Really Eat on Bastille Day (Fรชte Nationale)
    • stuffed courgettes with cheese
      Mediterranean Stuffed Zucchini (Courgettes farcies)
    • French tarts with strawberries and pistachio pastry cream
      Strawberry Tart with Pistachio Pastry Cream
    • French Semolina Cake (Gรขteau de Semoule)
    • slice of glossy dark gingerbread topped with candied ginger
      Pain d'รฉpices (French Gingerbread)
    • individual ice cream with candied fruits on plate with lavender, apricot sauce and a macaron
      No Churn Ice Cream with Candied Fruit (Glace Plombiรจres)
    • French vacherin ice cream meringue cake with layers
      French Ice Cream Cake (Vacherin Glacรฉ)
    • round crepe pancake perfectly cooked in a pan
      French Pancakes (French Crรชpes)
    • tray holding slices of toasted French toast or Pain Perdu in a boulangerie in France in front of baguettes
      Best French Toast Recipe (Pain Perdu)
    • mini cup of creamy ice cream with a sprig of lemon verbena leaves
      Lemon Verbena Ice Cream (Glace ร  la verveine)
    • shallow bowl of white poached vanilla peaches topped with homemade raspberry puree and vanilla ice cream with some fresh lemon verbena leaves
      Peach Melba - Authentic French Recipe
    • close up of salted caramel macarons with a thick filling
      Salted Caramel Macarons
    • French tian, a classic French dish of thinly sliced baked summer vegetables
      French Tian de Lรฉgumes (Provenรงal Vegetable Bake)
    • Pear Belle Helene, a poached pear on ice cream topped with chocolate sauce
      Poire Belle Hรฉlรจne - Parisian Poached Pears with Chocolate Sauce
    • Baked cherry clafoutis dessert in a round dish topped with powdered sugar and flaked almonds
      Cherry Clafoutis Recipe - Traditional French Custard Dessert
    • whole sea bream fish in a baking dish topped with tomato sauce, roast garlic cloves, lemon slices and potatoes
      Sea Bream Fish Baked Provenรงal Style (Dorade ร  la Provenรงale)
    • plate with eiffel tower and circle of caramel sauce around a shiny creme caramel
      French Crรจme Caramel (flan aux oeufs au caramel)
    • large pot with a baked rice pudding covered in a thick caramel skin, spooning out a creamy mixture underneath with cinnamon and a traditional French Fallue brioche
      Baked Rice Pudding Recipe (French Teurgoule)
    • pouring thick homemade hot chocolate from a jug
      French Hot Chocolate - How to Recreate The Parisian Love Potion
    • a large slice of chocolate cake topped with a rum glaze, toasted flaked almonds and gold leaf
      Almond Flour Chocolate Cake (Gรขteau Reine de Saba)
    • bowls of bright green watercress soup
      Watercress Soup (Soupe au Cresson)
    • green asparagus spears baked in a roasting tin topped with toasted hazelnuts
      Oven-Roasted Asparagus
    • round pie dish with baked strawberries and almonds in a custard
      Strawberry Clafoutis with Almond Flour
    • stack of thin buckwheat crepes showing typical hole texture and dark colour of flour
      Buckwheat Crepes (Galettes de sarrasin)
    • glass dish of chocolate mousse with cherries
      French Dark Chocolate Mousse (Mousse au Chocolat)
    • French tart au citron showing a glossy, clean cut slice topped with finely grated lemon and lime zest
      Tarte au Citron (French Lemon Tart)
    • glass bowls of rice puddings topped with golden sultana raisins
      French Rice Pudding (Riz au lait)
    • Slice of stuffed cabbage with pork in a poached liquid with carrot and turnip served in a big bowl, a rustic French dish
      Stuffed Cabbage (Chou Farci)
    • saint-germain cake, an almond tart with rum French speciality
      French Almond Cake (Le Saint-Germain)
    • Blanquette de veau, a creamy French veal stew, bubbling in a pot with carrots, mushrooms, pearl onions and topped with parsley
      French's Favourite Veal Stew (Blanquette de Veau Recipe)
    • large crock pot with French beef stew in red wine, known as Boeuf Bourguignon
      Le Boeuf Bourguignon: How to Make Burgundy Beef Stew like the French
    • oval dish with chicken in red wine and vegetables with a French baguette
      Traditional Coq au Vin (Chicken Casserole in Red Wine)
    • vibrant red tomato bubbling sauce with veal and vegetables in a crock pot
      Corsican Veal Stew with Red Peppers (Vitellu incu pivaroni)

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    Here you'll find easy French recipes worth coming back to.
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