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    Home โ€ข Recipes โ€ข Classic French Dishes

    Classic French Dishes

    • a slice out of a golden leek pie to see inside the crust
      French Leek Pie (Flamiche) - A Classic Vegetarian Recipe
    • bright orange glazed carrots in butter and fresh parsley cooked Vichy style
      Vichy Carrots (French Glazed Carrots) Without Sugar
    • stirring a thick, glossy light yellow sauce in a pan
      Beurre Blanc Sauce - With or Without Smoked Tea
    • white chocolate mousse in a bowl with rose petals and love heart macaron
      White Chocolate Mousse with Rose
    • plate of dark caramelised cannelรฉs de Bordeaux with red edible Begonia flowers
      Canelรฉ Recipe (Cannelรฉs de Bordeaux) - Without Beeswax
    • sweet pastry dough or pate sucree for a tart, pricking with a fork for even baking
      Pรขte Sucrรฉe - Sweet Pastry for Tarts
    • high raised round buttery biscuits with a rough texture with air-holes
      French Butter Cookies (Palets Bretons)
    • spoonful of creamy homemade Tartar sauce made with shallot, spring onions, gherkins, capers
      Homemade Tartar Sauce (Sauce Tartare)
    • large apple cake showing moist inside with a slice removed, topped with a shiny glaze on a plate next to apples
      French Apple Cake - Joรซl Robuchon's Recipe
    • galette des rois French puff pastry almond cake glazed and decorated with a paper crown
      Traditional Galette des Rois Recipe
    • plate of sliced tender pork roast in a glossy cidre sauce cooked with potatoes and served with braised red cabbage
      Easy Pork Roast Recipe with Cider, Rosemary and Potatoes
    • large pot with braised red cabbage cooked in vinegar, apple, onion and spices
      German Red Cabbage Recipe (Chou rouge ร  la Flamande)
    • Champagne glass with a lemon cocktail at Harry's Bar Paris
      French 75 Cocktail Recipe (The Classic from Paris)
    • black pot with bubbling tomato and fish stew topped with chopped parsley
      French Monkfish Stew (Lotte ร  L'Amรฉricaine)
    • 3 bowls of pea soup with fresh peas and pods
      French Pea Soup Recipe with Ham (Potage Saint Germain)
    • cauliflower cream soup topped with florets and parsley candlelit
      Cauliflower Cream Soup (Crรจme Dubarry)
    • upside down caramelised apple tart glistening on a glass plate
      Tarte Tatin Recipe
    • chestnut ice cream log filled with candied chestnuts, orange and topped with toasted meringue
      Ice Cream Yule Log (Bรปche de Noรซl Glacรฉe)
    • chocolate disks topped with dried fruits and nuts
      Mendiants (French Chocolate Disks)
    • soft scalloped potatoes in a gratin dish topped with crispy cheese
      Potato Gratin Savoyard (Without Cream)
    • gratin dish of sliced potato bake with autumn leaves
      Gratin Dauphinois (Creamy Potato Gratin)
    • dipping skewers of bread and cauliflower into a pot of cheese fondue
      French Cheese Fondue Savoyarde - and How to Serve it
    • pears sitting in an almond tart
      Pear Almond Tart (Tarte Bourdaloue)
    • Round toasted custard tart with apples topped with an edible flower
      French Apple Custard Tart (Tarte Alsacienne aux Pommes)
    • classic Parisian brioche with a little head on top
      Classic French Brioche - Parisian 'Brioche ร  Tรชte'
    • golden bar shaped financier cakes
      Traditional French Financier Cakes (Financiers)
    • saute pan of fried green beans in garlic and breadcrumbs
      Sautรฉed Green Beans with Garlic - French Style
    • black bowl with a thick and creamy carrot soup, thickened with rice and topped with a sprig of fresh parsley and pinch of ground coriander
      Creamy Carrot Soup (Potage Crรฉcy) without the Cream
    • A ceramic bowl of a French cheese spread known as Cervelle de Canut made with cheese, cream, shallots and herbs - served with a baguette.
      Cheese Spread Recipe: Cervelle de Canut - Lyon's Fun Version of Brains
    • pyramid shaped coconut cookie with other bite-sized shapes on a plate
      Easy Coconut Macaroons (Without Condensed Milk)
    • layers of lasagna with cheese, spinach, tomato and mint
      Corsican Cheese Lasagna (A Lazy Cannelloni au Brocciu Recipe)
    • bowl of homemade vegetable soup made with fresh vegetable chunks and a short cooking time
      Homemade Vegetable Soup (Soupe de lรฉgumes)
    • round thin tart topped with thinly sliced spiral of apples
      French Apple Tart with Puff Pastry (Tarte fine aux pommes)
    • pasta bowl of egg noodles tossed in olive oil, butter, garlic, herbs and garlic
      Fresh Alsatian Egg Noodles (Pรขtes d'Alsace)
    • French tuiles cookies made with almonds and rounded like tiles
      How to Make Tuiles - The Easiest French Almond Cookie
    • mint omelette
      Corsican Mint Omelette (Omelette ร  la Menthe)
    • bowl of chunky apple compote, with a spoonful showing the specks of vanilla in it
      Easy Apple Sauce Recipe (French Apple Compote)
    • French white porcelain bowl of leek and potato soup with a baguette and butter
      Leek and Potato Soup (potage Bonne Femme)
    • slice of chocolate plate with eiffel tower served with a thin custard sauce
      Crรจme Anglaise with Chai Tea (Thin French Custard)
    • fudgy chocolate cake sliced open with chocolate macaron on top
      French Chocolate Cake (Fondant au Chocolat)
    • pouring bรฉchamel into a sauce boat
      Bรฉchamel Sauce Recipe
    • spoon into a runny centre dark chocolate cake
      Lava Cakes (Moelleux au Chocolat)

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