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    Home • Recipes • Holiday Recipes

    Holiday Recipes

    • a white plate with parmesan cheese crisps and orange aged gouda cheese crisps with glasses of wine at a holiday table
      Parmesan Crisps Recipe - Quick and Easy in the Oven
    • classic Parisian brioche with a little head on top
      Classic French Brioche - Parisian 'Brioche à Tête'
    • baked sea bass fish on one baking sheet with potatoes, cherry tomatoes, lemon and herbs
      Whole Baked Sea Bass Recipe - Dinner on a Tray
    • round chocolate cake topped with sliced golden pears
      Chocolate Pear Cake - Moist with Low Sugar
    • golden bar shaped financier cakes
      Traditional French Financier Cakes (Financiers)
    • pumpkin soup and cooked chestnuts, a French speciality
      Pumpkin Soup and Leek with Chestnuts
    • fondant slice of moist chocolate cake, topped with a little icing sugar next to a bowl of oranges
      Chocolate Beetroot Cake (Fondant Chocolat-Betterave)
    • saute pan of fried green beans in garlic and breadcrumbs
      Sautéed Green Beans with Garlic - French Style
    • glass with a layered gingerbread trifle with caramelised apples, jelly, caramel and topped with boozy whipped cream
      Gingerbread Trifle with Apple (Individual Trifles)
    • butternut squash gratin dish with leeks, bacon and walnuts topped with melted cheese and sage
      Butternut Gratin with Walnuts
    • pyramid shaped coconut cookie with other bite-sized shapes on a plate
      Easy Coconut Macaroons (Without Condensed Milk)
    • Tubes of brandy snaps filled with whipped cream, mint, lime and rum
      Brandy Snaps with Mojito Cream
    • stack of orange hued cottage cheese pancakes with pumpkin purée with dribbling maple syrup on a plate with blueberries
      Cottage Cheese Pancakes with Pumpkin
    • pumpkin spiced macarons
      Easy Pumpkin Spice Macarons Recipe
    • bright orange mini pumpkins baked and stuffed
      Stuffed Mini Pumpkins - The Most Versatile, Easy Recipe
    • lush pudding in a pool of dark toffee sauce
      Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe with Apple
    • plate of snowmen, decorated trees and gingerbread men in front of the Christmas tree
      Gingerbread Men and Decorating Ideas (Biscuits Speculoos)
    • mushroom macaron
      Mushroom Macarons
    • plates of herb crusted salmon with potatoes, asparagus and a butter sauce
      Parmesan Herb Crusted Salmon (Saumon à la Viennoise)
    • French tuiles cookies made with almonds and rounded like tiles
      How to Make Tuiles - The Easiest French Almond Cookie
    • 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)
    • slice of chocolate plate with eiffel tower served with a thin custard sauce
      Crème Anglaise with Chai Tea (Thin French Custard)
    • fudgy chocolate cake sliced open with chocolate macaron on top
      French Chocolate Cake (Fondant au Chocolat)
    • plate of gooey gluten free brownies made with almond flour and melted chocolate, topped with almonds
      Gluten Free Brownies - Fudgiest Ever
    • golden, shiny roasted caramelised pineapple slices on a plate with vanilla
      Roasted Pineapple with Sticky Vanilla
    • elegant dessert plate with half a poached pear sitting in a puddle of vanilla and coffee syrup with chocolate macarons
      Vanilla Poached Pears - Be Bold with Coffee
    • a large slice of chocolate cake topped with a rum glaze, toasted flaked almonds and gold leaf
      Almond Flour Chocolate Cake (Gâteau Reine de Saba)
    • stirring a pot of homemade mincemeat without suet
      Quick No-Suet Mincemeat (For Mince Pies and a Macaron Filling)
    • scoops of light chestnut coloured ice cream topped with candied chestnuts
      Chestnut Vanilla Ice Cream (Glace aux Marrons)
    • plate of christmas sweet treats in front of the tree
      Snowballs - No Bake Coconut Bites
    • bowl of rocket soup with smoked garlic
      Smoked Garlic Soup with Rocket (Arugula)
    • creamy risotto topped with seared scallops and chorizo sauce and an edible flower
      Creamy Chorizo Risotto with Seared Scallops
    • bubbling plum jam with spices
      Spiced Plum Jam
    • whole sea bream fish in a baking dish topped with tomato sauce, roast garlic cloves, lemon slices and potatoes
      Sea Bream Fish Baked Provençal Style (Dorade à la Provençale)
    • asparagus spears like sun rays on a tart
      Asparagus Puff Pastry Tart
    • 2 white meringue halves stuck together with cream to look like a melting snowball cake
      French Meringue Filled Snowballs
    • cherry toffee tomatoes on skewers
      Cherry Tomatoes in Salted Toffee - the Best Party Food
    • French layered chocolate cake, showing the moist inside layers
      Patrick Roger's Layered Chocolate Cake
    • land and sea salad with a savoury beet macaron
      French Charcuterie Plate Land and Sea (Salade Terre et Mer)
    • glass dish of prunes soaked in red wine, garnished with orange and spices
      Mulled Wine Prunes (Pruneaux au Vin)
    • chocolate chip cookies in golden autumn leaves
      Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Cookies
    • mini macaron raspberry trifles
      Mini Macaron Trifles - Parisian Ispahan Style

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