Main Dish
Collection of healthy French recipes for dinner. Most typically served as the main dish/course, known as 'Plat Principal' in France (not to be confused with entrée, which is instead our starter/appetizer). Many are traditional family lunches/dinners or for entertaining. For lighter dinners, see recipes under light lunches.
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Pork Roast Recipe with Apple, Cider and Potatoes
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Whole Baked Sea Bass Recipe - Dinner on a Tray
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Sea Bream Fish Baked Provençal Style (Dorade à la Provençale)
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Le Boeuf Bourguignon: How to Make Burgundy Beef Stew like the French
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Pan-Fried Mackerel with French Mustard
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Smoked Haddock Fishcakes Recipe
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Roast Beetroot Salad with Apple and Smoked Mackerel
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Potato Gratin Savoyard (Without Cream)
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Parmesan Herb Crusted Salmon (Saumon à la Viennoise)
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John Dory Fish - Easy Pan-Fried Recipe
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Classic Niçoise Salad - With the Real Ingredients
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Mediterranean Stuffed Zucchini (Courgettes farcies)
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Roasted Fresh Sardines (Sardines Farcies)
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Corsican Cheese Lasagna (A Lazy Cannelloni au Brocciu Recipe)
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Gratin Dauphinois (Creamy Potato Gratin)
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Chicken Tagine with Prunes
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Thin Buckwheat Pancakes (Galettes de sarrasin)
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Corsican Veal Stew with Red Peppers (Vitellu incu pivaroni)
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Goat Cheese Pasta (Creamy Sauce with Walnuts)
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Creamy Lemon Pasta Sauce
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Coq au Vin (Chicken Casserole in Red Wine)
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Stuffed Mini Pumpkins (Jack Be Little Farcies)
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Roasted Summer Vegetables (Tian de Légumes)
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Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chèvre chaud)
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Nettle Pesto (Pesto d'Orties)
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Pork Tenderloin with Honey Sauce
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French's Favourite Veal Stew (Blanquette de Veau)
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French Leek Pie (Flamiche)
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Savoury Pumpkin Tart with Mushrooms
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French Monkfish Stew (Lotte à L'Américaine)
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Creamy Chorizo Risotto with Seared Scallops
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Onion Tarte Tatin (Tatin aux oignons)
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Corsican Mint Omelette (Omelette à la Menthe)
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Asparagus Clafoutis with Parmesan Sauce
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Butternut Walnut Gratin
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Stuffed Cabbage (Chou Farci)
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Fresh Alsatian Egg Noodles (Nouilles à l'Alsacienne)
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Beetroot Horseradish Risotto - with Macarons