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    Home • Recipes • Meals

    Starters/Appetizers

    Collection of light recipes served as French appetizers or starters, known as l'entrée in France. Choose from the following healthy menu ideas to start off a dinner party or holiday meal.

    Looking for something specific? Browse the recipe index to refine your search.

    • Raw Carrot Salad Moroccan Style
    • Creamy Carrot Soup (Potage Crécy) without the Cream
    • Poichichade: Provençal Garlic Chickpea Spread
    • Sweet Corn Soup - Restaurant Style
    • French Tomato Tart with Mustard - An Easy Summer Lunch from Provence
    • Simple Green Salad - The Best All-Rounder, Seasonal Side
    • White Asparagus Recipe: French Clafoutis with Lemon
    • Smoked Haddock Fishcakes Recipe
    • Roast Beetroot Salad with Apple and Smoked Mackerel
    • The Best Holiday Shrimp Cocktail with Dragon Fruit
    • Savoury Choux Buns with Smoked Salmon (Choux au Saumon fumé)
    • Smoked Garlic Soup with Rocket (Arugula)
    • Roquefort Salad with Pear, Apple and Walnuts
    • Mediterranean Stuffed Zucchini (Courgettes farcies)
    • French Pea Soup (Potage Saint-Germain)
    • Leek and Potato Soup (potage Bonne Femme)
    • Apple Horseradish Sauce: Perfect for Smoked Salmon
    • Watercress Soup (Soupe au Cresson)
    • Pure Vegetable Soup (Soupe de légumes)
    • Stuffed Mini Pumpkins (Jack Be Little Farcies)
    • Oven Roasted Tomatoes and Mozzarella
    • Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chèvre chaud)
    • Asparagus Puff Pastry Tart
    • Cullen Skink - Traditional Scottish Smoked Haddock Soup
    • Creamy Mushroom Soup (façon Cappuccino)
    • French Charcuterie Plate Land and Sea (Salade Terre et Mer)
    • Pumpkin Soup with Leeks and Ginger
    • French Leek Pie (Flamiche)
    • Savoury Pumpkin Tart with Mushrooms
    • Onion Tarte Tatin - With or Without Cheese
    • Corsican Mint Omelette (Omelette à la Menthe)
    • Asparagus Clafoutis - French Asparagus Recipe for the Oven
    • Cauliflower Cream Soup (Crème Dubarry)
    • Curried Cauliflower Soup (with Seared Scallops)
    • Beetroot Horseradish Risotto - with Macarons

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