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    Home • Recipes • Meals

    Starters/Appetizers

    Collection of mainly French recipes for either light starters or appetizers - great for starting off a dinner party, bbq or holiday meal

    • Stuffed Zucchini (Courgettes farcies)
    • French Pea Soup (Potage Saint-Germain)
    • Leek and Potato Soup (potage Bonne Femme)
    • Apple Horseradish Sauce
    • 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 Smoked Haddock Soup
    • Creamy Mushroom Soup (façon Cappuccino)
    • French Charcuterie Plate Land and Sea (Salade Terre et Mer)
    • Pumpkin Ginger Soup
    • French Leek Pie (Flamiche)
    • Pumpkin Tart with Mushrooms and Chestnut Flour
    • Onion Tarte Tatin
    • Corsican Mint Omelette (Omelette à la Menthe)
    • Asparagus Clafoutis with Parmesan Sauce
    • Cauliflower Cream Soup (Crème Dubarry)
    • Curried Cauliflower Soup (with Seared Scallops)
    • Smoked Garlic Arugula (Rocket) Soup
    • Sweetcorn and Red Pepper Soup (Chowder)
    • Provençal Garlic Chickpea Spread (Poichichade)
    • Beetroot Horseradish Risotto - with Macarons
    • White Asparagus French Clafoutis with Lemon
    • Smoked Haddock Fishcakes with Tartare Sauce

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    Fall Recipes

    We're warming up for Autumn with easy fall recipes. From healthy family dinners, desserts with apples, to fall soup recipes, enjoy our best comfort foods from France.

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    It's apple season! Get the fall of French apple recipes, the best varieties for baking/cooking, along with our fun French expressions using them.

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