Autumn Recipes

A collection of easy seasonal French recipes for Autumn or Fall. Each recipe typically uses fresh fruit or vegetables in season from the market – such as mushrooms, carrots, apples, pumpkin. Also includes holiday comfort foods for the cooler weather.

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slice of fiadone cheesecake

Breakfast • 40 minutes

Corsican Ricotta Cheesecake (Fiadone)

fig jam with bread and cheese

Breakfast • 2 hours 50 minutes

Corsican Fig Jam (Confiture de Figues)

glistening caramel apples

French Desserts • 1 hour

Tarte Tatin Recipe

thin crepe pancakes stacked on a plate

Breakfast • 1 hour 10 minutes

French Pancakes (Crêpes)

slices of pork in honey sauce with pommes noisette crispy potatoes

Mains - Meat • 30 minutes

Honey Glazed Pork Tenderloin

scotch pancakes in a tea towel

Breakfast • 30 minutes

Easy Scotch Pancakes with Chestnut Flour (Corsican Style)

plate with eiffel tower and circle of caramel sauce around a shiny creme caramel

French Desserts • 3 hours 10 minutes

French Crème Caramel (flan aux oeufs au caramel)

spoon into a runny centre dark chocolate cake

French Desserts • 33 minutes

Lava Cakes (Moelleux au Chocolat)

white lion bowl of creamy fish soup surrounded by tartan and heather

Light Lunches • 40 minutes

Cullen Skink Smoked Haddock Soup

cup and saucer of mushroom soup dusted with cocoa powder

Starters • 55 minutes

Creamy Mushroom Soup (façon Cappuccino)

veal stew with white sauce in carrots, mushrooms and onions

Mains - Meat • 3 hours

French's Favourite Veal Stew (Blanquette de Veau)

chocolate chip cookies in golden autumn leaves

Picnics • 37 minutes

Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Cookies

pot of lemon sauce, roasted chickens and pumpkins

Easy Lemon Sauce (for Roast Chicken)

bowl of pumpkin soup being held with gloves in the autumn leaves

Starters • 35 minutes

Pumpkin Ginger Soup

holiday mincemeat macaron

Teatime • 1 hour 20 minutes

Quick No-Suet Mincemeat (Mince Pie Macaron Filling)

Starters • 1 hour 30 minutes

French Leek Pie (Flamiche)

banana chestnut bread topped with figs and walnuts

Breakfast • 1 hour

Moist Banana Nut Bread (Cake)

blueberry clafoutis dessert with lemon and yellow edible pansies

Breakfast • 45 minutes

Blueberry Lemon Clafoutis

pears sitting in an almond tart

Picnics • 1 hour

Pear Almond Tart (Tarte Bourdaloue)

Round toasted custard tart with apples topped with an edible flower

Breakfast • 1 hour

French Apple Custard Tart (Tarte Alsacienne aux Pommes)

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