Summer Recipes

A collection of easy French recipes for summer. Each healthy recipe typically uses fresh seasonal produce from the French market such as cherries, blueberries or figs and includes lighter dishes – many ideal for picnics – plus ice creams and sorbets to adapt to the summer heat.

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honey parfaits on shortbread with raspberries and a macaron

French Desserts • 1 hour 10 minutes

Cranachan Parfait (Iced Scottish Dessert)

fig jam with bread and cheese

Breakfast • 2 hours 50 minutes

Corsican Fig Jam (Confiture de Figues)

deep pink shiny macarons

Teatime • 1 hour 20 minutes

Raspberry Macaron Filling with Rose

dish of layered roasted vegetables in Provence

Mains - Vegetarian • 1 hour 10 minutes

Roasted Summer Vegetables (Tian de Légumes)

dish of baked halved apricots with lavender and pot of honey

Breakfast • 25 minutes

Baked Apricots (Abricots Rôtis)

glass jars filled with bright orange apricot jam with sprigs of purple lavender

Breakfast • 5 hours 20 minutes

Apricot Jam (confiture d'abricot)

bubbling plum jam with spices

Breakfast • 50 minutes

Spiced Plum Jam (and a Digital Jam Scale Review)

gratin dish of berries in a creme brulee cream

French Desserts • 22 minutes

Berry Gratin - A Light Crème Brûlée

mini cup of creamy ice cream with a sprig of lemon verbena leaves

French Desserts • 3 hours 10 minutes

Lemon Verbena Ice Cream (Glace à la verveine)

roasted sliced tomatoes with mozzarella stacked together

Picnics • 50 minutes

Oven Roasted Tomatoes and Mozzarella

slice of dried rhubarb sticking out of a glass of sorbet

French Desserts • 2 hours 30 minutes

Dried Rhubarb Chips

slices of toasted bread with cheese, nuts, lettuce and bacon

Light Lunches • 35 minutes

Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chèvre chaud)

pink glazed cake topped with roasted rhubarb, strawberries and flowers

Teatime • 1 hour 45 minutes

Strawberry Almond Tart (With Roasted Rhubarb)

cherry toffee tomatoes on skewers

Drinks-Nibbles-Apero • 20 minutes

Candied Cherry Tomatoes

slice of cherry custard clafoutis dessert

Breakfast • 50 minutes

Cherry Clafoutis (Clafoutis aux Cerises)

glass dish holding a tart with green pistachio cream topped with a fanned strawberry

Picnics • 1 hour 45 minutes

Strawberry and Pistachio Tart

strawberry rhubarb oat crumble with white chocolate mousse in glass dish

French Desserts • 2 hours 45 minutes

Rhubarb Crumbles with Oats, Strawberries and Rose

thin crepe pancakes stacked on a plate

Breakfast • 1 hour 10 minutes

French Pancakes (Crêpes)

terre mer salad

Light Lunches • 30 minutes

Corsican Charcuterie Plate (Salade Terre et Mer)

roasted figs marsala

French Desserts • 50 minutes

Roasted Figs in Port with Honey

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