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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fig jam with bread and cheese
Breakfast •
Corsican Fig Jam (Confiture de Figues)
deep pink shiny macarons
Teatime •
Raspberry Macaron Filling with Rose
dish of layered roasted vegetables in Provence
Mains - Vegetarian •
Roasted Summer Vegetables (Tian de Légumes)
dish of baked halved apricots with lavender and pot of honey
Breakfast •
Baked Apricots (Abricots Rôtis)
glass jars filled with bright orange apricot jam with sprigs of purple lavender
Breakfast •
Apricot Jam (confiture d'abricot)
pot of jam on a cheese board
Breakfast •
Spiced Plum Jam (and a Digital Jam Scale Review)
gratin dish of berries in a creme brulee cream
French Desserts •
Berry Gratin - A Light Crème Brûlée
mini cup of creamy ice cream with a sprig of lemon verbena leaves
French Desserts •
Lemon Verbena Ice Cream (Glace à la verveine)
roasted sliced tomatoes with mozzarella stacked together
Picnics •
Oven Roasted Tomatoes and Mozzarella
slice of dried rhubarb sticking out of a glass of sorbet
French Desserts •
Dried Rhubarb Chips
slices of toasted bread with cheese, nuts, lettuce and bacon
Light Lunches •
Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chèvre chaud)
pink glazed cake topped with roasted rhubarb, strawberries and flowers
Teatime •
Strawberry Almond Tart (With Roasted Rhubarb)
cherry toffee tomatoes on skewers
Drinks-Nibbles-Apero •
Candied Cherry Tomatoes
slice of cherry custard clafoutis dessert
Breakfast •
Cherry Clafoutis (Clafoutis aux Cerises)
glass dish holding a tart with green pistachio cream topped with a fanned strawberry
Picnics •
Strawberry and Pistachio Tart
strawberry rhubarb oat crumble with white chocolate mousse in glass dish
French Desserts •
Rhubarb Crumbles with Oats, Strawberries and Rose
thin crepe pancakes stacked on a plate
Breakfast •
French Pancakes (Crêpes)
plate with eiffel tower and circle of caramel sauce around a shiny creme caramel
French Desserts •
French Crème Caramel (flan aux oeufs au caramel)
terre mer salad
Light Lunches •
Corsican Charcuterie Plate (Salade Terre et Mer)
roasted figs marsala
French Desserts •
Roasted Figs in Port with Honey