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    Home • Recipes • Season

    Easy French summer recipes

    A collection of easy seasonal recipes for summer. Each recipe typically uses fresh produce in season from the French market such as cherries and berries and includes lighter dishes to adapt to the summer heat.

    • Sautéed Green Beans with Garlic
    • French Niçoise Salad (Salade Niçoise)
    • Stuffed Zucchini (Courgettes farcies)
    • Baked Peaches (with Amaretti)
    • Roasted Fresh Sardines (Sardines Farcies)
    • Corsican Cheese Lasagna (Cannelloni au Brocciu)
    • Rhubarb Sorbet (Sorbet à la rhubarbe)
    • Rhubarb Cake (Gâteau à la rhubarbe)
    • Creamy Lemon Ice Cream (Glace au citron)
    • French Pea Soup (Potage Saint-Germain)
    • Cranachan Parfait - A French Twist to the Scottish Dessert
    • Corsican Fig Jam (Confiture de Figues)
    • Raspberry Macaron Filling with Rose
    • Roasted Summer Vegetables (Tian de Légumes)
    • Baked Apricots (Abricots Rôtis)
    • Apricot Jam (confiture d'abricot)
    • Spiced Plum Jam
    • Berry Gratin - A Light Crème Brûlée
    • Lemon Verbena Ice Cream (Glace à la verveine)
    • Oven Roasted Tomatoes and Mozzarella
    • Dried Rhubarb Chips
    • Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chèvre chaud)
    • Almond Tart With Strawberries
    • Candied Cherry Tomatoes
    • Cherry Clafoutis (Clafoutis aux Cerises)
    • Strawberry and Pistachio Tart
    • Rhubarb Crumble Revisited
    • French Charcuterie Plate Land and Sea (Salade Terre et Mer)
    • Roasted Figs with Honey and Port
    • Blueberry Lemon Clafoutis
    • No Bake Chocolate Puddings (crème au chocolat)
    • French Monkfish Stew (Lotte à L'Armoricaine)
    • Corsican Mint Omelette (Omelette à la Menthe)
    • French Ice Cream Cake (Vacherin Glacé)
    • Black Forest Creams using Cracked Macarons
    • French Blueberry Lemon Bavarois (With Roasted Coriander)
    • Macaron Berry Sherry Trifle (Red, White & Blue)
    • Raspberry Clafoutis with Lemon Verbena
    • Mini Macaron Trifles - Parisian Ispahan Style
    • Sweetcorn and Red Pepper Soup (Chowder)

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