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    Home • Recipes • Season

    Easy Spring Recipes

    A collection of easy French seasonal recipes for Spring. Each recipe typically uses fresh produce in season from the market such as asparagus, lemon, strawberries and rhubarb.

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    • 2 scoops of rhubarb sorbet topped with a dried rhubarb chip
      Rhubarb Sorbet Recipe with Rose
    • bowl of bright red rhubarb compote
      Rhubarb Compote Recipe (Healthy & Lower Sugar)
    • Lemon chicken thighs baked with garlic, herbs and fresh lemon in a rustic French baking dish
      Lemon Chicken Thighs with Garlic & Herbs
    • Scooped out Maltese orange filled with chopped strawberries and orange and served in a bowl of crushed ice
      Strawberries with Orange (Fraises à la Maltaise)
    • asparagus spears like sun rays on a tart
      Asparagus Tart with Puff Pastry
    • Baked cherry clafoutis dessert in a round dish topped with powdered sugar and flaked almonds
      Cherry Clafoutis Recipe - Traditional French Custard Dessert
    • Glass dishes filled with rhubarb fool swirled into Greek yogurt with ginger and honey
      Rhubarb Fool with Ginger and Yogurt
    • creamy lemon sauce poured over roasted white asparagus, served with potatoes and roast chicken
      Creamy Lemon Sauce for Chicken
    • pan of cooked spaghetti, tossed with a creamy lemon pasta sauce with parmesan and poppy seeds
      Creamy Lemon Pasta Sauce
    • small individual asparagus clafoutis with parmesan sauce basil top
      Asparagus Clafoutis - Easy French Spring Recipe
    • best rhubarb jam recipe, low in sugar, a hint of rose and packed with more flavour
      Low Sugar Rhubarb Jam with Rose
    • individual serving dish of rhubarb crumble with oats
      Individual Rhubarb Crumble (French-Style with Oats)
    • moist cake showing roasted rhubarb and toasted almonds on top
      Moist Rhubarb Cake with Almonds, Orange and Rose
    • blueberry clafoutis dessert with lemon and yellow edible pansies
      Blueberry Clafoutis with Lemon
    • long-stemmed cocktail glasses filled with light and fluffy strawberry mousse topped with strawberries and served with French tuile cookies
      Strawberry Mousse (Mousse à la fraise)
    • bowls of bright green watercress soup
      Watercress Soup (Soupe au Cresson)
    • green asparagus spears baked in a roasting tin topped with toasted hazelnuts
      Oven-Roasted Asparagus
    • round pie dish with baked strawberries and almonds in a custard
      Strawberry Clafoutis with Almond Flour
    • French tart au citron showing a glossy, clean cut slice topped with finely grated lemon and lime zest
      Tarte au Citron (French Lemon Tart)
    • Slice of stuffed cabbage with pork in a poached liquid with carrot and turnip served in a big bowl, a rustic French dish
      Stuffed Cabbage (Chou Farci)
    • Blanquette de veau, a creamy French veal stew, bubbling in a pot with carrots, mushrooms, pearl onions and topped with parsley
      French's Favourite Veal Stew (Blanquette de Veau Recipe)
    • lemon drizzle cake for Easter shaped like a nest topped with chocolate hen, macarons and eggs
      Gluten Free Lemon Cake with Almonds
    • Moroccan handpainted bowl filled with a raw carrot salad topped with fresh mint, toasted nuts and seeds next to oranges and a Moroccan teapot
      Raw Carrot Salad Moroccan Style
    • slices of toasted bread with cheese, nuts, lettuce and bacon
      Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chèvre chaud)
    • baked orange cheesecake topped with mango coulis
      Orange Cheesecake: Easy Baked Recipe that's Fresh and Zesty
    • black pot with bubbling tomato and fish stew topped with chopped parsley
      French Monkfish Stew (Lotte à L'Américaine)
    • 3 bowls of pea soup with fresh peas and pods
      French Pea Soup Recipe with Ham (Potage Saint Germain)
    • chocolate disks topped with dried fruits and nuts
      Mendiants (French Chocolate Disks)
    • gratin dish of sliced potato bake with autumn leaves
      Gratin Dauphinois (Creamy Potato Gratin)
    • pears sitting in an almond tart
      Pear Almond Tart (Tarte Bourdaloue)
    • Round toasted custard tart with apples topped with an edible flower
      French Apple Custard Tart (Tarte Alsacienne aux Pommes)
    • jar of bright pink pickled radishes with bay leaves
      Pickled Radishes Without Sugar
    • spoonful showing perfect texture of a chocolate mousse using 100 percent cacao
      Pure 100% Cacao Chocolate Mousse Recipe by Patrice Chapon
    • pan of fresh pasta noodles with goat cheese sauce, parsley and walnuts
      Goat Cheese Pasta Sauce with Walnuts
    • layers of lasagna with cheese, spinach, tomato and mint
      Corsican Cheese Lasagna (A Lazy Cannelloni au Brocciu Recipe)
    • bowl of homemade vegetable soup made with fresh vegetable chunks and a short cooking time
      Homemade Vegetable Soup (Soupe de légumes)
    • honey biscuits or cookies, golden, glazed and in love heart shapes
      Honey Biscuits with Lemon
    • Bavarian cream recipe steps with blueberries and lemon
      Blueberry Bavarois - A Bavarian Cream Recipe with Lemon
    • Traditional French citronnade lemon drink made with lemons, water and sugar
      Citronnade - French Homemade Lemonade Recipe
    • sliced potatoes tossed in white wine, vinaigrette and fresh chopped herbs
      Authentic French Potato Salad - Recipe Without Mayonnaise (à la Parisienne)
    • tossed green salad with seasonal fresh vegetables such as arugula, avocado and other greens with toasted nuts and seeds
      Simple Green Salad - The Best All-Rounder, Seasonal Side
    • mint omelette
      Corsican Mint Omelette (Omelette à la Menthe)

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