Puff Pastry Christmas Tree
The fanciest holiday appetizer to share and serve with a glass of champagne. Two sheets of puff pastry, some pesto sauce, that’s all. Delicious, fun and easy.
Christmas and New Year
Lemon Meringue Yule Log Cake
This revisits a great classic of French pastry, tarte au citron meringuée lemon meringue pie baked as a swiss roll cake for Christmas.
Purée with Dried Ceps and Potatoes
For mushroom lovers, here’s how to give a festive way to serve mashed potatoes or creamy French style purée.
Roasted Capon with Chestnuts & Winter Vegetables
Cook capon the French traditional way at Christmas, with seasonnal vegetables and chestnuts. I give you cooking tips for very tender meat.
Guinea Fowl with Dried Fruits and Spices
For a fancy dinner or as smaller piece than capon or Turkey at Christmas, this recipe is full of flavors with dried fruits and lovely spices.
Tiramisu Loaf Cake
An elegant loaf cake or even a Christmas yule log, decadent tiramisu Smooth cream, crunchy chocolate and coffee ganache and soft ladyfingers.
Smoked Salmon Toasts with Mustard Dill Sauce
Festive smoked salmon or trout toasts for appetizers or parties With flavorful dill sauce thant changes from Dijon mustard butter or cream.
French-Style Peas
Great classic of French cuisine, a wonderful combination of sweet green peas, spring onion and lettuce. Vegetarian version without bacon.
Salmon Rillettes with Cream Cheese and Chive
An ideal do-ahead spread for a lovely appetizer, very simple and quick to prepare. all you need to do is cook salmon, combine with cream cheese and season. Serve on fresh baguette or as a dip.
Smoked Salmon Light Mousse
For smoked salmon lovers, this recipe is light and delicious. And so easy as salmon is just combined with cream cheese and a bit of whipped cream.
Roast Duckling with Orange Sauce in 2 Ingredients
Who said French cuisine is complicated? All you need here is duckling and oranges, season and roast in the oven. Why don’t you try?
Smoked Salmon Puff Pastry Rolls
Those small bite-sized aperitifs are very fun to do with the puff pastry rolled and cut into slices, and have a good taste of smoked salmon.
Poached Pears with Saffron and Cardamom
Tasty pears cooked with saffron and cardamom sauce An incredible delight! I’m absolutely mad about this! Quick and easy to prepare, for a very festive dessert.
Scallops with Orange Sauce and Chorizo Breadcrumbs
Scallops briefly fried with a delicious creamy citrus sauce and to give a little twist, homemade chorizo breadcrumbs. The proof that an incredible dish can be very easy to make.
Duck Breast with Blackcurrant Sauce
A delicious blackcurrant sauce with a hint of balsamic vinegar, and a little trick to perfectly cook your duck breast fillets, so that they are sooo tender. Did you know that duck is on of French’s favourite meat.
Milk Chocolate and Passion Fruit Christmas Log Cake
Some associations work well. Milk chocolate and passion fruit is a great example. And this Christmas log is a delight. It became very famous in France with the great French pastry chef Pierre Hermé and his desserts named Mogador.
Foie Gras with Pear in Verrines Individual Glasses
Fancy presentation in France for appetizer: verrines are small individual glasses. Pear compote, foie gras and gingerbread crumbs sprinkled
Story and Tradition of Yule Log Cake
Why do we serve log shaped cake for Christmas? Here is the story of this tradition and of yule log, bûche de Noël as we say in French.