Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Pear and Blue Cheese
A very tasty and smooth cream that can be served either as a side with beef or poultry for example or as a soup, depending on how much cooking water you add. A perfect dish for cheese lovers.
Recipes
French Crepes with Pears and Caramel Sauce
How do you prefer your crepes? How about perfect light batter for thin crepes with pears and a decadant salted butter caramel sauce (here without cream)? Easy, quick. A delight.
Passion Fruit and Chocolate Fudgy Brownie, with a French twist
My daughter’s beloved treat, so tasty, quick and easy that she makes it all the time. A French dessert with an American inspiration. Passion fruit gives a twist to the fudge dark chocolate brownie and seeds a crunchy texture.
Red Lentils and Carrot Soup
Easy, flavorful and comforting smooth soup with carrots and red lentils (super healthy and rich in protein), perfect for chilly days. With a spicy kick and a nice topping.
Red Bell Pepper Dip
A quick and easy recipe, great with a drink as an appetizer spread on bread toasts or as a dip with raw vegetables strips.
French Galette des Rois with Chocolate and Almond Filling
Also called epiphany cake. The typical French galette des rois made with a mix of puff pastry and almond cream filling called frangipane is here flavored with dark chocolate, actuallly cocoa powder. Very tasty.
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
Chocolate Mousse with Caramelized Apples
Just imagine. A dark chocolate mousse with surprises inside: apples cubes caramelized with brown sugar and cinnamon. Are you tempted? A gourmet dessert ! The French would say très gourmand.
Butternut Squash and Vanilla Flan
Tasty dessert so easy to make. Butternut squash purée, vanilla, and the French flan recipe explained. That’s all. Gluten-free and fat-free.
Green Beans Mixed Salad, French Dressing with Hard-boiled Eggs
When green beans are fresh and tasty, why not proposing a simple mixed salad, with a little twist in the dressing? I propose to include hard-boiled eggs.
Easy Gluten Free French Chocolate Cake
Moist dark chocolate cake baked without any flour nor baking powder. Smple and quick to prepare,if you let is stand a bit,inside gets mellow. Delicious
Vegetable Bouillabaisse Soup
A bouillabaisse in South France is supposed to be a fish stew. This vegetarian version is cooked in a particular way so that you have the feeling of eating Provence mythic bouillabaisse fish soup. It might come from the use of saffron, or because vegetables are first sauté in olive oil.
Homemade Breaded Fish
A delicious way of eating fish, with a nice golden brown crunchy coating and silky fish filling. Kids love it! You can have fun seasoning breadcrumb, here with parsley
Lamb’s Lettuce and Beetroot Mixed Salad
This salad, very rich in omega 3, vitamins and minerals, should be prescribed by the doctor!
Cucumber and Goat Cheese Samosas
Cubed cucumber fried in olive oiled seasoned with flavorful pepper, and fresh goat cheese wrapped in filo pastry. Those delicious one bite appetizers are both crispy, crunchy and sweet at the same time.
Grated Carrot Salad with Sweet and Sour Dressing
The great combination of lime’s acidity and honey’s sweetness works very well with grated carrots and sultanas salad. An easy recipe inspired by French chef Alain Passard.
Tomato and Eggplant Light Sauce
This delicious sauce can be a side to meat or fish, or be served with pasta. Very quick to prepare and light as well as there is no fat, no olive oil.