Fontainebleau Dessert with Strawberries
Fontainebleau is a simple dessert mixing soft white cheese or yogurt and whipped cream. Delicious and elegant topped with fruits, perfect with fresh strawberries.
Recipes
Beef Bourgignon
Bœuf bourguignon is the best French slow cooked beef stew. I explain story, which meat cut to choose, if you should marinate meat & guide you through the steps
Bacon Wrapped Prunes
Pitted prunes, thin slices of bacon, roll it all up, bake, and you have delicious 2 ingredients quick and easy appetizers the French like to serve at l’apéro.
French Custard Tart with no Dough
Delicious French custard tart / flan. Very simple, gluten-free and less rich because without pastry dough. French Chef Christophe Michalak’s recipe explained
Giant Cookie
Instead of classic cookies, try this XXL format, a giant cookie to share, which makes for a cake with an ultra soft and delicious chocolate chip cookie taste.
Pastry cream – Crème pâtissière
Pastry cream is made from milk, egg yolk and sugar and a thickening ingredient: cornstarch or flour. Flavoured with pure vanilla, often used in French pastry
Host a crepe party like a french!
Long live crepes, on Candlemas or throughout the year, to please yourself I give you my best recipes for dough or fillings. Sweet or savory.
Candlemas, crepe day in France
Eating crepes during Candlemas, each year on February 2, has become an institution in France. Have you ever wondered why crepes? And what exactly is Candlemas?
Cheese Souffle
Cheese soufflé – soufflé au fromage – is a traditional dish we French absolutely love. Light and cheezy it brings us back to childhood. Cheap and easy to make. You should try.
Homemade French Chocolate Truffles
Chocolate truffles are the easiest gourmet treat With only 4 ingredients, just pour warm cream over dark chocolate, cool down, form balls & roll in cocoa powder
Cauliflower Du Barry Cream Soup
This creamy cauliflower soup is a classic of French cuisine named after Countess Dubarry, King Louis XV’s mistress. A fancy name but simple and healthy recipe.
Snail Butter A French Compound Butter
Compound butter made by mixing butter with shallot, parsley and garlic called snail butter, as its origine from Burgundy. To use in various dishes and cooking.
French Desserts with Pear and Chocolate
Pear and chocolate is the best association for elegant and flavorful desserts: cakes, crumbles, clafoutis, tarts, puddings, jams… Discover my recipe roundup
Moist Chocolate and Pear Cake
A sumptuous moist chocolate and pear cake. The quintessence of indulgence, featuring rich French chocolate fondant and stunning perfectly arranged fresh pear slices
Kir and Kir Royal
French cocktails with fruit liqueur originally blackcurrant and chilled dry white wine for kir and champagne or sparkling wine for kir royal. Read the fun story
Basque-style Chicken with Pepper and Tomato
Basque style chicken, poulet basquaise in French. South-West France traditional braised chicken with tomato, bell pepper, and the local chili piment d’Espelette
Breaded Scallops
The perfect French recipe for crispy and tender breaded scallops (escalopes panées). What meat to choose, how to prepare the breading, the order of steps, and breadcrumb substitutes….
Chard leaves omelette from South-France Nice called Trouchia
Healthy French traditional omelette with lots of Swiss chard leaves and fresh herbs originating from the South-France Provence’s city of Nice.