Cuisine: French Recipes

Eggs en Cocotte

Cooking Time: 29m

Eggs en Cocotte, or in other words, baked egg recipe – is another tasty way to serve eggs for Easter. This traditional French recipe is healthy, delicious, and fancy enough to serve at Easter brunch. My family loves eggs, especially with a runny yolk. And this recipe always hits the...

March 26, 2021

Shiitake Mushroom Galette

Cooking Time: 1h 45m

This recipe for Shiitake Mushroom Galette is one of my favorite mushroom recipes. Yes, it takes a bit of extra planning to make and chill the pastry, but it is worth it when you taste the delicious filling with a hint of blue cheese! Yum! Start by preparing pastry. Next,...

March 18, 2021

Spinach and Feta Tarte Soleil

Cooking Time: 50m

This Spinach and Feta Tarte Soleil is an easy and impressive appetizer that can be whipped up in less than one hour, and no fancy ingredients are required. Though this recipe is French-inspired, it’s actually a pull-apart puff pastry with a savory spinach and feta filling that is super easy...

March 4, 2021

Shiitake Oyster Mushroom Soup

Cooking Time: 20m

This Shiitake Oyster Mushroom Soup is a delicious soup full of flavor and delicious ingredients. This soup has a lot of umami, that savoriness that is characteristic of broths and cooked meats – you know umami, the classic combination of slightly sweet, sour, bitter and salty all at the same...

March 4, 2021

Goat Cheese Crostini with Honey, Pecans and Thyme

Cooking Time: 15m

This Goat Cheese Crostini with Honey, Pecans and Thyme recipe is a fantastic appetizer inspired by trips to France where we would nibble on pre-dinner snacks like this one. Sipping glasses of sparkling wine as the sun sets. Oh, how I’d love to be back there, but for now, this...

February 15, 2021

Baked Brie in a Sourdough Bread Bowl

Cooking Time: 22m

If you love cheese, you will adore this Baked Brie in a Sourdough Bread Bowl recipe. This is a simple yet very decadent and impressive dish that your guests will adore. My advice – do not make this for 2 people unless you fancy a challenge!!! To make this baked...

February 15, 2021

Dairy-Free Vanilla Crepes with Aquafaba Cream

Cooking Time: 32m

These Dairy-Free Vanilla Crepes with Aquafaba Cream make a perfect choice for a fancy breakfast or brunch on Valentine’s Day. Everybody loves crepes, and they are not that much work. I love this recipe, too, because it is so easy. The dough will be ready in only 10 minutes. Also,...

January 14, 2021

Leek, Green Olive and Sultana Pissaladière

Cooking Time: 1h 25m

This Leek, Green Olive and Sultana Pissaladière is a delicious combination of sweet and savory. I first came across pissaladière when I was on vacation in Nice. This southern French dish is like an Italian pizza but the dough is usually thicker. This is a fantastic version which combines leeks,...

December 4, 2020

Brussels Sprouts and Grapes au Gratin

Cooking Time: 35m

Your Meatless Monday just got so much better with our Brussels Sprouts and Grapes au Gratin. I first boil the halved Brussels sprouts until slightly softened then add them, with grapes, to a buttery cream sauce made from butter, arrowroot flour, milk, salt, pepper, and Swiss cheese. Top with sprinkles...

November 16, 2020

Bruleed Coffee and Pear Tart

Cooking Time: 1h 10m

Doesn’t Bruleed Coffee and Pear Tart sound very fancy. Well fancy it is and delicious tops the tart! You would think such a fancy-named tart would be complicated to make, however, our recipe has a few ingredients and simple steps to follow. I always find it quicker to use a...

November 9, 2020

Sausage Casserole with Garlic Toasts

Cooking Time: 45m

This Sausage Casserole with Garlic Toasts is a simple and delicious casserole which is bursting with flavor. I love the idea of serving this casserole with little garlic toasts on the side. To make the toasts I combine cream cheese and herbs and slather thick slices of homemade bloomer loaf...

November 4, 2020

Best Pear Custard Pie

Cooking Time: 55m

This Pear Custard Pie is a delicious cake which combines sweet juicy pears with creamy custard. This delicious dessert reminds me of a cake I had on vacation in Austria a few years ago. It takes me right back to the Viennese coffee house where I spent an hour one...

September 17, 2020

French Coffee Plum Cake

Cooking Time: 50m

This French Coffee Plum Cake is a recipe I learned when I was on vacation in France one summer. It is a super simple yet super delicious cake made from whole wheat flour. If you have ever been to France, you will know that they make the most delicious cakes....

August 27, 2020

Quick One Pan Coq Au Vin Blanc

Cooking Time: 45m

I love a good, one pan dinner and this One Pan Coq Au Vin Blanc helps you make an elevated dish in one pan, following a few simple steps. With a hearty list of ingredients making an infamous Coq Au Vin, French flavor combo between the chicken thighs cooked with...

August 20, 2020

Rustic Roasted Vegetable Tart

Cooking Time: 1h

My aunt loves this Rustic Roasted Vegetable Tart and I often make an extra one to send around to her whenever I get the opportunity. It’s always easier to use a premade pastry because it cuts out a lot of time, so I either buy premade or spend an afternoon...

August 19, 2020

Pear and Blue Cheese Savory Galette

Cooking Time: 1h 16m

One of my favorite lunchtime, party recipes is this Pear and Blue Cheese Savory Galette and the best part is, with its beautiful, rustic look, this recipe doesn’t need perfection in detail, the perfection is in the filling flavor. A whole-wheat shortcrust pastry enfolding caramelized sweet onions and Dijon mustard...

August 12, 2020

Zucchini, Tomato and Mozzarella Tart

Cooking Time: 57m

This Zucchini, Tomato and Mozzarella Tart is one of my personal favorite recipes and a tart that you will find at many of my dinner parties. Simple prep with ready made puff pastry sheets, thawed and filled with delicious cheese, roasted veg and herb filling. I use a combination of...

August 6, 2020

Zucchini Tart

Cooking Time: 1h 15m

I love to make this Zucchini Tart when I have guests around for lunch in the summertime. This tart is a great way to use up the zucchinis in my garden. Anyone who grows their own vegetables know that when the zucchini is ready, it’s ready all at once so...

August 4, 2020

Quiche Lorraine Squares

Cooking Time: 1h

We’ve started to compile a list of quiche recipes and I just had to add these Quiche Lorraine Squares as my top favorite. Homemade, soft, quiche crust filled with an egg, cheese, bacon and green onion combination seasoned with salt, pepper, a dash of red pepper and nutmeg. It’s warm...

August 3, 2020

Apricot-Thyme Galette

Cooking Time: 1h

Do you love baking different and delicious recipes? Well, this Apricot-Thyme Galette is very delicious and completely different to any usual pastry, pie or tart you will have yet tried. Made with a simple, flakey crust and filled with fresh apricots, apricot jam, cornstarch to thicken the mix, honey for...

July 30, 2020

Apricot Tarte Tatin

Cooking Time: 35m

I love a good tart tatin recipe and this Apricot Tarte Tatin is one of my favorite desserts to make in summer. A tarte tatin is a French upside-down fruit tart. It is usually made with apples, but I love to try different fruits when I make tarte tatin. The...

July 16, 2020

Wild Mushroom & Parmesan Vol-au-Vent Filling

Cooking Time: 30m

This Wild Mushroom & Parmesan Vol-au-Vent Filling is my numéro un filling for vol-au-vents. One of my favorite pastry dishes is vol-au-vents. Did you know that vol-au-vent is the French term for “windblown” (wind = vent) and it is used to describe the lightness of the pastry shell. It is...

July 12, 2020

Cherry Jam & Almond Galettes

Cooking Time: 45m

These Cherry Jam and Almond Galettes are a perfect quick and easy sweet treat. I use ready-made puff pastry when I make these tasty tarts. Using ready-made pastry cuts down on the preparation time. Nutty frangipane provides richness and texture. To make these galettes, take some ready-made puff pastry and...

June 17, 2020

Homemade French Lime Sorbet

Cooking Time: 36m

I love to make this Homemade French Lime Sorbet for dessert on hot days. Lighter than ice cream and much more refreshing, your guests will adore this simple 4 ingredient sorbet. It is important if you plan to serve this sorbet as a dessert, that you allow enough time to...

June 8, 2020

Smoked Trout & Asparagus Vol-au-Vent Filling

Cooking Time: 23m

This Smoked Trout & Asparagus Vol-au-Vent Filling is my numéro un filling for vol-au-vents. You remember vol-au-vents right? These small hollow cases of puff pastry were popular at dinner parties in the 1970s and 1980s and they are making a come back! You heard it here first! It couldn’t be...

June 3, 2020

Lime & Hibiscus Madeleines

Cooking Time: 20m

I love any excuse to use the silicone madeleine pan I picked up at a local cookery store a few years ago so these Lime and Hibiscus Madeleines were a great excuse to take it out and dust it off! Madeleines are small buttery sponge cakes. These French treats are...

May 4, 2020

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