Cuisine: French Recipes

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

Cheese board & Onion Tart

Cooking Time: 1h 15m

In my opinion, the only thing that can beat a cheese and onion tart is a Cheese board & Onion Tart! Rather than simply using one or two types of cheese, I like to mix three cheeses into this tart filling – making it a melted cheese board! You can...

May 1, 2020

Smoky Cheese & Onion Tart

Cooking Time: 43m

This Smoky Cheese and Onion Tart is definitely one of my personal favorites and I may have even convinced my daughters too. A short crust pastry filled with a creamy-cheese filling, smokey bacon bits, onion slices and cherry tomatoes, baked in the oven until set. Perfect for lunch or a...

May 1, 2020

Quiche Lorraine

Cooking Time: 1h 39m

I remember the first time I made Quiche Lorraine. It was a complete disaster! I poured the quiche filling into the pastry crust and I didn’t realise there were little holes in the pastry. The filling seeped out through the holes before it had time to cook. It gathered in...

April 15, 2020

Croque Monsieur Casserole

Cooking Time: 1h 30m

A Croque Monsieur Casserole is a fantastic way to use up leftover baked ham. I love to make this for breakfast in the days after Christmas when I am always looking for ways to use up leftovers. A croque monsieur is a traditional French sandwich which is made with boiled...

January 31, 2020

Parmesan Potato Casserole

Cooking Time: 1h 40m

I was recently looking for a potato dish to serve as a side which looked impressive and tasted delicious. Enter this Parmesan Potato Casserole which looks seriously cool as thin slices of potato are cooked stacked in a baking dish. Think of a cross between hasselback potatoes and a typical...

January 30, 2020

Gratin Dauphinoise

Cooking Time: 1h 35m

Gratin Dauphinoise in simple terms is known as a potato gratin or a potato bake. Made from sliced potatoes baked in a cream sauce seasoned with garlic, nutmeg, black pepper, salt and butter. What makes ours extra special is the additional ingredient of sliced red onions, which is not usually...

December 26, 2019

Easy Ahi Tuna Nicoise Salad

Cooking Time: 1h 35m

This Easy Ahi Tuna Nicoise Salad always reminds me of fresh salads eaten under a sun-filled blue sky in Nice, France where it originates. Traditionally made with tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, black olives and anchovies or tuna and dressed with olive oil, this salad is as French as it gets! My...

December 6, 2019

French Chestnut Soup

Cooking Time: 40m

This French Chestnut Soup is a creamy, wholesome winter comfort food. One of the things I love about visiting France in winter is the aroma of roasting chestnuts at every street corner. They inspired me to make this delicious French chestnut soup. I start the soup by sautéing the onions...

November 25, 2019

Oven Roasted Chestnuts

Cooking Time: 59m

In this recipe, I’m going to tell you how I make Oven Roasted Chestnuts. These roasted chestnuts are so easy to make. They smell absolutely amazing when they are cooking and they are a quintessential Thanksgiving and Christmas ingredient – especially for vegans! You only need two ingredients to make...

November 23, 2019

French Hot Chocolate

Cooking Time: 8m

This French Hot Chocolate recipe is inspired by the hot chocolate which is served in tea houses all over France. I remember the first time I ordered hot chocolate in France and I was served a small cup of the richest most decadent melted chocolate. I am not lying when...

November 12, 2019

Classic Eclair Recipe

Cooking Time: 2h

I love making this Classic Eclair Recipe when I want to please a crowd. North, south, east and west of France, you will find these oblong pastries made with a light choux dough filled with pastry cream and topped with chocolate icing in any cake shop you visit. The French...

November 12, 2019

Confit Duck

Cooking Time: 3h 10m

This Confit Duck is an ancient cooking method never goes out of style. A centuries old classic, French style of cooking in which duck legs are salted and cooked in fat. It is also versatile and a fantastic traditional dish to serve any time of year at a special occasion....

November 11, 2019

Quince Tarte Tatin

Cooking Time: 1h 40m

Quince Tarte Tatin is my seasonal take on the classic French tarte tatin dessert. A tarte tatin is an upside-down fruit tart. It is usually made with apples, but I use quince fruit in this version. The quince is caramelized with sugar and butter. While cooking, the pastry pie crust...

October 22, 2019

Pear Tarte Tatin

Cooking Time: 1h 50m

Pear Tarte Tatin is a take on the classic French tarte tatin dessert. Tarte tatin gets its name from the Hotel Tatin in France where it was first made. It is an upside-down fruit tart and the fruit is beautifully caramelized with sugar and butter. A pastry pie crust is...

October 11, 2019

French Apple Cake

Cooking Time: 1h

My French Apple Cake recipe is a take on a classic upside down cake. Everyone knows that French cooking is the pinnacle of world cuisine. This apple cake recipe features French cooking techniques that elevate it from simplicity to decadence. Start by making a simple caramel – the French way...

October 8, 2019

Mushroom Bean Bourguignon

Cooking Time: 1h 30m

Mushroom Bean Bourguignon is one of my go-to meat free Monday recipes. You know how much I love to cook meat dishes? I often find that meat free alternatives are just not satisfying enough for me. Well that all ended when I developed this mushroom and bean alternative to boeuf...

September 11, 2019

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