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France is not only restaurants. It is regional farm cooking, bakery science, and a national respect for butter. Brittany's buckwheat, Lyon's offal, Provence's olive and tomato, Alsace's Germanic edge — plus the croissant, which is as much craft as it is breakfast.
34 recipes · 1 cuisine
Essential dishes
Croissant
Croissant
A laminated French breakfast pastry. This is a project. The butter has to stay cold. You will be proud.
13 hr 20 minExpertNo chilli
Steak frites
Steak frites
A bistro plate: a pan-seared steak, a pile of fries, and a pan sauce if you have the nerve.
50 minMediumNo chilli
Quiche Lorraine
Quiche Lorraine
A savoury custard tart with smoked pork — cream, egg, pastry. Cheese is a later argument.
2 hr 10 minMediumNo chilli
Crêpes
Crêpes
Thin French pancakes — butter in the batter, a hot pan, and whatever filling the house believes in.
1 hrEasyNo chilli
Pot-au-feu
Pot-au-feu
Boiled beef, marrow bones and winter vegetables — the broth is dinner and so is the meat.
3 hr 55 minMediumNo chilli
Madeleines
Madeleines
Small lemon-butter cakes with a hump — a tin helps, a rest in the fridge helps more.
1 hr 27 minEasyNo chilli
Coq au vin
Coq au vin from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
2 hr 48 minA bit of workNo chilli
Brie wrapped in prosciutto & brioche
Brie wrapped in prosciutto & brioche from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
8 hr 47 minMediumNo chilli
Chicken Marengo
Chicken Marengo from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
50 minMediumNo chilli
Chinon Apple Tarts
Chinon Apple Tarts from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 10 minMediumNo chilli
Flamiche
Flamiche from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
2 hr 2 minA bit of workNo chilli
French Lentils With Garlic and Thyme
French Lentils With Garlic and Thyme from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
45 minMediumNo chilli
French Omelette
Get everything ready. Warm a 20cm (measured across the top) non-stick frying pan on a medium heat. Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat them with a fork so they break up and mix, but not as completely as you would for scr
40 minMediumNo chilli
French Onion Soup
Melt the butter with the oil in a large heavy-based pan. Add the onions and fry with the lid on for 10 mins until soft. Sprinkle in the sugar and cook for 20 mins more, stirring frequently, until caramelised. The onions
1 hr 10 minMediumNo chilli
Fish Stew with Rouille
Twist the heads from the prawns, then peel away the legs and shells, but leave the tails intact. Devein each prawn. Fry the shells in 1 tbsp oil for 5 mins, until dark pink and golden in patches. Add the wine, boil down
1 hr 27 minA bit of work🌶️
Chocolate Souffle
Chocolate Souffle from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
35 minMediumNo chilli
Pear Tarte Tatin
Pear Tarte Tatin from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 17 minMediumNo chilli
Prawn & Fennel Bisque
Shell the prawns, then fry the shells in the oil in a large pan for about 5 mins. Add the onion, fennel and carrots and cook for about 10 mins until the veg start to soften. Pour in the wine and brandy, bubble hard for a
1 hr 16 minMediumNo chilli
Provençal Omelette Cake
Break the eggs into two bowls, five in each. Whisk lightly and season with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a pan, add the courgettes and spring onions, then fry gently for about 10 mins until softened. Cool, then stir i
24 hr 55 minA bit of work🌶️
Ratatouille
Ratatouille from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hrA bit of workNo chilli
Duck Confit
The day before you want to make the dish, scatter half the salt, half the garlic and half of the herbs over the base of a small shallow dish. Lay the duck legs, skin-side up, on top, then scatter over the remaining salt,
32 hr 25 minMediumNo chilli
Summer Pistou
Summer Pistou from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
24 minMediumNo chilli
Tarte Tatin
Tarte Tatin from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
2 hr 37 minMediumNo chilli
Three-cheese souffles
Three-cheese souffles from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 31 minA bit of work🌶️
Tuna Nicoise
Tuna Nicoise from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
50 minMediumNo chilli
White chocolate creme brulee
White chocolate creme brulee from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
4 hr 50 minMediumNo chilli
Chicken Parmentier
Chicken Parmentier from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 16 minA bit of workNo chilli
Chocolate Gateau
Chocolate Gateau from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 18 minEasyNo chilli
Fennel Dauphinoise
Fennel Dauphinoise from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hrMediumNo chilli
Pork Cassoulet
Pork Cassoulet from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
3 hr 10 minA bit of workNo chilli
Steak Diane
Steak Diane from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
33 minA bit of workNo chilli
Beef Bourguignon
Beef Bourguignon from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
4 hr 50 minA bit of workNo chilli
Boulangère Potatoes
Boulangère Potatoes from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 15 minEasyNo chilli
Chicken Basquaise
Chicken Basquaise from France. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 23 minA bit of workNo chilli
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Court cuisine and rural cooking developed on parallel tracks, then 19th- and 20th-century restaurants wrote them into a professional language the world still studies. The croissant as we know it is a Viennese idea France perfected through laminated dough. Home kitchens remain produce-led, sauce-capable, and unapologetically dairy-rich.