French recipes - common easy recipes from France

SOUP RECIPES   French Onion Soup recipe Tomato Soup recipe Garlic Soup recipe Tourin recipe more soup recipes		MAIN COURSE RECIPES   Cassoulet Boeuf Bourguignon Coq au Vin Navarin Choucroute Garnie more main course recipes		DESSERT RECIPES   Cherry Cake Tarte aux Pommes Ile Flottante Creme brulee Mousse au chocolat Sabayon more cake/dessert recipes
FRENCH SPECIALITIES   Moules Frites Confit de Canard Truffle Omelette Quiche Lorraine Piperade French snacks (gouter)		FOOD and DRINK FEATURES Food French Bread French Cheese Salads and Dressings Drink Pastis, Diabolo Menthe... Absinthe

The recipes above are the most traditional French dishes. For a wider selection of French recipes see our more detailed Easy French Recipes section.

 

French Recipes and Food Guides:

Main Course :

cassoulet recipe - great sausage duck and beans dish from Toulouse
boeuf bourguignon recipe - rich beef in red wine stew
coq au vin recipe - !!!
navarin recipe - traditional French lamb stew
choucroute garnie recipe - sauerkraut and sausages from Alsace

(see more main course recipes)

 

Desserts :

Cherry Cake recipe- very quick and easy
Apple tart - tarte aux pommes - recipe - very traditional
Ile flottante recipe - as served by every low-price restaurant in France
Creme brulee recipe - as served by every single restaurant in France
Mousse au chocolat recipe - yum
Sabayon - light and fluffy custard

(see more cake and dessert recipes)

French Specialities :

Moules Frites - mussels and chips
Confit de Canard - preserved duck (don't misss this one!)
Truffle Omelette - south west france speciality
Quiche Lorraine - known by all eaten by real men?
Piperade - tomatoes, peppers and...scrambled eggs

Snacks - gouter!

Our commune meal - the menu for our local commune dinner: vermicelli soup, melon with port, venison...

Other French Food Specialities:

French bread

Cheese - roquefort (recipe - cauliflower and roquefort soup)...brie de meaux (recipe - cheese and onion tart)...

French mustard - dijon...

(see salad and dressing recipes)

Something to drink

Pastis, Diabolo menthe and Monaco - Three refreshing drinks to enjoy on your summer holiday

Absinthe - the drink with a reputation!

Related Articles about french food and Cookery

French Food

The recipes here are those that best represent the food that French people eat day in and day out, with locally available ingredients, and are quick and easy to make at home, as well as being very tasty. Food is of great importance to the French, and forms a great part of the French tradition. See French food for general information about regional variations or French cuisine for a basic introduction.

We also have articles looking at the French wine classifications and the Michelin guide, the ultimate guide to the best French hotels and restaurants, and some notes about Basque Cookery.

Quantities

I have not always bothered too much with quantities in the French recipes, since these depend on how many people there are and so on, and because the quantities are reasonably unimportant. If your cassoulet has more pork and less toulouse sausage, that is not a big problem! For critical recipes I have included quantities.

You will also see that I have included some of the more derided recipes, such as coq au vin and quiche lorraine. It's not my fault if 1000 pubs and restaurants have ruined them, try making them yourself!

 

 

 

Guest articles

See our guest article on the 'Cooking with French cookware'

 

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