French recipes
Ah France – the nation that gave rise to gratins, soufflés, steak frites and the croque monsieur. There’s plenty to love about French cuisine, and here are some of the reasons we do.
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Chocolate orange recipes
Orangettes (chocolate candied orange peels)
If you’ve never made orangettes, they’re a fantastic gift for the Christmas season. They make a gorgeous after dinner snack,...
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Patisserie recipes
Ravneet Gill’s mango and passion fruit choux buns
Ravneet Gill’s choux buns filled with a decadent mango, passionfruit and white chocolate ganache make a fabulous dessert to serve...
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Biscuit recipes
Manon Lagrève’s palets bretons
Manon Lagrève shares her recipe for palets bretons. These golden, buttery shortbreads hail from Brittany and are perfect the perfect...
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French toast recipes
Cinnamon French toast
There’s something instantly comforting about egg-soaked and sugar-dusted bread toasted until golden and crisp. Making a quick flavoured butter packed...
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Cake recipes
Ravneet Gill’s strawberry and lemon verbena fraisier cake
This gorgeous creation from Ravneet Gill is the ideal bake when strawberries are at their best. A light sponge is...
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Patisserie recipes
Chocolate and chestnut macarons
Iconic French macarons come in many colours and flavours. Here, layers of chocolate sandwich a light, soft and creamy chestnut...
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Duck recipes
Roast duck breast with honey, sesame, orange and celeriac
Thrumming with earthy autumnal sweetness, this dish has serious duck à l’orange undertones. The celeriac – half made into a...
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Brilliant blackberry recipes
Blackberry millefeuille
Millefeuille (which translates to ‘a thousand leaves’ thanks to all the layers of puff pastry) are all the rage right...
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Honey recipes
Ravneet Gill’s honey and toasted rye parfait
Not all frozen creams need to be churned – as the quintessentially French parfait proves. Cookbook author and chef Ravneet...
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Squash recipes
Butternut squash velouté with green curry foam
There’s soup, and then there’s velouté – its silkier, richer counterpart. Chef Kerth Gumbs’ squash velouté shows how a handful...
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Pork mince recipes
Macaronade Sétoise
Debora Robertson shares her recipe for Macaronade Sétoise, a hearty, meaty pasta dish from southern France. It’s made with steak,...
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Best of the best recipes
Best of the best gratin dauphinois
The side dish of dreams, the comfort food of the gods – gratin dauphinois is France’s creamy, beige gift to...
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Pear recipes
Rosé poached pears
Cooking with rosé should be a more common practice! The wine is the perfect match for in-season pears in this...
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Carrot cake recipes
Manon Lagrève’s carrot cake
Manon Lagrève puts a French twist on a classic Anglo-American bake in this beautiful spiced carrot cake recipe. You can...
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Blue cheese recipes
Blue cheese gougères
Bake a batch of these blue cheese gougères and watch them get hoovered up by anyone within five metres of...
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Patisserie recipes
Manon Lagrève’s kouign amann
A traditional pastry from Brittany, kouign amann means ‘butter cake’ in the Breton language. This is a five ingredient recipe...
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