The foods of France
French cuisine has been declared a “world intangible heritage” by UNESCO.Whether it's a simple baguette, croissant or a classic dish like steak frites (steak and fries) or Moules Marinières, a French dish from Normandy and many other regional specialties, French food always has a gourmet feel to it.The French have always been proud of their sophisticated way of cooking.
Fertile soil provides fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, grains, and meat, nearly year-round. The soil is also suitable for growing grapes, which are used for making some of the finest wines in the world.
Food and alcohol play important roles in French society the way a person eats often reflects their French heritage, region of birth, social status, and health.
Welcome to the cuisine of France and its Epicurien style.
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Appetizer recipes
Apple blue cheese and hazelnut salad on endive leaves Artichoke pâté Artichokes vinaigrette Asparagus and tomato salad with feta Asparagus en croûte Asparagus with truffle broth Carrot soufflé Cheese beignets Cheese croquettes Crispy salmon nuggets in kataifi crust Goat cheese and sun-dried tomato toasts Goat cheese gratin Ham aspic with egg salad and avocado Marinated goat cheese crostini Mussel and scallop soup Mussel soup Panisses Poached eggs florentine Potato pancakes with smoked salmon and creme fraiche Savory lollipops for cocktail Smoked salmon mousse Smoked salmon roll Smoked salmon roulades Smoked salmon with basil-dressed baby greens Steamed mussels in white wine Vegetable ragout with parmesan and balsamic vinegarMain recipes
Apricot preserves Asparagus and tomato salad with feta Asparagus cheese soufflé Asparagus en croûte Asparagus hollandaise with ham Asparagus quiche with hash-brown crust Asparagus with morels and tarragon Baked salmon in the swimming position Beef bourguignon Belgian endive ham and cheese au gratin Blue cheese and walnut soufflés Braised beef short ribs Braised onions Breakfast croissants with scrambled eggs Brochettes of lamb Buckwheat Crêpes - galettes de sarrasin Caramelized spring onion and gruyère tart Carrot soufflé Carrot timbales Cauliflower au gratin Cauliflower soup Dubarry Celery chestnut and apple soup Cheese jalapeño soufflé Cheese soufflé Chicken baked with morels artichokes and peas Chicken breasts piccata Chicken breasts with wine and mustard Chicken burgundy Chicken croquettes Chicken florentine Chicken fricassée Chicken galantine Chicken pot au feu with carrots potatoes and leeks Chicken provencale Chicken salad Chicken sauté vinaigre Cod with lemon parmesan cream Cod with vegetables and aioli sauce Coulibiac of salmon Croissants Croque Monsieur sandwich Croquettes of salmon with lemon-chive sauce Curried chicken breasts Daniel boulud short ribs braised in red wine with celery duo Duchess potatoes Duck breasts with cherry-port sauce Eggs benedict Endives meuniere Fillet of salmon with sorrel sauce Fillets of salmon in potato crust Fillets of sole dieppoise Fish filo parcel and beans French onion soup French toast Fried salmon steaks with white wine sauce Gnocchi parisienne Goat cheese soufflés in phyllo cups Grilled sardines Gruyere and parsley omelets Ham and spinach souffle Herb roasted leg of lamb Hokkaido brioche Individual beef wellington Jellied beef Lamb stew Leg of lamb in red wine sauce Lobster thermidor Magical leek soup Mousse of smoked salmon Mushroom bourguignon with polenta Mussel and cauliflower velouté Mussel soup trois gros Mussels mariniere Navarin of lamb with vegetables Niçoise salad Onion jam grilled cheese sandwiches Orecchiette with shiitake mushroom sauce Oysters and caviar Pan-seared cod fillets in white wine and tamato basil sauce Perfect hard-boiled eggs Pistou soup Poached eggs florentine Pogne de romans Potage parisien Potato galette with wild mushrooms Provencale braised beef casserole Quick pork cassoulet Rack of lamb with mushroom crust Roast leg of baby lamb beaumanière Roast tenderloin with mushroom onion and red wine sauce Roast tenderloin with red wine shallot sauce Roasted rack of lamb provencale with ratatouille Salmon and spinach strudel Salmon wellington with arugula hollandaise Salmon with lentils Sardines with confit thyme tomatoes Sautéed beef médaillons with artichokes and tomatoes Sautéed chicken breast with whole grain mustard and sage Scrambled egg feuillete Scrambled eggs Scrambled eggs with caviar Smoked salmon crêpes au gratin Smoked salmon eggs benedict Smoked salmon napoleons Smoked salmon soufflé Sole meuniere Split pea soup Steaks au poivre Stuffed salmon fillet Summer tomato salad Talmouses Tartar of asparagus avocado and tomato Tofu bolognese Tomato confit and marinated tomatoes served on a crispy tart Tourte au camembert - Potato Cabbage and Camembert casserole Turkey croquettesSide dishes recipes
Allumette potatoes Almondine potatoes Asparagus and tomato salad with feta Asparagus sauce Asparagus with morels and tarragon Berny potatoes Braised red cabbage with red wine and apples Celery root and fennel slaw with green apple and manchego Creamy cauliflower purée Creamy mashed potatoes Crispy leeks Croquette potatoes Fried green tomatoes Gratin dauphinois Green herb sauce for dipping asparagus Grilled radishes with butter and sea salt Hollandaise sauce Leeks au gratin Piperade Potato anna Potato macaire Potatoes dauphine Potatoes fondantes Ratatouille Savoyarde potatoes Smoked salmon salad Tomatoes provencale Vinaigrette for asparagus Zucchini carpaccio with pesto, lemon and parmesanDessert recipes
Almond génoise Almond strawberry cake Apple au gratin with apricot Apple Beignets bretons Apple charlotte Apple crêpes Apple mousse grand marnier Apple pie cragwood Apple tart alsacienne Apricot and plum tart Apricot frangipane tart Apricot sorbet Apricot soufflé Apricot tart Armagnac ice cream Baba au rum Banana soufflé Basic crepes Be mine Valentine meringues kisses Blueberry crême brûlée Caramel custard Caramelized apricot tart Caramelized figs with fudge sauce Champagne sorbet Chocolate and raspberry fontaines Chocolate bavarian cream pie Chocolate bavaroise Chocolate cake nancy Chocolate creme caramel Chocolate genoise Chocolate marquise with orange sauce Chocolate mousse Chocolate mousse filling Chocolate pâté Chocolate pie with raspberries Chocolate sauce Chocolate soufflé Chocolate truffles Chocolate-raspberry soufflé Choux pastry swans Clafoutis with cherries Coeur a la creme Coffee bavarian cream Cream puffs Crême brulée with cherries Crêpes suzette Delice au chocolat Easter bunny cake Flaky pie crust Floating island Fondants au chocolat French apple tart Frozen individual strawberry soufflés Ganache Genoise cake with grand marnier berries and mascarpone whipped cream Grand marnier orange mousse Grand marnier soufflé Gum paste - pastillage Lemon sorbet Lemon soufflé glacé Lemon souffles with macademia nut sauce Light chocolate soufflés Light raspberry mousse Mango soufflé Meringue roulade with praline whipped cream Meringues Meringues with ginger ice cream and chocolate sauce Oeufs a la neige Orange cake 1 Orange charlotte russe Orange mousse Orange mousse cake with grand marnier Orange mousse meringues Orange parfait Orange sherbet bombe Palmiers Peach melba Peaches in sauternes Pear and almond cream tart Pear frangipane tart Pear tart tatin Pears vigneronne Plum frangipane tart Poached peaches with a strawberry and sparkling clairette sauce Poached pears in red wine Profiteroles Prune ice cream with armagnac Prunes poached in red wine Pudding diplomate Raspberry bavarian cream Raspberry champagne Raspberry mousse raspberry mousse with apricot sauce Raspberry soufflé with sauce sabayon Rhubarb tart with orange-ginger glaze Rhubarb-strawberry-banana sorbet Rich vanilla ice cream Rose macarons Saint-honoré Salted butter caramel Souffléed crêpes with cointreau Sponge cake pancakes Strawberry napoleons with caramel sauce Tarte tatin The chocolate cake Trianon or Gâteau Royal Warm chocolate torte Whipped cream chocolate icing White chocolate and raspberry tart Yogurt orange cake Yuja tofu creme brulee
 
           
 Allumette potatoes   
        
 Almond génoise   
        
 Almond pie crust   
        
 Almond strawberry cake   
        
 Almond tartlets   
        
 Almond tuiles   
        
 Almondine potatoes   
        
 Anchovy mayonnaise sauce   
        
 Andalouse sauce   
        
 Annelise lemon cookies   
        
 Apple au gratin with apricot   
        
 Apple Beignets bretons   
        
 Apple blue cheese and hazelnut salad on endive leaves   
        
 Apple charlotte   
        
 Apple crêpes   
        
 Apple mousse grand marnier   
        
 Apple pie cragwood   
        
 Apple tart alsacienne    
        
 Apricot and plum tart   
        
 Apricot frangipane tart   
        
 Apricot preserves    
        
 Apricot sorbet    
        
 Apricot soufflé   
        
 Apricot tart   
        
 Armagnac ice cream   
        
 Artichoke pâté   
        
 Artichokes vinaigrette   
        
 Asparagus and tomato salad with feta   
        
 Asparagus cheese soufflé    
        
 Asparagus en croûte    
        
 Asparagus hollandaise with ham   
        
 Asparagus quiche with hash-brown crust   
        
 Asparagus sauce   
        
 Asparagus with morels and tarragon    
        
 Asparagus with truffle broth    
        
 Baba au rum   
        
 Baked salmon in the swimming position   
        
 Banana soufflé   
        
 Basic aioli-garlic sauce   
        
 Basic crepes   
        
 Be mine Valentine meringues kisses   
        
 Béarnaise sauce   
        
 Bechamel sauce    
        
 Beef bourguignon   
        
 Belgian endive ham and cheese au gratin   
        
 Berny potatoes   
        
 Best homemade dinner rolls   
        
 Bili-bi soup   
        
 Blue cheese and walnut soufflés   
        
 Blueberry crême brûlée   
        
 Braised beef short ribs   
        
 Braised onions   
        
 Braised red cabbage with red wine and apples   
        
 Breakfast croissants with scrambled eggs   
        
 Brioches   
        
 Brochettes of lamb   
        
 Brown sauce   
        
 Buckwheat Crêpes - galettes de sarrasin   
        
 Caramel custard   
        
 Caramelized apricot tart   
        
 Caramelized figs with fudge sauce   
        
 Caramelized spring onion and gruyère tart   
        
 Carrot soufflé   
        
 Carrot timbales   
        
 Cauliflower au gratin   
        
 Cauliflower soup Dubarry   
        
 Celery chestnut and apple soup   
        
 Celery root and fennel slaw with green apple and manchego   
        
 Champagne sorbet   
        
 Chantilly mayonnaise   
        
 Cheese beignets   
        
 Cheese croquettes   
        
 Cheese jalapeño soufflé   
        
 Cheese soufflé   
        
 Chicken baked with morels artichokes and peas   
        
 Chicken breasts piccata   
        
 Chicken breasts with wine and mustard   
        
 Chicken burgundy   
        
 Chicken croquettes   
        
 Chicken florentine   
        
 Chicken fricassée   
        
 Chicken galantine   
        
 Chicken pot au feu with carrots potatoes and leeks   
        
 Chicken provencale   
        
 Chicken salad   
        
 Chicken sauté vinaigre   
        
 Chocolate and raspberry fontaines   
        
 Chocolate bavarian cream pie   
        
 Chocolate bavaroise   
        
 Chocolate cake nancy   
        
 Chocolate creme caramel   
        
 Chocolate genoise   
        
 Chocolate macarons   
        
 Chocolate marquise with orange sauce   
        
 Chocolate mousse   
        
 Chocolate mousse filling   
        
 Chocolate pâté   
        
 Chocolate pie with  raspberries   
        
 Chocolate sauce   
        
 Chocolate soufflé   
        
 Chocolate truffles   
        
 Chocolate-raspberry soufflé   
        
 Choux pastry - pâte á choux - cream puff dough - cream puff pastry   
        
 Choux pastry swans   
        
 Clafoutis with cherries   
        
 Cocktail sauce   
        
 Cod with lemon parmesan cream   
        
 Cod with vegetables and aioli sauce   
        
 Coeur a la creme   
        
 Coffee bavarian cream   
        
 Cold salmon mousse   
        
 Coulibiac of salmon   
        
 Court bouillon   
        
 Cream puffs   
        
 Creamy cauliflower purée   
        
 Creamy mashed potatoes   
        
 Crême brulée with cherries   
        
 Crêpes   
        
 Crêpes suzette   
        
 Crispy leeks   
        
 Crispy salmon nuggets in kataifi crust   
        
 Croissants   
        
 Croque Monsieur   sandwich    
        
 Croquette potatoes   
        
 Croquettes of salmon with lemon-chive sauce   
        
 Curried chicken breasts   
        
 Daniel boulud short ribs braised in red wine with celery duo   
        
 Delice au chocolat   
        
 Duchess potatoes   
        
 Duck breasts with cherry-port sauce   
        
 Easter bunny cake   
        
 Eggs benedict   
        
 Endives meuniere   
        
 Fillet of salmon with sorrel sauce   
        
 Fillets of salmon in potato crust   
        
 Fillets of sole dieppoise   
        
 Financiers   
        
 Fish filo parcel and beans   
        
 Fish stock   
        
 Fish velouté sauce   
        
 Flaky pie crust   
        
 Floating island   
        
 Fondants au chocolat   
        
 Fougasse bread   
        
 French 65 cocktail   
        
 French 75 cocktail   
        
 French apple tart   
        
 French garlic sausages   
        
 French onion soup   
        
 French toast   
        
 Fried green tomatoes   
        
 Fried salmon steaks with white wine sauce   
        
 Frozen individual strawberry soufflés   
        
 Galette des rois frangipane   
        
 Ganache   
        
 Genoise cake with grand marnier berries and mascarpone whipped cream   
        
 Gnocchi parisienne   
        
 Goat cheese and sun-dried tomato toasts   
        
 Goat cheese gratin   
        
 Goat cheese soufflés in phyllo cups   
        
 Grand marnier orange mousse    
        
 Grand marnier soufflé   
        
 Gratin dauphinois   
        
 Green goddess mayonnaise   
        
 Green herb sauce for dipping asparagus   
        
 Grilled radishes with butter and sea salt   
        
 Grilled sardines   
        
 Gruyere and parsley omelets   
        
 Gum paste - pastillage   
        
 Ham and spinach souffle   
        
 Ham aspic with egg salad and avocado   
        
 Herb roasted leg of lamb   
        
 Hokkaido brioche   
        
 Hollandaise sauce   
        
 Individual beef wellington   
        
 Jellied beef   
        
 Lady fingers   
        
 Lamb stew   
        
 Lamb stock   
        
 Leeks au gratin   
        
 Leg of lamb in red wine sauce   
        
 Lemon lavender cookies   
        
 Lemon sorbet   
        
 Lemon soufflé glacé   
        
 Lemon souffles with macademia nut sauce   
        
 Light chocolate soufflés   
        
 Light raspberry mousse   
        
 Lobster thermidor   
        
 Madeleines   
        
 Magical leek soup   
        
 Mango soufflé   
        
 Marinated goat cheese crostini   
        
 Mayonnaise sauce   
        
 Meringue roulade with praline whipped cream   
        
 Meringues   
        
 Meringues with ginger ice cream and chocolate sauce   
        
 Mini sweet tart shells   
        
 Mousse of smoked salmon   
        
 Mushroom bourguignon with polenta   
        
 Mussel and cauliflower velouté   
        
 Mussel and scallop soup    
        
 Mussel soup   
        
 Mussel soup trois gros   
        
 Mussels mariniere   
        
 Navarin of lamb with vegetables   
        
 Niçoise  salad   
        
 Oeufs a la neige   
        
 Onion jam grilled cheese sandwiches   
        
 Orange cake 1    
        
 Orange charlotte russe   
        
 Orange mousse   
        
 Orange mousse cake with grand marnier   
        
 Orange mousse meringues   
        
 Orange parfait   
        
 Orange sherbet bombe   
        
 Orecchiette with shiitake mushroom sauce   
        
 Oysters and caviar   
        
 Palmiers   
        
 Pan-seared cod fillets in white wine and tamato basil sauce   
        
 Panisses   
        
 Pate sablée   
        
 Pâte sucrée   
        
 Peach melba   
        
 Peaches in sauternes   
        
 Pear and almond cream tart   
        
 Pear frangipane tart   
        
 Pear tart tatin   
        
 Pears vigneronne   
        
 Peppermint meringues with chocolate filling   
        
 Perfect hard-boiled eggs   
        
 Piperade   
        
 Pistou soup   
        
 Plum frangipane tart   
        
 Poached eggs florentine   
        
 Poached peaches with a strawberry and sparkling clairette sauce   
        
 Poached pears in red wine   
        
 Pogne de romans   
        
 Potage parisien   
        
 Potato anna   
        
 Potato galette with wild mushrooms   
        
 Potato macaire   
        
 Potato pancakes with smoked salmon and creme fraiche   
        
 Potatoes dauphine   
        
 Potatoes fondantes   
        
 Profiteroles   
        
 Provencale braised beef casserole   
        
 Prune ice cream with armagnac   
        
 Prunes poached in red wine   
        
 Pudding diplomate   
        
 Quick pastry crust   
        
 Quick pork cassoulet   
        
 Rack of lamb with mushroom crust   
        
 Raspberry bavarian cream   
        
 Raspberry champagne   
        
 Raspberry mousse   
        
 raspberry mousse with apricot sauce   
        
 Raspberry soufflé with sauce sabayon   
        
 Ratatouille   
        
 Red wine sauce   
        
 Rhubarb tart with orange-ginger glaze   
        
 Rhubarb-strawberry-banana sorbet    
        
 Rich vanilla ice cream   
        
 Roast leg of baby lamb beaumanière   
        
 Roast tenderloin with mushroom onion and red wine sauce   
        
 Roast tenderloin with red wine shallot sauce   
        
 Roasted rack of lamb provencale with ratatouille   
        
 Robert linxe chocolate truffles   
        
 Rose macarons   
        
 Rosemary oil   
        
 Royal icing   
        
 Sables normands   
        
 Saffron-infused mussel velouté   
        
 Saint-honoré   
        
 Salmon and spinach strudel   
        
 Salmon wellington with arugula hollandaise   
        
 Salmon with lentils   
        
 Salted butter caramel   
        
 Sardines with confit thyme tomatoes   
        
 Sauce beurre blanc   
        
 Sautéed beef médaillons with artichokes and tomatoes   
        
 Sautéed chicken breast with whole grain mustard and sage   
        
 Savory lollipops for cocktail   
        
 Savoyarde potatoes   
        
 Scrambled egg feuillete   
        
 Scrambled eggs   
        
 Scrambled eggs with caviar   
        
 Smoked salmon crêpes au gratin   
        
 Smoked salmon eggs benedict   
        
 Smoked salmon mousse    
        
 Smoked salmon napoleons   
        
 Smoked salmon roll   
        
 Smoked salmon roulades   
        
 Smoked salmon salad   
        
 Smoked salmon soufflé   
        
 Smoked salmon with basil-dressed baby greens   
        
 Snow ball champagne cocktail   
        
 Sole meuniere   
        
 Souffléed crêpes with cointreau   
        
 Split pea soup   
        
 Sponge cake pancakes   
        
 Steaks au poivre   
        
 Steamed mussels in white wine    
        
 Strawberry napoleons with caramel sauce   
        
 Stuffed salmon fillet   
        
 Summer tomato salad   
        
 Talmouses   
        
 Tartar of asparagus avocado and tomato   
        
 Tarte tatin   
        
 The chocolate cake   
        
 The perfect omelette   
        
 Tofu bolognese   
        
 Tomato confit and marinated tomatoes served on a crispy tart   
        
 Tomato tarte tatin   
        
 Tomatoes provencale   
        
 Tourte au camembert - Potato Cabbage and Camembert casserole   
        
 Traou mad shortbreads   
        
 Trianon or Gâteau Royal   
        
 Turkey croquettes   
        
 Vegan mayonnaise   
        
 Vegetable ragout with parmesan and balsamic vinegar   
        
 Vinaigrette for asparagus   
        
 Warm chocolate torte   
        
 Whipped cream chocolate icing   
        
 White butter sauce   
        
 White chocolate and raspberry tart   
        
 Yogurt orange cake   
        
 Yuja tofu creme brulee   
        
 Zucchini carpaccio with pesto, lemon and parmesan   
 
  
 
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