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french meat entree Recipes :
French Beans

Recipes : French Beans
There is the ideal way to cook French bean making sure that they keep their green and crunchy qualities: Cooking Fren...
French Fries

Recipes : French Fries
French fries or "pomme Pont-Neuf" are probably the most popular french recipe. But, they are not always cooked properly....
French cut Rib of Beef

Recipes : French cut Rib of Beef
First of all a little reminder. First a calf is born, it is either male or female. Female: it becomes a heifer, then a...
Bäckeofe

Recipes : Bäckeofe
Short introduction : this typical Alsacian recipe (note of the translator : Alsace is a French province along the French...
Navarin d'agneau (Lamb stew)

Recipes : Navarin d'agneau (Lamb stew)
Lamb stew with potatoes Origin of this dish: the victory of the French fleet in 1827 fighting for Greece's independen...
Pork steak Alsatian Style

Recipes : Pork steak Alsatian Style
It is unfortunate, that this remarkable cut of pork "rouelle"(French for small wheel) is hardly served any more. The "ro...
Loubia

Recipes : Loubia
Another recipe adapted from my friend Maloub who worked with/for me during numerous years. For 6 persons : 1 veal fo...
Shortbread pastry

Recipes : Shortbread pastry
Here is the recipe of the 'shortbread pastry' ('pâte sablée' en French), sometimes forgotten from the pastry cook books ...
Poule au pot

Recipes : Poule au pot
For 4 guests: Ingredients 200 g of minced meat, 3 egg yolks, 150 g of chopped chicken livers, 1 bouquet garni, 2...
Parmentier with duck, foie gras and truffles

Recipes : Parmentier with duck, foie gras and truffles
A recipe of our menu 'special end of the year celebrations'. Cottage pie 'parmentier' (*) with duck, foie gras and bl...
Duck confit in small dish

Recipes : Duck confit in small dish
For 6 persons: Ingredients 6 thighs of duck confit, 8 beautiful potatoes, peeled, washed, wiped and sliced 3 cloves...
Lamb Kebabs

Recipes : Lamb Kebabs
To make lamb kebabs it is best to make small cubes, about 1/2 an inch thick, using lamb's shoulder or leg of lamb meat. ...
Hachis Parmentier

Recipes : Hachis Parmentier
Hachis Parmentier for 8 guests : 1 kg 200 of cooked pot-au-feu meat 50 gr of parsley 2 sweet onions (Roscoff variet...
Potted duck

French specialties : Potted duck
When South-west is evoked in gastronomy, we cannot forget foie gras and confit, whether they are of duck or goose. The c...
Rillons de Tours

French specialties : Rillons de Tours
The pigs were often during the past centuries, one of the rare meat contributions to the food of the campaigns and the a...
mixed flavoured butters

News : mixed flavoured butters
The basic principle is the same in all cases : you must soften the butter and incorporate into it one or several flavour...
the omelette

News : the omelette
In the Journal of Jean Heroard (1551-1628), doctor of the young future king Louis XIII, we could read : "often, in the a...
The Arpajon bean fair

News : The Arpajon bean fair
My arrival into this fair sent me back in the years when I participated to those contests. The age coming, I was invited...
Maghreb cooking

News : Maghreb cooking
After having paid a visit to our Canadian friends, we continue our gastronomic trips outside of France a little more sou...
The Lobster à l'américaine Story

News : The Lobster à l'américaine Story
We are now nearly fully sure of the validity of the "à l'américaine" name of this recipe, to the contrary of the "à l'ar...
A nice week-end in Lyon

News : A nice week-end in Lyon
As we do from time to time during the year, direction Lyon to pay a visit to some beloved friends. Her,'Speedy' Brigitt...
Miss Nellie and Mr Auguste

News : Miss Nellie and Mr Auguste
This is a short tribute to Auguste Escoffier, the so famous French cook who was active mainly at the turn of the XIXth c...
Asparagus

News : Asparagus
Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ...
Sauerkraut  ('choucroute' in French language)

News : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language)
The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue...
Towards the discovery of  the Yoghurts

News : Towards the discovery of the Yoghurts
It happened in very ancient times, at the fringes of the Balkanic peninsula and of Turkey that one started to find the f...
AVPA  2008 contest : oil, honey and dry fruit

News : AVPA 2008 contest : oil, honey and dry fruit
Like in 2007, Patrick Asfaux was part of the trial jury of the AVPA (Agence pour la Valorisation des Produits Agricoles ...
The round cake for the Twelfth Night

News : The round cake for the Twelfth Night
This is the oldest cake in history ; we now know that the first ones were made during the neolithic age. They were prepa...
A few days in Burgundy

News : A few days in Burgundy
As usual during this calamitous August, we leave Paris under the rain to Val de Mercy. I know pretty well this region be...
Festive menus

News : Festive menus
The end of the year celebrations/parties are, for number of people, an opportunity to share with relatives and/or with f...


easy French main course
Hi Kate, Go up to the left side of this page ; under "French recipes", you find several icons : when you point on them,...

I injoyed the food
I tasted french wine and french bread and it was very nice food from nikita...

Help me
Of course you can help you but please make your request more specific : do you need some examples of recipes (if so, in ...

answer to dakshina
The disclosed recipe is just a standard very simple asparagus soup recipe ; I do not think this is a "French" soup ; thi...

I LOVE FRENCH FOOD!
i absolutly adore french food my favourite so far is ratatoille...







The Lobster à l'américaine StoryThe Lobster à l'américaine Story
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cassoulet
The Cassoulet is a typical French dish. Its history would go up with the 100 year read more