How to make butter from scratch
How do you make butter from scratch? Butter is a key ingredient in French cooking. Making your own French style butter is actually very easy, all you need is good quality...
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Vegetables & Sides
Side dishes and vegetables : I will try to regroup here all the small dishes that can be served alongside a main course as well as vegetable dishes served in French cooking. Anything from steam, pan fried or raw vegetables such as grated carrots or Celeriac for example as well as more elaborate dishes like vegetable bakes.
Classic Escoffier French salad platter
Today we explore the several classic french dressings from the Escoffier culinary guide and recreate the classic a French salad platter using 3 of those base dressings. for this particular...
Cervelle de canut
The cervelle de canut is a cheese specialty from Lyon (usually made by the cheese shops) made of fromage blanc en faisselle (similar to cottage cheese) mixed with creme fraiche...
How to make potato croquettes
The potato croquettes are bite size fluffy potato snacks that can be serve as a side dish or just be eaten on their own with mayonnaise or other sauces. they...
Pommes Dauphine (French potato puffs)
Pommes Dauphine are delicious bite-sized balls of mashed potato wrapped with choux pastry. When deep fried they puff into dumpling shapes. Biting into a Pommes Dauphine is a bit like...
Poached Leeks 2 ways
In this recipe we take a look at a classic French way on how to prepare leeks to be serve as a starter and served with a choice of 2...
Provencal tomatoes
Provencal tomatoes are delicious halved tomatoes filled with a mix of breadcrumbs garlic, parsley and olive oil. The provencal tomatoes are then broiled in the oven and serve as a...
Cauliflower Gratin
Freshly cooked cauliflower, covered with a delicious homemade bechamel sauce, topped with cheese, then baked in the oven. this cauliflower french recipe is great for vegetarian looking for a french...
The Toffailles
The toffailles is a typically Vosgian culinary specialty 2 based on potatoes, bacon or lardons, onions, butter and white wine, with or without leek. Several variants exist depending on the...
How to make a Gratin Dauphinois
The gratin Dauphinois (potato gratin) is French specialty from the town of Grenoble and it is made out of top quality potatoes thinly sliced evenly (using a mandolin or food...