French Recipes

Salted caramel is filled in between the vanilla macaron shells, it's impossible to resist these sweets. Experience some seriously decadent and delicious explosion by popping one or two these vanilla salted caramel macarons into your mouth.

An quick and easy to make enriched Bechamel sauce that is excellent on fish or other broiled meats.

A favorite of ours which goes well with any type of fish, particularly flaky white fish.

Enjoy the decadence of this rich classic lightened up. This simple and easy French onion soup lets you enjoy without the guilt. Use any leftover bread you might have, it's extra filling using some toasty whole-wheat grain filled bread and it gives a nutritional boost.

French onion soup from Paris brasserie Au Pied de Cochon. Slowly caramelized onions, dry wine, chicken broth, and toasted baguettes under bubbling Gruyère.

Sauce Aurore (Aurora sauce) made from a silky bechamel base with tomato paste stirred in for a blush-pink French classic. Seven ingredients, one saucepan, about 15 minutes.

A curried Bechamel sauce works very well as a topping for many steamed or cooked vegetables.

Delicate and flaky Tilapia with an orange tarragon cream sauce, perfect for two servings for a quick and seemingly sophisticated dish. Serve with a rice pilaf to make it a meal.

Smoked salmon, dill and cream cheese baked into a light and fluffy soufflé. A decadent Sunday brunch favorite in our house.

This delicious brioche can be used to make lots of delicious recipes, such as bread pudding, breakfast French toast casserole... It's buttery, flakey and tasty.

Classic French chocolate loaf cake bakes in a water bath for a dense, fudgy crumb with a thin crackly top. Semi-sweet chocolate, espresso, and whipped egg whites do the work. Flourless using cornstarch.

Almond-coffee meringue cookies are sandwiched with chocolate ganache. These macarons are absolutely additive, no wonder these small sweets are so popular in Paris. After you pop one into your mouth, you want another one, and another one...

Cooked two sole fillets in a hot pan with a bit oil, then served with this delicious orange tarragon cream sauce. It tasted delicious. Had some mint peas aside to add some refresh-ness. Quick, easy, healthy yet delicious!

Apple filling moulded inside buttered bread. A simple preparation of a French style dessert.

Classic escargots bourguignonne baked in their shells with garlic-herb butter, shallots, parsley, and a splash of white wine. The iconic French appetizer done right.

A straight up French Bechamel sauce from Woman's Day magazine.