197 french recipes

Bread machine French bread: crusty golden loaves with chewy interior, slashed and brushed with egg wash. Two long baguettes from one easy bread machine cycle.

Traditional French baguettes made with just four basic ingredients: flour, water, yeast, and salt. Bake in your bread machine or shape by hand for authentic crusty loaves.

Authentic French-style chocolate truffles built from a ganache melted, whipped, and chilled three times across three days for the silkiest, most intense centers, finished with a roll in cocoa powder.

Easy French bread for the bread machine: a 5-ingredient lean dough that bakes into a soft, golden loaf with a tender crumb and a faint chew. Pantry-staple bread anytime.

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.

Best ever French bread uses a stir-and-rest method instead of kneading for a crusty, chewy loaf with a glossy egg-washed crust. Adapts to wheat, rye, cheese, or herb.

Fresh apple muffins from Austin's Texas French Bread bakery, with whole wheat pastry flour, juicy chopped apples, raisins, and walnuts. A bakery-style breakfast muffin with hearty fiber and warm cinnamon.

Rustic French meatloaf channels country pâté with ground pork, veal, puréed chicken livers, chopped prunes, and pistachios. Served with Dijon mustard for a bistro dinner in loaf form.

Classic French rabbit stew (lapin sautté): disjointed rabbit browned in butter, simmered in white wine and broth, then finished with bacon, pearl onions, and mushrooms.

French rabbit stew braises disjointed rabbit in butter with white wine, beef stock, bacon, small white onions, mushrooms, and garlic. A rustic country braise with a built-in flour-thickened sauce.

French fruit fritters with a light, airy batter made from separated eggs and lemon juice. Dip any fruit in the batter and deep fry until golden. Dust with powdered sugar.

Indian French toast: savory vegan besan-and-tofu batter with green chiles and onion, soaked into bread slices and pan-fried golden. A spicy eggless twist on breakfast toast, inspired by Indian besan toast.

Rustic French potage with bacon, cabbage, root vegetables, and beans simmered for 2 hours. The kind of peasant soup that feeds a crowd for pennies and tastes better the next day.

Add sophistication to a home-cooked meal with this dish that can even have a famous French Restaurant saying "Oui, oui!".

Banana Stuffed French Toast cuts pockets into sourdough slices, tucks in fresh banana quarters, dips in egg and cream custard, grills until golden, and finishes with a cinnamon-sugar sprinkle. Ready in 20 minutes.

New Orleans-style French Market beignets cut into squares, deep-fried golden, and buried in powdered sugar. Make-ahead yeast dough that chills overnight and improves over a week in the fridge.