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A cocoa meringue peak, crisp at the sides with some give in the center, carries sweetened whipped cream piped over with chestnut purée. Grated dark chocolate snows across the top.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-18023 · Hand-built original
50 Clove Garlic Soup is a French appetiser, entree, soup built around potato. Ready in 45 min.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-0020 · Hand-built original
A tall, make-ahead cake of many thin orange-scented crêpes layered with pastry cream lightened with whipped cream, capped with a final cloud of cream.
Main ingredient: cream
HB-17238 · Hand-built original
Cod fillets wrapped in paper parcels with sun-dried tomato paste, roasted peppers, olives, basil and toasted pine nuts — colourful, steamy and full of Mediterranean flavour.
Main ingredient: cod
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-12605 · Hand-built original
A free-form pastry galette filled with almond cream, topped with flaked almonds and powdered sugar.
Main ingredient: almond flour
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-5439 · Hand-built original
Almond Lace Tuiles is a French dessert, sweet, sweet baking built around sugar. Ready in 160 min.
Main ingredient: sugar
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-0053 · Hand-built original
Delicate almond biscuits made with real extract, whisked egg whites and ground almonds, rolled in icing sugar so they bake into pale, crusted snowballs.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-17726 · Hand-built original
Less a strict recipe than a guide to a great salade niçoise: eggs, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, olives, cucumber, green beans and anchovies under a garlic oil and vinegar dressing, where quality of ingredients is everything.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-17744 · Hand-built original
A pungent Provençal anchovy dip blended with garlic, red wine vinegar, and a full cup of olive oil, seasoned with salt and pepper for serving with raw vegetables.
Main ingredient: filets
HB-12648 · Hand-built original
A platter combining antipasto and niçoise elements: lemon-dressed potatoes and asparagus arranged with artichoke hearts, cherry peppers, Parmesan shards, tuna, and halved eggs.
Main ingredient: tuna
HB-12650 · Hand-built original
Braeburn apples caramelised in butter, sugar, cardamom and cinnamon under a puff pastry lid, turned out upside down and served with fig crème fraîche.
Main ingredient: pastry
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-6003 · Hand-built original
Apricot and ricotta galette with no-churn vanilla and sea salt ice cream is a French dish prepared from its core ingredients in a straightforward, home-style way. Serve it fresh and hot where appropriate.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-3297 · Hand-built original
Apricots baked under puff pastry in a rosemary and cardamom caramel, inverted and served with labneh.
Main ingredient: apricots
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites, coffee
HB-4714 · Hand-built original
This is Papy's salad recipe, which he casually threw together one day for lunch as a side to his French schnitzel. It's crisp, fresh and full of texture - crunchy croutons, juicy tomatoes and a tangy Creamy French Dressing tying it all together. And it's so pretty too! Please take note of how this salad is build. Presentation matters! :)
Main ingredient: baby gem lettuces
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-2713 · Hand-built original
A baguette layered with mustard, Comté, arugula, salami and prosciutto.
Main ingredient: ham
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-4286 · Hand-built original
Flaky biscuits sealed around deli roast beef, caramelized onions and provolone, baked in a muffin tin and served with a seasoned beef au jus.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-8843 · Hand-built original
Thin slices of eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash and tomato shingled over a blended tomato, onion and pepper sauce and baked until tender.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-8849 · Hand-built original
Beef Bourguignon is a French christmas, feed a crowd, sunday lunch, winter, dinner, lunch, stews. Ready in 2 h 30 min.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-0200 · Hand-built original
Chuck beef marinated overnight in red wine with carrots and pearl onions, browned in stages with bacon and mushrooms, then braised in the reduced wine and beef stock until it falls apart.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-6130 · Hand-built original
French laminated croissants made from a yeast dough of all-purpose and bread flours enclosing a butter block, folded into layers, shaped into triangles, proofed and baked until golden.
Main ingredient: gin
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-9260 · Hand-built original
Beurre Blanc Sauce is a French sauces built around note. Ready in 20 min.
Main ingredient: small eschalot
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-2735 · Hand-built original
Pan-fried black bream fillets with crisp skin, served over blanched asparagus on a warm spiced beurre blanc flecked with parsley, with lemon segments alongside.
Main ingredient: black bream
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-6177 · Hand-built original
Chickpea flour panisses enriched with cheddar and black pepper, chilled, cut and fried until crisp.
Main ingredient: chickpea flour
Pairs well with: aioli, green salad, tomato sauce
HB-5275 · Hand-built original
Brisket marinates overnight in red wine with orange zest, cinnamon and cloves, then braises slowly with lardons and olives. Red camargue rice soaks up the reduced Provençal sauce.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-18462 · Hand-built original
A Provençal fish stew built on a rich reduced fish base, with mussels, rouille, garlic croûtons and grated Gruyère served alongside.
Main ingredient: crab
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-18262 · Hand-built original
Bourride of mussels and monkfish with saffron and fennel is a French main course built around egg.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-0305 · Hand-built original
Pollock and mussels in a saffron broth thickened with aïoli, with garlic and thyme croûtons spread with more aïoli.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-18240 · Hand-built original
A rich Provencal-style fish stew of red mullet, gurnard and home-salted cod in an aioli-thickened broth, served with harissa-spread baguette croutons.
Main ingredient: cod
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-12883 · Hand-built original
Flour-coated short ribs seared and braised for three hours in red wine and beef broth with onion, carrots, celery, garlic and rosemary until the meat falls off the bone.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-11557 · Hand-built original
Salt cod soaks for a day, poaches in milk with bay and fennel seeds, then blends with potatoes, cream and olive oil into a smooth, emulsified paste. Toasted French bread, a drizzle of oil, nutmeg and truffle slices accompany the brandade.
Main ingredient: cod
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-18490 · Hand-built original
Brie Potato Dauphinoise (Gratin) is a French dish prepared from its core ingredients in a straightforward, home-style way. Serve it fresh and hot where appropriate.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-3341 · Hand-built original
Brioche is a French bread built around egg. Ready in 510 min.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-0335 · Hand-built original
Quince and figs poach slowly in spiced red wine while thick brioche soaks in a vanilla custard. The sugar-dusted slices fry in butter until golden and are served with the fruit, its syrup and crème fraîche.
Main ingredient: wine
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-18464 · Hand-built original
Caramelised brioche rolls layered with browned butter caramel and sea-salted dark chocolate mousse, topped with white chocolate straws and icing sugar.
Main ingredient: solids
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-12921 · Hand-built original
Béarnaise Sauce is a French preparation made from its core ingredients and served fresh. Use it promptly for the best texture.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-3348 · Hand-built original
A classic white sauce made by infusing milk with bay, mace, peppercorns and onion, then thickening it with a butter and flour roux.
Main ingredient: pint
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-5366 · Hand-built original
A compound steak butter with eschalot, anchovy, curry powder, paprika, tarragon and parsley, sliced and melted over hot seared steaks.
Main ingredient: steak
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-6300 · Hand-built original
Crisp puff pastry under a layer of melted Gruyère and long-cooked sweet onions, with thyme scattered over the top.
Main ingredient: overnight
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-13008 · Hand-built original
Shell-shaped little cakes made with browned butter, lemon zest and cardamom, rested twice for a deep flavour and the classic hump.
Main ingredient: all-purpose flour
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites, coffee
HB-13012 · Hand-built original
A superbly rich bean stew laced with duck fat, sausages and pork belly
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-0429 · Hand-built original
A shortcut laminated dough where soft butter spiked with flour is spread over the dough instead of locked in as a block, then folded in letter turns.
Main ingredient: active dry yeast
HB-13066 · Hand-built original
Airy baked cheese puffs of choux pastry folded with sharp cheddar, scallions, dill and mustard, piped, washed with egg yolk and topped with more cheese.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-13067 · Hand-built original
Yeasted buckwheat pancakes folded square around a fried egg, grated mountain cheese and buttered flat mushrooms.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-17420 · Hand-built original
A smooth, wine-based fondue of gruyère and emmental sharpened with lemon and kirsch, made for dipping bread, cornichons and cooked vegetables.
Main ingredient: wine
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-13293 · Hand-built original
Puff pastry squares filled with Gruyère and Parmesan seasoned with nutmeg, pepper and garlic, folded and baked until golden.
Main ingredient: puff pastry
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-4637 · Hand-built original
A classic roux-based sauce of butter, flour and milk finished with grated mature cheddar, kept off the boil once the cheese goes in.
Main ingredient: butter
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-6376 · Hand-built original
Cheese Soufflé is a French dinner, entree, light mains, lunch, main, starter built around egg. Ready in 45 min.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-1220 · Hand-built original
A Gruyère and chive soufflé built on a mustard-spiced béchamel, lightened with stiffly beaten egg whites and baked in a Parmesan-coated dish until puffed and just set.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-6378 · Hand-built original
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