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Sweet onions caramelised with brown sugar in the cooker, pressure-cooked in beef broth with thyme and bay, then topped with baguette slices and gruyère under the broiler.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-14165 · Hand-built original
Invisible apple cake is made with thinly sliced apples layered in a light, buttery batter. It bakes into a tender, custardy cake with warm cinnamon and apple flavor.
Main ingredient: eggs
Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream
HB-1180 · Hand-built original
Lamb Navarin is a French dinner, lamb, main course built around chicken. Ready in 195 min.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-3028 · Hand-built original
A French-style leek and potato soup simmered until the potatoes nearly fall apart, blended only just smooth, stirred with cream and served with chives and buttered croutons.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7454 · Hand-built original
A deep leek and Stilton quiche in homemade pastry: leeks and celery cooked until completely tender, covered with eggs, double cream, Stilton and parsley, and baked until golden and just set. Picnic and buffet material.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-17809 · Hand-built original
This lemon tart recipe has a luscious lemon curd filling and buttery shortbread crust. Make it for a spring dessert topped with whipped cream and berries!
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-1357 · Hand-built original
A sharp, lightly sweet vinaigrette of lemon juice, olive oil, Dijon mustard and agave, with finely diced shallot stirred through at the end. It keeps for up to five days in the fridge and needs a whisk before each use.
Main ingredient: lemon juice
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-14352 · Hand-built original
A French side of Puy lentils simmered in vegetable stock with carrot, onion, garlic, tomato paste, bay and thyme, finished with parsley.
Main ingredient: lentil
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-7497 · Hand-built original
Cooked lobster meat folded through celeriac matchsticks in a mayonnaise, mustard and lemon dressing with dill, the claw and tail meat arranged on top.
Main ingredient: lobster
HB-4459 · Hand-built original
Lobster tails poached and the shells simmered into a stock, blended into a tomato and wine bisque finished with cream and the chopped lobster meat.
Main ingredient: lobster
HB-4460 · Hand-built original
Halved cooked lobsters topped with slices of a chilled Thermidor-style butter of wine, shallot, herbs, mustard and Parmesan, grilled until bubbling.
Main ingredient: lobster
HB-4466 · Hand-built original
Pastis is shaken with lychee syrup, lychee liqueur, lemon and lime juice and simple syrup until well chilled, then strained over ice and lengthened with soda water. A whole lychee and a mint sprig garnish the glass.
Main ingredient: pastis
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-14390 · Hand-built original
Thin potato slices are par-boiled, tossed with slowly softened onions, parsley, thyme and garlic, then finished in the oven until the top turns golden and crisp. It works as a roast-dinner side or as a vegetarian main with dressed salad leaves.
Main ingredient: large onions
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-7523 · Hand-built original
Conchiglie, green beans, cannellini beans and flaked tinned mackerel are tossed in a mustard and red wine vinegar dressing with cucumber, tomatoes, olives, capers and parsley. Optional boiled eggs, halved and laid over the top, finish the salad Niçoise-style.
Main ingredient: mackerel
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites, soup
HB-7525 · Hand-built original
Mackerel fillets grilled under foil with rosemary, thyme and lemon zest are flaked two ways for a pate: half smashed smooth with creme fraiche and horseradish, half folded in as chunks. A whole goats' cheese baked with cherry tomatoes, lavender, thyme and honey, plus baguette, melon and charcuterie, completes the board.
Main ingredient: extra virgin olive oil
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-14393 · Hand-built original
Madeleines is a French sweet built around flour.
Main ingredient: flour
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-1396 · Hand-built original
A thin, crisp French apple tart in the family style: overlapping apple segments brushed with Calvados butter, baked until caramelised, then finished with a cream and egg custard. Best eaten soon after the icing sugar goes on.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-18362 · Hand-built original
Mille-Feuille is a French dessert, sweet built around egg. Ready in 630 min.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-1487 · Hand-built original
A flourless dark chocolate cake baked in two layers, the second left molten, served warm with cream.
Main ingredient: dark chocolate
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites, coffee
HB-5024 · Hand-built original
Flaky croissants layered with whipped cream cheese, Swiss cheese, and black forest ham, baked until molten and dusted with powdered sugar for dipping in raspberry jam.
Main ingredient: ham
HB-14564 · Hand-built original
Ham and Gruyère sandwiches with mayonnaise and Dijon, dipped in an egg and milk batter and fried in butter, dusted with powdered sugar and served with jam.
Main ingredient: ham
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-4480 · Hand-built original
Mussels steamed in butter, shallots, white wine and parsley, served with twice-fried potatoes and mayonnaise. The Belgian bistro dish known in Dutch as mosselen-friet.
Main ingredient: mussels
Pairs well with: mayonnaise, Belgian beer, crusty bread
HB-5445 · Hand-built original
Mussels steamed with onion, shallot, garlic, thyme, parsley and chervil in dry white wine, finished with crème fraîche and served with thin, twice-fried potatoes. A French and Belgian bistro rendition, with optional Pernod in the broth.
Main ingredient: mussels
Pairs well with: mayonnaise, Belgian beer, crusty bread
HB-5446 · Hand-built original
Mussels steamed open in white wine with shallots, garlic, and a bouquet garni, then finished with cream and parsley.
Main ingredient: mussels
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-14569 · Hand-built original
Bread cups baked in a muffin tin, filled with ham and a whole egg under a Gruyère béchamel, for an individual croque madame.
Main ingredient: ham
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-14572 · Hand-built original
A blended mushroom soup thickened with flour and finished with heavy cream, thyme and parsley. The mushrooms cook down until their liquid evaporates before the broth goes in.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7667 · Hand-built original
A rich vegetarian mushroom parfait set in a loaf tin, built from a port, Madeira and brandy shallot reduction and a mirin-glazed mushroom purée, served with grilled sourdough.
Main ingredient: mushroom
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-7672 · Hand-built original
Thick portobello mushrooms grilled like steaks, with oven fries, watercress, and a wine and shallot sauce enriched with plant-based cream instead of butter.
Main ingredient: mushroom
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-14581 · Hand-built original
Mushroom Tart is a French lunch, main, starter, vegetarian. Ready in 50 min.
Main ingredient: mushroom
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-1224 · Hand-built original
A crisp puff pastry tart with folded buttered edges, covered with grated Gruyère and mushrooms sautéed in butter and olive oil, finished with thyme, sea salt flakes and a drizzle of truffle oil.
Main ingredient: mushroom
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-14236 · Hand-built original
Roasted mixed mushrooms in a black pepper, cognac and cream sauce with thyme and shallot.
Main ingredient: mushrooms
Pairs well with: country bread, green salad, mashed potatoes
HB-5246 · Hand-built original
A French salad of potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, cos lettuce, hard-boiled eggs, olives and tuna in oil, dressed with a lemon, olive oil and Dijon dressing.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-7708 · Hand-built original
A perfectly cooked fluffy omelette is just the ticket when you need a quick and filling meal. Stuffed with cheese and spinach, it's a well-balanced meal for one that you will have on the table in a couple of minutes. Each serving provides 438 kcal, 18.5g protein, 0.2g carbohydrate (of which 0.2g sugars), 40.3g fat (of which 21.8g saturates), 0g fibre and 0.72g salt.
Main ingredient: butter
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-2989 · Hand-built original
Seasoned chicken pieces browned, then simmered with onions, mushrooms, white wine and broth and baked under shredded Gruyere.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-11859 · Hand-built original
A classic one-pot fricassée of chicken with mushrooms in a wine and creme fraiche sauce enriched with egg yolk and tarragon, served with bacon beans.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-14676 · Hand-built original
Deeply caramelised onions simmered in stock, served with Gruyère-topped baguette croûtons grilled until melted and browned.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-18238 · Hand-built original
A make-ahead baked French toast layered with bread cubes, cream cheese and blueberries under an egg custard, finished with a warm blueberry sauce.
Main ingredient: bread
Pairs well with: coffee, orange juice, fresh fruit, toast
HB-14695 · Hand-built original
Skin-on sea bass is pan-fried until crisp and served in a sparkling wine mussels velouté with leeks, potato and chives, topped with crispy kale and Tenderstem broccoli.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7822 · Hand-built original
A choux pastry ring baked with flaked almonds, split and filled with chocolate hazelnut cream and vanilla Chantilly, served with a warm dark chocolate sauce.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-7833 · Hand-built original
Frozen peas are simmered with garlic and eschalots sautéed in butter and stock, then blitzed with mint into a silky purée and loosened with its own cooking liquid.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7858 · Hand-built original
A puffed peach clafoutis baked in a hot buttered skillet with milk, cream and Thai basil, finished with a sprinkling of sugar.
Main ingredient: peaches
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites, coffee
HB-14751 · Hand-built original
An upside-down peach tarte Tatin with a brown sugar and butter caramel under puff pastry, baked until puffed and golden and inverted to serve.
Main ingredient: peaches
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites, coffee
HB-14756 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: pears
Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream
HB-1701 · Hand-built original
Beef braised slowly in red wine with bacon, pearl onions and mushrooms until the sauce coats a spoon.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-14786 · Hand-built original
Individual dark chocolate fondants with set tops and molten centres, baked briefly on a hot tray.
Main ingredient: chocolate
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites, coffee
HB-14787 · Hand-built original
Poached pears set in pistachio frangipane in a sweet tart crust, glazed with apricot jam.
Main ingredient: pear
Pairs well with: vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, coffee, fresh berries
HB-5084 · Hand-built original
Small almond cakes with lemon zest, raspberries and chopped pistachios baked until golden at the edges.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-14823 · Hand-built original
Pears are peeled decoratively, leaving a zigzag of skin at the top, and poached in Sauternes with honey, vanilla and cinnamon. They are served at room temperature with their syrup and strips of orange zest.
Main ingredient: conference
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-18472 · Hand-built original
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