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A single sea bass fillet roasts skin-side down while a warm olive oil sauce is built from garlic, crushed coriander seeds, tomato, black olives and basil. Lemon juice added last keeps the spooned-over sauce fresh and zingy.
Main ingredient: fillet
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-15154 · Hand-built original
Thick slices of bread soak in a cinnamon and vanilla custard, then fry in butter until golden on both faces. Fresh berries, powdered sugar and syrup go over the hot toast at the table.
Main ingredient: eggs
HB-15162 · Hand-built original
Banana shallots are caramelized, glazed with Madeira and sherry vinegar, then baked under puff pastry in a balsamic caramel. Whipped goats' cheese with cream and lemon, plus a watercress and chive salad, cut the sweetness of each tart.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-15171 · Hand-built original
Thin Yukon Gold potato coins baked on a sheet pan in a thyme and garlic cream sauce with Gruyere, parmesan and white cheddar.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-12236 · Hand-built original
Eggs baked in individual ramekins with Parmesan, cream and crumbled bacon until the whites set and the yolks stay soft. Chives finish this French-style breakfast, served warm with toast alongside.
Main ingredient: bacon
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-8237 · Hand-built original
A Provençal fish soup of salmon, hake and mussels in a saffron, pastis and smoked paprika broth blended silky.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-17571 · Hand-built original
Breaded chicken breasts pan-fried until crisp, then simmered in a Dijon cream sauce and topped with ham and Swiss cheese. The cheese melts over each breast under a lid in the same skillet.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-8273 · Hand-built original
Braising beef slow cooked with shallots, bacon lardons, carrots and red wine in the Burgundy style. Butter-fried mushrooms and crushed garlic are stirred in near the end, and the sauce can be thickened with cornflour.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-8285 · Hand-built original
A slow cooker beef casserole recipe you'll make time and time again – no browning required! Each serving (excluding mash or rice) provides 354 kcal, 33g protein, 9.1g carbohydrate (of which 7.2g sugars), 16g fat (of which 5.7g saturates), 3.6g fibre and 1.4g salt.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-3178 · Hand-built original
Small cubes of Maris Piper potato parboiled, steam-dried and roasted until crisp, then tossed hot with smoked salt flakes, smoked paprika, garlic and rosemary.
Main ingredient: cubes
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-8338 · Hand-built original
A classic French fish dish made with delicate sole fillets gently poached in cider and fish stock. The rich, creamy sauce is finished with brown shrimps, mussels and lemon. Serve with wilted spinach for a special dinner.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-2126 · Hand-built original
Silky pumpkin custard enriched with coconut milk and warm spices, sealed with a crackling caramelized sugar crust. A cloud of whipped coconut cream goes on top for serving.
Main ingredient: pumpkin
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites, coffee
HB-15303 · Hand-built original
A lighter take on the French classic: sausages, chicken, gammon and two kinds of beans braised with tomatoes, wine and thyme, brightened with an orange and parsley finish.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-14686 · Hand-built original
Stabilised whipped cream is regular whipped cream with an ingredient added which makes it hold its form far better than regular whipped cream which starts to deflate within 30 minutes. It will stay aerated, fluffy, and won't weep so you can use it to decorate cakes, pipe onto cupcakes and layer on trifles the day before, and it looks perfect the next day. You can also whip it up today and leave it in a piping bag overnight or in a bowl, ready to use tomorrow.
Main ingredient: thickened cream
HB-3206 · Hand-built original
Ribeye steaks crusted with crushed black peppercorns, seared and rested, served with a cognac, beef broth and cream pan sauce finished with Dijon mustard.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-9477 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-2205 · Hand-built original
Take a little trip to Paris with this classic steak frites recipe. Simple and delicious with a classic Parisian sauce and blood orange vinaigrette.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-2206 · Hand-built original
Sirloin steaks are seared in foaming butter and rested, then sauced with the pan juices loosened with water, and served with sautéed potato cubes glazed in butter with parsley and shallot.
Main ingredient: steak
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-8451 · Hand-built original
This quick steak recipe is served with a punchy roquefort butter and a fresh chopped salad. You’ll need a food processor and a weight or heavy pan to press the steak as it cooks.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-3207 · Hand-built original
Crisp craquelin-topped choux puffs filled with vanilla pastry cream, strawberry compote and whipped cream, finished with fresh strawberries.
Main ingredient: strawberries
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites, coffee
HB-15429 · Hand-built original
A sausage- and sage-stuffed chicken leg, roasted until golden and served over wilted cavolo nero with a mustard and tarragon velouté and slices of pressed root vegetable terrine.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-15451 · Hand-built original
Sugar and spice cocoa nib kisses is a French desserts built around nibs. It serves Makes 25. It pairs well with baguette and green salad.
Main ingredient: nibs
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-2246 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: rapeseed oil
HB-2251 · Hand-built original
Sweet tartlet shells (individual tart crusts) is a French, Western sweet baking built around egg. Ready in 92 min.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-3230 · Hand-built original
A smooth buttercream made by whipping butter into a cooked Swiss meringue.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-4585 · Hand-built original
A Provençal olive spread blended from Kalamata olives, capers and anchovy with lemon, brandy, mustard and olive oil.
Main ingredient: Kalamata olives
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-15518 · Hand-built original
Twelve small lemon tartlets in crisp sweet pastry, filled with a sharp lemon cream and decorated with piped dark chocolate.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-15520 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: pastry
Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream
HB-2301 · Hand-built original
Tarte tatin is a French afternoon tea, dessert, treat built around pastry. Ready in 1 h 35 min.
Main ingredient: pastry
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-2302 · Hand-built original
A caramelised onion tarte tatin on thyme shortcrust, the onions simmered in butter, sugar and balsamic vinegar, then inverted and finished with fresh goat cheese and thyme.
Main ingredient: onions
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-8551 · Hand-built original
Tartiflette is a French baked, baking, main course, mains, potato built around potato. Ready in 90 min.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-2303 · Hand-built original
A Savoyard bake of sliced potatoes layered with bacon lardons, shallots and garlic, deglazed with white wine and covered in cream and melting reblochon.
Main ingredient: bacon
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-8552 · Hand-built original
A smaller tartiflette of unpeeled waxy potatoes with pancetta, onion, white wine and creme fraiche under reblochon, served with a sharp endive salad.
Main ingredient: potatoes
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-8553 · Hand-built original
Slowly caramelised onions simmered in beef stock and white wine, ladled into bowls and finished with a butter-toasted bun and melted provolone.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-15530 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: butter
HB-2355 · Hand-built original
A smooth French garlic soup from the south west, thickened with flour and enriched off the heat with egg yolks and sherry vinegar. Crisp garlic, thyme and golden bread cubes garnish each warmed bowl.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-18164 · Hand-built original
A traditional quiche Lorraine in a butter and lard pastry: crisped smoked bacon scattered over the blind-baked base, then a nutmeg-seasoned egg and cream custard poured over and baked until puffed and pale gold.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-18405 · Hand-built original
Hot smoked trout mousse with cream cheese and horseradish, served with a quick-pickled cucumber and dill salad on Melba toast.
Main ingredient: trout
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-5138 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: lemon wedges, tartar sauce, rice pilaf, coleslaw
HB-2418 · Hand-built original
Pan-fried turbot with a citrus and wild garlic purée, a brown-butter Grenobloise sauce of lemon, capers and croûtons, and a salad of sea herbs.
Main ingredient: only
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-18260 · Hand-built original
Light cheese and leek soufflés baked once until set, then baked again in cream with extra cheese until puffed and bubbling. They can be frozen between bakes for easy entertaining.
Main ingredient: butter
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-15679 · Hand-built original
A quiche Lorraine with Parmesan and thyme worked into the pastry itself, and pancetta, crème fraîche and Gruyère in the filling. The cheese in the crust is doing real work here.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-18384 · Hand-built original
Thick white bread brushed with an aquafaba, maple and vanilla coating and fried in sunflower oil until golden on both sides, served with mixed berries and icing sugar.
Main ingredient: aquafaba
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-8713 · Hand-built original
Vegetable Tian is a French side dish, vegetables, vegetarian, vegetarian main built around eggplant. Ready in 1 hr 25 min.
Main ingredient: eggplant
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-3263 · Hand-built original
A quick pan sauce of shallot, dry vermouth, beef stock and cream, seasoned with salt and pepper.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-5320 · Hand-built original
Sweet onions caramelized until nearly blackened at the edges top grilled pizza dough with anchovies and olives. Thyme scattered over the hot pizzas finishes this pissaladière variation.
Main ingredient: brushing
HB-15746 · Hand-built original
A bistro salad of torn lettuce, tomato, toasted walnuts and pine nuts and bacon lardons under crumbed goat's cheese rounds fried in butter until golden and molten.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-8762 · Hand-built original
Whipped cream (Chantilly Cream) is an Australian, British, French dessert built around note.
Main ingredient: heavy
Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream
HB-3271 · Hand-built original
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