French Cooking Techniques & Tutorials
Learn basic, intermediate, and expert French cooking techniques. Tutorials on French food will guide you as you learn how to master French recipes in your kitchen.
Blanch
Blanch ingredients for a quick way to brighten color and slip off hard to peel skins.
Blanch ingredients for a quick way to brighten color and slip off hard to peel skins.
Frugal French Cooking Tricks
Try this collection of frugal French food tricks for making recession-proof recipes in your home kitchen. How to cook French food on a budget.
Try this collection of frugal French food tricks for making recession-proof recipes in your home kitchen. How to cook French food on a budget.
Glace de Viande
Glace de viande is a method of "glazing the meat." Making this rich sauce is a cornerstone of mastering the French kitchen.
Glace de viande is a method of "glazing the meat." Making this rich sauce is a cornerstone of mastering the French kitchen.
How To Brunoise
Brunoised vegetables are the tiniest of cuts. The formal-looking little squares add color and elegance to dishes.
Brunoised vegetables are the tiniest of cuts. The formal-looking little squares add color and elegance to dishes.
How To Julienne
The French method of julienne creates fine, matchstick vegetables.
The French method of julienne creates fine, matchstick vegetables.
How to Make Canadian Maple Sugar Pie
Learn how to make Canadian maple sugar pie. This sugar pie recipe features maple sugar, cream, and maple syrup baked into a classic dessert from Quebec.
Learn how to make Canadian maple sugar pie. This sugar pie recipe features maple sugar, cream, and maple syrup baked into a classic dessert from Quebec.
How To Make Crepes
Learn how to make versatile French crepes.
Learn how to make versatile French crepes.
How To Make Ganache
Creamy, decadent chocolate ganache easily rolls into truffles, enrobes tortes, or spreads between cookie layers.
Creamy, decadent chocolate ganache easily rolls into truffles, enrobes tortes, or spreads between cookie layers.
How To Roll Truffles
Chocolate truffles are easy to make and delicious.
Chocolate truffles are easy to make and delicious.
Make a Beurre Manie
Learn how to make beurre manie, an easy, lump-free way to thicken sauces and soups.
Learn how to make beurre manie, an easy, lump-free way to thicken sauces and soups.
Make a Frosted Lemon Spiral
Lemon spirals are beautiful decorations to classic French dishes. Learn how to make the elegant garnish.
Lemon spirals are beautiful decorations to classic French dishes. Learn how to make the elegant garnish.