Cook easy French recipes in your own kitchen. Here are the most popular recipes for the week of June 23, 2008.
A dish of these savory Provencal nuts are at home on any hors d’oeuvres plate. The spicy cayenne and rosemary pair nicely with a peach kir royaux aperitif.
Versions of this fruit, nut, and blue cheese salad are available in most upscale restaurants. Here, a small amount of bitter endive is combined with delicate field greens, and then garnished with sliced pears, chopped walnuts, and creamy blue cheese dressing.
This twist on classic vinaigrette is very easy to prepare and tastes especially scrumptious tossed with mixed greens or drizzled over Tuna Nicoise. Make sure to buy fresh tarragon at your local market, it adds such a wonderful dimension of flavor to the dressing that dried herbs cannot.
This bright tasting dressing perfectly accents a romaine salad and Snapper en Papillote.
This savory sweet potato soufflé recipe is a lovely choice for a healthy side dish. It’s incredible served with duck a l'orange for a romantic occasion.
From the mansions of the Garden District to tiny clapboard cottages on the bayou, gumbo, a local version of French bouillabaisse, has graced every proud Louisianan table.
This traditional Croque Monsieur recipe is the closest version of the original sandwich served in Parisian cafes in the early 1900’s. It’s a perfect match for a steaming bowl of Provencal tomato rice soup.
This crepe, made with Buckwheat Crepes is a wonderful vegetarian entree. Make it a complete light meal with Cream of Mushroom Soup.
Caramelized onions give amazing complexity to the hard cider sauce recipe. The sauce is so delicious; the chicken is nearly an afterthought.
These mildly sweet popovers feature the natural warmth of fresh orange zest and ground cinnamon. Serve these with Café au Lait for breakfast or with Citrus Chicken Salad.
