Tripes à la normande
Preparation time less than 30 mins Cooking time over 2 hours Serves Serves 2 Love it or hate it, tripe is an excellent way to achieve nose-to-tail eating. Slow-cooked, it’s tenderised and the deep-fried topping …
Coc au Vin Barbeque Sticks
Preparation time: 1 hour Resting time: 4 hours–overnight Cooking time 20 minutes Serves 4 as a Main Course Given that Spring seems to have finally sprung, I thought I would share a recipe that invites …
Chocolate mousse with cocoa nibs
Preparation time: 45 minutes Resting time: 2 hours Cooking time 35 minutes Serves 4–6 This is for any serious chocaholic. A chocolate crème Madame (chocolate pastry cream and whipped cream folded together) makes for an …
Fig and chicken liver salad
Preparation time 10 minutes Cooking time 15 minutes Serves 4 as starter 2 as main course When figs appear at my local market (the best figs are available from July to September in France), I …
Cassoulet Soup
Preparation time 30 minutes Cooking time about 1 hour Serves 4 as starter 2 as light lunch Bouillon de cassoulet avec des boulettes de canard et saucisse de Toulouse I first encountered cassoulet in jars …
Cheese and potato nests
Preparation time 30 minutes Baking time 15–20 minutes Serves 6 as a side dish The Nids de tartiflette recipe was the brainchild of the Reblochon cheese producers in the 1980s. With so many other French …
Chocloate Lava Cake
Preparation time 20 minutes Baking time 15–20 minutes Serves 6–8 Cook’n with Class is a little cookery school in Montmartre where I used to teach French pâtisserie. The students are a pretty international crowd, …
Boeuf bourguignon with baguette dumplings
Preparation time 30 mins to 1 hour Cooking time over 2 hours Serves Serves 4-6 Each region in France uses their own local red wine for this dish, so you don’t need to use a …
Eggs in Pots
Preparation time 10 minutes Baking time 15 minutes Serves 4 as a starter Oeufs en cocotte Two main ingredients—eggs and crème fraîche—are all you need for this super-simple yet very tasty dish. You can glam …
Trout in a parcel with lemon, fennel, and crème fraîche
Preparation time 15 minutes Cooking time 25–30 minutes Serves 2 as main course Truite en papillote avec fenouil, citron et crème fraîche Papillote sounds a lot more fancy than it actually is—ingredients simply popped …
Chouquettes (Sugar Puffs)
Preparation time 30 minutes Baking time 20–30 minutes Serves Makes 20–30 Light, airy puffs covered with pearl sugar (coarse sugar that doesn’t melt), chouquettes are less well known than profiteroles and éclairs, their choux-pastry cousins. …
Spring Lamb Stew
Preparation time 30 minutes Cooking time 1½–2 hours Serves 4–6 as main course For the fashion-conscious, the arrival of spring in Paris means that it’s out with the winter wardrobe and in with the spring …
Croque Madame muffins
Preparation time 20 minutes Cooking time 15–20 minutes Serves Makes 6 Croque Monsieur is essentially a toasted cheese and ham sandwich. Put a fried egg on top and you’ve got a Croque Madame (the egg is …
Madeleines with lemon curd
Preparation time over 2 hours Cooking time 30 mins to 1 hour Serves Makes 20-24 This recipe for madeleines à la crème au citron was given to me by my friend Frankie Unsworth who, like …
Octopus, mojo verde, potatoes, artichokes and txistorra
Preparation time less than 30 mins Cooking time 1 to 2 hours Serves Serves 4 Mojo verde salsa brings a cool taste to complement the big, rich flavours from the txistorra. Serve as part of …
Beef empanadas and Mexican-style corn
Preparation time less than 30 mins Cooking time over 2 hours Serves Serves 4 The spicy, zesty sweetcorn salsa is a great addition to these smoky beef parcels. By Matt Tebbutt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients …
Roasted cod with macadamia nut relish, vanilla lemons and broccoli
Preparation time overnight Cooking time 10 to 30 mins Serves Serves 2 Deep-fried broccoli and macadamia nuts add crunch to delicately baked cod. Equipment: You will need a deep-fat fryer or a deep, heavy-bottomed …
Braised rabbit with fennel and pastis and chickpea purée
Preparation time less than 30 mins Cooking time 1 to 2 hours Serves Serves 4 Pastis and fennel is the perfect combination to complement the richness of this slow-cooked rabbit. By Michel Roux Jr. …