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A French leek and fresh salmon quiche in a homemade pate brisee crust, with eggs, liquid cream, dill and a pinch of nutmeg.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-7996 · Hand-built original
A deep, custardy bacon and Gruyère tart in a tender butter-and-lard crust, baked until the centre just wobbles and sliced only after a long rest.
Main ingredient: bacon
HB-12783 · Hand-built original
This easy quiche Lorraine recipe, filled with savory bacon and cheese, is a perfect addition to any brunch spread.
Main ingredient: bacon
HB-1871 · Hand-built original
Quiche Lorraine is a French main course centred on bacon. It combines plain flour, 4oz butter, salt for a straightforward, balanced result.
Main ingredient: bacon
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-3752 · Hand-built original
A fresh, sharp tartare sauce of mayonnaise with chopped capers, gherkins, shallot, lemon and parsley — the essential partner for fish and chips or a fish finger sandwich.
Main ingredient: mayonnaise
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-14939 · Hand-built original
Crisp rough-puff rectangles layered with raspberry jam, vanilla Chantilly and fresh raspberries under striped fondant tops.
Main ingredient: rolling
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-18267 · Hand-built original
Pink Swiss-meringue macaron shells piped in a mouse-ear silhouette, filled with a rose-kissed raspberry mousse and fresh raspberries, and brushed with gold.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-14964 · Hand-built original
Raspberry Tartlets is a French baking, dessert, sweet, sweet baking built around note. Ready in 210 min.
Main ingredient: sweet tartlet shells
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-1887 · Hand-built original
Ratatouille is one of those dishes that has become so popular worldwide, it’s hard to remember where it came from originally. No mere vegetable stew, ratatouille is only really worth making in high summer: kept in the fridge, it will repay your efforts every time you open the door. Great served warm with barbecued fish or at room temperature with bread
Main ingredient: grease
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-1714 · Hand-built original
Eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion and tomatoes cooked in stages and finished together.
Main ingredient: eggplant
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-4520 · Hand-built original
A Provençal stew of aubergines, courgettes, red peppers and tomatoes cooked in olive oil with onion, garlic and basil.
Main ingredient: aubergines
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-5359 · Hand-built original
Red snapper fillets steamed in parchment over broccoli rabe and fennel with olives, capers and lemon.
Main ingredient: red snapper
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-4523 · Hand-built original
Duck legs rendered crisp-skinned then braised in red wine with bacon and prunes until spoon-soft, served over celeriac smashed with confit garlic and butter.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-14987 · Hand-built original
Beef shanks braised slowly in red wine until tender, with aromatic vegetables. A French-style braise served with its cooking liquid.
Main ingredient: beef shank
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-4650 · Hand-built original
Shop-bought croissants are soaked in rhubarb poaching syrup, filled and topped with almond frangipane and flaked almonds, baked and crowned with poached rhubarb.
Main ingredient: sugar
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-8059 · Hand-built original
A bistro-style duck dish, served with black figs, cassis and buttery fried rosemary potatoes on the side.
Main ingredient: duck
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-1929 · Hand-built original
A coarse pork terrine with liver, Madeira and brandy, baked in a lardo-lined tin and served with cornichons and toast.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-5192 · Hand-built original
A French-style quiche Lorraine given a Scottish turn with strong cheddar and smoked bacon matchsticks, onion and garlic softened in butter under an egg and cream filling. Best eaten hot in slices.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-18382 · Hand-built original
Saffron and honey madeleines dipped in white chocolate.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-5435 · Hand-built original
A green leaf salad with herbed baked croûtons and a sharp mustard vinaigrette shaken in a jar.
Main ingredient: dried mixed herbs
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-18249 · Hand-built original
Think salad is boring? This classic French Niçoise salad is full of flavour and texture, perfect for popping in your lunchbox.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-1963 · Hand-built original
A composed salad of tuna, eggs, tomatoes, cucumber, artichokes, anchovies and black olives with olive oil and lemon.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites, soup
HB-5026 · Hand-built original
A composed French salad of roast potatoes, green beans, eggs, tuna, tomatoes and olives with a mustard vinaigrette.
Main ingredient: tuna
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites, soup
HB-4798 · Hand-built original
A salmon fillet wrapped in puff pastry over mushroom duxelles with mustard and dill, baked until crisp and golden. Served with a tangy dill sauce.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-4639 · Hand-built original
A rich brown French mother sauce built on beef stock, bacon, carrot, onion and celery, thickened with toasted flour and tomato purée. The espagnole also serves here as the base for its companion sauces.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-8172 · Hand-built original
A chunky French egg sauce with mustard, capers, and cornichons folded through an olive oil and vinegar base.
Main ingredient: eggs
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-15127 · Hand-built original
A no-cook French sauce of diced tomato, olives, anchovy, lemon juice and soft herbs stirred through olive oil. It is spooned over food at room temperature so nothing loses its freshness.
Main ingredient: extra virgin olive oil
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-8173 · Hand-built original
A French-style savory loaf studded with Kalamata olives, sweet corn and Gruyère, sliced thick for picnics or a light lunch. Extra olives, corn and cheese scattered over the top bake into a savory crust.
Main ingredient: olives
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-15144 · Hand-built original
Scallops and mushrooms in a white wine cream sauce, served in shells with a piped potato border.
Main ingredient: scallop
HB-4543 · Hand-built original
Sea bass fillets bake inside a paper parcel with salted butter, garlic, capers and lemon while floury potatoes become a butter and milk mash. A seaweed salsa of olives, shallot, dulse and chives tops the fish.
Main ingredient: scrubbed
Pairs well with: baguette, green salad, ratatouille, pommes frites
HB-8193 · Hand-built original
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
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
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
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
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
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