French cuisine consists of lean meat, seafood and fish. And what are the famous local desserts, which are impossible to pass by? And also - aromatic Provencal herbs, subtle notes of alcohol and original sauces. Share 20 of the most delicious French recipes!
1. Nicoise
An insanely popular French salad of everything with everything.
You will need: 400 g canned beans, 8 cherry tomatoes, 4 tablespoons. olive oil, 1 clove of garlic, 100 g pitted olives, 2 potatoes, 1 tsp. sugar, 2 tsp. granular mustard, 2 cans of canned tuna, 2 heads of lettuce, 200 g green beans, 2 tbsp. wine vinegar, 2 eggs.
Preparation: Combine olive oil, mustard, vinegar, sugar and crushed garlic and let the dressing sit. Boil potatoes, eggs and green beans, chop as desired, then add ingredients and dressing fields.
2. Tartiflet
You probably know this recipe called "potato gratin".
You will need: 800 g potatoes, 200 g bacon, 150 g camembert, 4 tablespoons. 20% sour cream, 1 onion, 100 ml of dry white wine, butter, salt, pepper.
Preparation: Chop the bacon and onions and lightly fry. Cut the potatoes into thin slices and boil for a couple of minutes in boiling water. Spread layers of potatoes, bacon, cheese, and so on in a circle. Sprinkle with spices from time to time, pour sour cream and wine, put a couple of pieces of butter on top and send to the oven at 180 degrees until soft.
3. Crepe Suzette
Very famous French crêpes which are so good for breakfast.
You will need: 120 g flour, 300 ml milk, 2-3 eggs, 1 tbsp. vegetable oil, 1 tbsp. powdered sugar, a pinch of salt.
Preparation: Sift flour with icing sugar and salt, make a depression and beat in the eggs. Add butter, 2 tablespoons of milk, stir and slowly pour in the rest of the milk, and then quickly fry the batter pancakes. Place them in a plastic pile or lid.
4. Cassoulet
A hearty French bean dish that takes a long time to prepare, but worth it!
You will need: 500 g of pork ribs, 150 g of lard, 400 g of red and white beans, 1 onion, 1 tbsp. paprika, chili.
Preparation: Coarsely chop and fry the bacon, put the chopped onion and garlic in it. Add the disassembled ribs and spices to taste, sauté lightly and fold into a baking dish. Add chili and beans boiled until half cooked there. Put in the oven at 180 degrees for an hour.
5. French pate
Not a single feast in France is complete without pâtés. We offer a chicken liver recipe!
You will need: 500 g of chicken liver, 100 g of lard, 2 carrots, 2 shallots, 50 g of butter, 100 g of sour cream, 50 ml of cognac, 1 pomegranate, 3 cloves, a pinch of caraway seeds and marjoram, 40 g of gelatin, sugar and spices each taste.
Preparation: Fry chopped bacon with vegetables, add pieces of liver there and pour cognac. Stew everything under the lid, add spices and simmer for another 5 minutes. Grind everything with a blender along with sour cream, put in a mold and pour jelly with pomegranate seeds for serving.
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6. Cock-a-vein
Rooster or chicken in red wine. The recipe is complex but unforgettable. We suggest using two medium-sized chicken.
You will need: 2 chickens, 2 tablespoons each vegetable and butter, 150 g lard, 100 g champignons, 8 onions, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tbsp. flour, 0.5 cups of brandy, 750 ml of red wine, spices.
Preparation: Cut the chicken into 4 pieces and fry in a mixture of two oils. Melt the bacon in the same pan and fry the mushrooms, garlic and 2 onions in it. Put the chickens in a cauldron, sprinkle with flour and spices on top, spread the remaining onions and pour in brandy.
Stir, pour in the wine and stew for an hour. Transfer the chickens to the mushrooms, boil the sauce in half, and pour the meat over them just before serving.
7. Potofe
French beef with vegetables, spices and broth.
You will need: 1 kg of beef shanks, 1 kg of beef, 1 kg of ribs, 1 onion, 4 cloves, 1 bunch of greens, 5 stalks of celery, 700 g each of carrots, turnips and potatoes, 3 leeks, spices.
Preparation: Pour all the meat in water and bring to a boil. Fry the halves of the onion in the husk with cloves and add to the saucepan. Add herbs and spices there, and cook for 2.5 hours. Arrange vegetables in separate bags and cook in broth until tender. Put pieces of meat with vegetables in a plate and cover with broth.
8. Burgundy beef
Large pieces of meat are served in a thick and savory sauce.
You will need: 1 kg of beef, 1 liter of red wine, 4 cloves of garlic, 1 onion, herbs and spices, 100 g of bacon, 50 g each of butter, olive and sunflower oil, 50 g of flour, 500 g of champignons, 12 shallots, 4 carrots.
Preparation: Chop the meat into large pieces, mix with spices and onion half rings, and leave to marinate in wine overnight. Fry the bacon in sunflower oil, set it aside and fry the meat in the same pan. Add flour, lightly simmer and put everything in a cauldron.
Pour the marinade over the meat, add the bacon and put on low heat. In a mixture of two oils, alternately fry and add carrots to the meat, after 20 minutes - shallots, and after 20 minutes - mushrooms. Season the meat and carcasses together for another 25 minutes.
9. Duck confit
Duck legs languish in a special way in fat.
You will need: 4 duck legs, 6 cloves of garlic, 1 tbsp. salt, 1.5 tsp. mixture of peppers, 500 g of fat.
Preparation: Grind the garlic with spices to a paste and roll the peeled duck legs in the mixture. Leave the meat to marinate under the film for a day. Put in a mold, cover with fat and cook for 35 minutes at 160 degrees. Reduce the temperature to 90 degrees and cook for another 3 hours.
10. Bisque
Crustacean shell cream soup. Here's a simple recipe for making shrimp bisque!
You will need: 100 g tiger prawns, 1 tablespoon each olive and butter, 1 shallots, 1 celery stalk, tarragon leaves, 6 tbsp. white wine, 2 tbsp. brandy, 300 ml of broth, 100 ml of heavy cream, paprika, spices.
Preparation: Stew shallots, celery and garlic in a mixture of oils until soft. Add tarragon with shrimps, and after 2 minutes add brandy, wine and broth. Bring to a boil, boil for a couple of minutes and whisk everything in a blender. Strain the mass, add cream and spices, and warm up.
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11. Timbal
Classic French pasta casserole with filling.
You will need: 300 g of long pasta or spaghetti, 1 kg of minced meat, 50 g of butter, 300 g of mushrooms, 1 egg, 4 tomatoes, 1 onion, spices.
Preparation: Boil pasta, rinse with cold water and spread on paper towels. Spiral them in a greased form in an even layer without gaps, and form the sides in the same way.
Mix the minced meat with chopped onion and fry it in the oil mixture. Add chopped tomatoes there, stew, cool and mix with egg and herbs. Put in the same form, spread the mushrooms on top and cover with pasta. Cover with parchment and bake at 180 degrees for up to an hour.
12. Ratatouille
An excellent vegetable snack made from zucchini, eggplant and tomatoes.
You will need: 600 g of tomatoes, 300 g of zucchini, 300 g of eggplant, 300 g of pepper, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, spices.
Preparation: Peel and finely chop half of the tomatoes, and do the same with the baked pepper. Fry the chopped onion, add tomatoes, peppers, garlic and spices, and simmer the sauce for 10 minutes. Cut all the vegetables into slices, put them in a spiral shape and pour over the sauce. Bake for an hour under foil at 180 degrees, and then another 20 minutes without foil.
13. Kish
An open shortcrust pastry pie with any filling, not necessarily sweet. We offer a recipe with chicken!
You will need: 2 glasses of flour, 200 g of butter, 3 eggs, salt, 300 g of chicken, 400 g of mushrooms, 100 g of cheese, 100 g of sour cream.
Preparation: Cut the flour with cold butter into crumbs, add 1 egg, salt and quickly knead the dough. Roll it into a mold, prick with a fork and bake for 10 minutes at 200 degrees under pressure.Chop the chicken with mushrooms finely, fry and lay out the filling. Pour in sour cream, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake for another half hour.
14. Onion soup
The same famous French soup, in which there is almost nothing but onions.
You will need: 50 g butter, 4 onions, 1 tbsp. flour, 200 ml of white wine, 1 tsp. sugar, 1.5 l of broth, 1 baguette, 150 g of cheese, spices.
Preparation: Fry chopped onions in butter until transparent. Reduce heat and mascara to a caramel shade. Add separately fried flour to it and mix.
Pour the onion with wine and sugar, and after a couple of minutes - broth. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes over low heat. Fry the cheese baguette pieces and place in the soup when serving.
15. Clafoutis
Delicate cherry casserole with a mild sweet and sour taste.
You will need: 200 g flour, 4 eggs, 200 g sugar, 400 ml milk, 500 g cherries, 1 tbsp. zest, 20 g butter, 10 g vanilla sugar, 1 star anise.
Preparation: Mix eggs with sugar and slowly add sifted flour. Stir the mixture until smooth and gradually pour in the milk. Grease the dish with butter and sprinkle with flour, put the cherry with zest, pour the dough and put the star anise on top. Bake for 40-50 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees.
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16. Tart Taten
Simple but delicious apple flip-flop pie.
You will need: 140 g flour, 6 sour apples, 70 g butter, 1 yolk, 25 ml water, a pinch of salt, 350 g sugar, a pinch of cinnamon, 30 ml of brandy.
Preparation: Chop the flour and cold butter into crumbs, stir in the yolk and pour in cold water. Put the dough in the refrigerator for an hour. Melt 50 g of sugar in a skillet and continue to cook the caramel, gradually adding in the remaining sugar.
Pour the caramel into a greased dish, lay out the apple wedges, sprinkle with cinnamon and fields of brandy. Cover everything with the rolled dough and tuck the edges inward. Bake for 40 minutes at 200 degrees.
17. Macarons
Once you've mastered the basic technique, you can experiment with the most unexpected flavors.
You will need: 125 g almonds, 40 g vanilla sugar, 80 g sugar, 2 eggs, a pinch of salt.
Preparation: Grind the almonds into flour, and whisk the whites with sugar and salt until a strong foam. Combine both masses gently, beat the mixture well again and add color if desired. Pour the mass into special forms or squeeze out onto parchment using a pastry syringe. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, turn it off and put the cookies in it to dry for half an hour. Jam, whipped cream, chocolate spread, whatever!
18. Creme brulee
A charming caramel dessert that has conquered the whole world for a long time.
You will need: 70 g brown sugar, 4 yolks, 500 ml 33% cream, 1 vanilla pod.
Preparation: Heat the vanilla cream well, but don't bring it to a boil. Whisk the yolks with sugar and gradually add the cream. Strain the mass and pour into molds. Put on a baking sheet, add boiling water to the middle of the molds and put in the oven for 35 minutes at 170 degrees. Leave the dessert in the refrigerator overnight.
19. Merengi
Delicate, airy and light dessert, the name of which literally translates as "kiss".
You will need: 200 g sugar, 4 proteins.
Preparation: Beat the whites with a mixer for 2-3 minutes and add sugar, continuing to beat. Put the white viscous mixture on parchment, shape and dry for 1.5 hours in the oven at 90-100 degrees.
20. Profiteroles
Delightful French choux pastry.
You will need: 1 cup flour, 100 g butter, 3 eggs, a pinch of salt, 1 cup water.
Preparation: Add salt and butter cubes to boiling water, reduce heat, and slowly add sifted flour. Stir the mixture all the time with a whisk until smooth and without removing from heat. Transfer the dough to a bowl and add the eggs one at a time.
Place walnut-sized cakes on parchment and bake at 200 degrees for 10 minutes. And then another 15 minutes at 220. Puncture the finished profiteroles from the bottom to let off steam. Through the same hole, you can fill them with any cream using a pastry syringe.