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🎄Elevate Your Celebration - Cook French Food

Timeless French flavors for a joyful noël!

  • yule log recipe
    A Delicious Christmas Yule Log Recipe
  • Pouring dark gravy on a plate of sliced turkey dinner and colorful vegetables.
    Turkey Stuffed with Chestnuts & Sausages
  • A white dinner plate with two round slabs of beige slices of duck foie gras with red berries on top, star-shaped gingerbread, slices of figs, and a bowl of red fig jam.
    Duck Foie Gras With Truffles

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Roasted chestnuts, split, and ready to eat.

aromatic & delicious...

How To Cook Chestnuts 3 Ways

Seasonal treat!

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🎅🏻French Christmas Cookie Indulgence

Delicate, buttery bites of elegance with a touch of Parisian soul! (Psst, leave one for Santa!)

  • Leaf shaped cake cookies sprinkled with icing sugar and bits of dried orange peel.
    Madeleines Cookies Recipe
  • Blue bowl full of colored cookies.
    Light French Meringue Cookies
  • Seven beige puff pastry cookies on a plate laden with a doily.
    Palmiers Recipe
  • White swirl shaped cookies, sprinkled with sugar.
    Easy French Butter Biscuits
Rich and decadent creme fraiche garnishes strawberry mousse.

homemade!

Crème Fraîche Recipe

Easy to make & so delicious.

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☃️Sweet Endings, French Style

Desserts that sparkle with tradition - the perfect finale to your holiday meal.

  • Chestnut cake with dark layers of cake with creamy chestnut filling covered in chocolate glaze icing on white surface.
    Chestnut Cake Recipe
  • Kugelhopf cakes contain dried fruit and nuts but some are savoury and contain bacon and herbs.
    Kugelhopf Recipe
  • Chocolate truffles coated in cocoa, coconut, and chopped nuts
    Dark Chocolate Truffles Recipe
  • A thin pancake called a crepe with orange citrus sauce and a clump of butter.
    Crepes Suzette Flambé With Citrus Sauce Recipe

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🐓Try A French Twist on Christmas Dinner

Celebrate the season with festive mains that go beyond roast turkey.

  • A whole roasted goose, different shades of brown surrounded by red apples, and green herbs.
    Roast Goose Recipe With Apples
  • Pink slices of duck breast with golden brown skin covered in a slightly orange sauce.
    Orange Sauce Duck Recipe
  • Golden brown roasted whole chicken with a sprig of tarragon on a white cutting board.
    Whole Roasted Chicken With Tarragon Recipe
  • A dark red venison roast surrounded with yellow potatoes, green asparagus, and broccoli.
    How To Cook Venison Roast The Best Way
  • Baked duck with care to create crispy skin.
    Crispy Roasted Duck Recipe
  • roast shoulder of lamb
    Boneless Roasted Lamb Shoulder With Piment d'Esplette
  • Sliced duck breast meat covered in cherries and red sauce on a white plate with salad on the side.
    Duck Breast With Cherry Sauce
  • Large slab of red meat, carrots, celery, and onions covered in red tomato marinade.
    Braised Beef Recipe

❄️French Salads - A Refreshing Pause In The Feast

A touch of green elegance: the French way to keep Christmas light and joyful.

  • red-cabbage-salad-recipe
    Easy Red Cabbage Salad Recipe With Vinaigrette à La Moutarde
  • A classic French Salade Auvergnate with potatoes, ham, cheese, and lettuce.
    Salade Auvergnate
  • Plain Simple & Tasty Mesclun Salad
  • salad nicoise
    Salade Niçoise With Homemade Dressing

Rich, colorful seasonal vegetable recipe.

triumphant & tasty...

French Vegetables

Prepare a variety for the holidays!

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  • French Bread Recipes
  • French Pastry Recipes
  • French Wines

🎁Potatoes, the Joy of Noël

The humble potato, dressed in Mediterranean flair, becomes the star of your holiday table.

  • Specially shaped potatoes crisping up in a pan with butter, thyme, garlic, and pepper.
    Fondant Potatoes
  • A bowl of white mashed potatoes surrounded by beige potatoes on a brown plaid tea towel.
    Pommes Aligot Mashed Potatoes With Cheese Recipe
  • garlic mashed potato recipe
    Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe
  • A casserole dish with browned potato slices layered across the top.
    Tasty Fish Pie Recipe

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🛷Traditional French Holiday Recipes

Celebrate with festive classics that warm every gathering.

  • Mussel Soup
    So Good Mussel Soup Recipe
  • Homemade fresh pea soup is delicious and satisfying served with croutons.
    Pea Soup Recipe
  • A white soup bowl filled with chunky, creamy potato soup with 2 slabs of orange cheese on top on a red gingham tablecloth.
    Cheesy Potato Soup Recipe
  • A white soup bowl on a red gingham table cloth filled with dark onion soup, topped with a slice of French bread covered in cheese.
    Easy French Onion Soup Recipe
  • A slab of course ground meat spread in browns topped with a green bay leaf.
    Pâté de Campagne
  • A black pot of reddy-brown venison meat chunks covered in reddish gravy with white dumplings spotted with green thyme.
    Best Venison Stew Recipe
  • French cooked beef stew called Daube de Boeuf with colorful vegetables and polenta on the side.
    #1 Crockpot Beef Stew With Gravy
  • A round white camembert cheese sprinkled with rosemary and slices of white, brown crusted baguette bread beside it.
    Greatest Baked Camembert

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  • French Fish And Seafood Recipes
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