20 French Recipes That’ll Make You Feel Like a Michelin-Star Chef
Bring the elegance of French cuisine to your kitchen with these 20 mouthwatering recipes. From rich sauces to delicate pastries, these dishes will have you cooking like a Michelin-star chef in no time. Whether you’re hosting a dinner party or just craving something special, these recipes are sure to impress!
Easy Crème Brûlée Recipe
This French delicacy is the perfect light and creamy dessert. It is served cold with a caramelized sugar crust on top.
Easy Classic French Cream Puffs
Cream puffs are made from a choux pastry (aka pâte à choux) which is just a light pastry dough made with flour, eggs, butter, and water. The puffed up hollow shells are perfect for filling with pastry cream or whipped cream for an easy, elegant dessert!
Lemon Curd Macarons Recipe
These sunny yellow Lemon Macarons are sure to brighten your day! They are filled with lemon buttercream and lemon curd for double the lemony goodness!
Croque Monsieur Recipe
If you’re looking for delicious French food, a croque monsieur sandwich is the perfect place to start. This ham and cheese sandwich recipe is layered with bechamel sauce and broiled cheese for a crispy, decadent, and delicious breakfast or brunch recipe.
Escargot Recipe
Snails are cooked in a butter and parsley sauce and served with a toasted baguette for a delectable and rich appetizer recipe. This Escargot recipe is so easy and a great way to experience French cuisine.
Croque Madame Sandwich
This sandwich is the perfect simple and impressive brunch recipe. The Croque Madame takes a normal ham and cheese sandwich up a notch by including bechamel sauce and an over easy egg to top it all off.
Ham and Cheese Quiche Recipe
You’ve never had a Quiche as fluffy and decadent as this French quiche recipe! This Quiche is flavored with Ham, Cheese, and Scallions for a delightful breakfast you can’t wait to share.
Instant Pot French Onion Soup
This new take on French Onion Soup will make the process quick and easy! This recipe is made in the Instant Pot and is topped with French Baguette and melty gruyere cheese.
Easy Ratatouille Recipe
This Easy Ratatouille Recipe is made with fresh vegetables layered in a pattern and then baked. It is a straightforward recipe with gorgeous presentation, and is also vegetarian and vegan! Try this recipe if you want to experience true French cuisine.
Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon
Stew Beef is cooked in red wine alongside bacon, carrots, mushrooms, and onions, for a deep, umami-rich meal. We are cooking this French classic in an Instant Pot to cut the cook time for this recipe in half!
Fresh Fruit Tart Recipe
This Fruit Tart recipe has a sweet and crisp pastry crust, a rich vanilla custard filling and fresh ripe fruit lightly brushed with the easiest fruit tart glaze. This classic French Fruit Tart is a simple, yet elegant dessert sure to impress your family and friends.
French Martini Cocktail Recipe
French Martini has the perfect combination of vodka, pineapple juice and a touch of Chambord liqueur that adds a hint of raspberry flavor. This French Martini recipe is smooth, silky, fruity and a great addition to your cocktail repertoire.
How to Make Crepes at Home Successfully
Learn how to make crepes that are perfectly tender and thin with buttery golden crisp edges. These delicate homemade crepes can be made with sweet or savory fillings plus all the toppings! This basic French crepe recipe is delicious served for breakfast, lunch or dinner at home!
Homemade French Bread
Homemade French Bread is crusty on the outside and chewy on the inside. Learn how to make French bread at home with this easy bread recipe and slather on the butter for a delicious snack!
French Apple Cake
This simple French Apple Cake is moist, buttery, tender and one of the easiest cakes to make. Lightly infused with either rum or apple brandy and brimming with pieces of apples, this traditional French apple cake is perfect served for dessert or breakfast and a great addition to the holidays and special occasions.
Slow Cooker French Onion Chicken
Five ingredients are all you need to make this delicious slow cooker French onion chicken. Chicken breasts are butterflied before being topped with sliced onion, onion soup, dried onion soup mix, and Swiss cheese. This tender chicken meal is an easy dinner recipe the whole family will love.
French Onion Soup
This classic French soup starts with butter and delicious, slowly cooked caramelized onions. The onions are then covered with a rich beef stock and seasoned with a splash of white wine. French Onion Soup is a creamy bowl of comfort food. It may be a labor of love to make, but it is worth every delicious bite!
Easy French Crepes
If you’ve ever wanted to know how to make crepes, this easy French Crepes recipe results in the most wonderfully thin, delicate crepes that can be be made sweet or savory in a blender and served for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, or dessert. They are even a great make-ahead option and freeze well! I’m sharing how to make crepes and all my crepe tips and filling ideas for the best French crepes!
Pan Bagnat French Tuna Sandwich
Pan bagnat is a tuna sandwich from Nice, France, it’s essentially a Niçoise salad on a bun it’s yummy & made from store cupboard staples. My version combines tinned tuna with olive tapenade, anchovies, garlic, and red wine vinegar. The sandwich is topped with boiled egg, tomatoes, basil, spring onion and radishes.
French Macarons
French Macarons are a meringue sandwich cookie that boasts a sweet chewy cookie with a filling of your choice. Using the Swiss Meringue method, this recipe is practically fail-proof!
