Recipes

• Moroccan Lamb Tagine
  Moroccan Lamb Tagine is a really tasty and exotic meal and it's a great dish to cook to get the children into the kitchen with you.
• Fondant au Chocolat
  Try this easy to make, rich, moist and most decadent confection you could imagine.
• Crumble a La Ratatouille
  Ratatouille is a lovely sunny dish from the south of France which combines all those lovely Mediterranean vegetables.
• Roast Snapper with Vinaigrette
  Full of nutrients and vitamins, a good healthy fish will keep the pounds count low.
• Tarte Tatin
  Essentially an apple tart served upside down, everybody will love tarte tatin.
• Quiche Lorraine
  With the help of a Quiche Lorraine, you can win the battle to convince your growing children that vegetables are 'a good thing'.
• Moules Marinière
  Moules marinière is a fast, classic dish which kids will love, especially when they get a nice plate of chips alongside it.
• Layered Dessert
  You can get great results from a relatively simple combination of fruit, nice crunchy biscuits and cream.
• Raspberry Tart
  This elegant raspberry tart tastes fantastic, and is very easy to make.
• Three Tomato Salad in Round Loaf
  This is an alternative use for a freshly baked loaf based on the olive oil French sandwich style known as the 'pain bagnard'.
• Coq au Vin
  One of the great traditional French dishes - though it's often massacred in motorway cafeterias! - this is a fantastic hearty, tasty stew made with great wine and a few simple ingredients.
• Oysters with Champagne Sabayon
  A luxourious combination of two incredibly decadent ingredients.
• Crêpes Suzette
  Crêpes - still incredibly popular in France - offer an array of options from sweet to savoury, This recipe is for a sophisticated dessert that elevates the humble Crêpe to Suzette status.
• Quarter Cake
  An old fashioned, traditional French sponge cake recipe that children love.
• Glazed Pork Fillet
  A great, healthy family dinner to cook with the kids.
• Mont Blanc
  Mont Blanc is a wonderful classic French dessert - a wonderful, sugary, quick fix.
• Venison and Blackberry Sauce
  A great seductive dish, beautiful and decadent - perfect as a romantic dinner for two.
• Spaghetti with Lemon and Mascarpone
  A silky, sumptuous dish, that's easy and quick to prepare. One for lovers.
• Steamed Artichokes and Blue Cheese Sauce
  A simple but very tasty cheesy indulgence.
• Lamb Ragout with Tomato, Cumin and Artichokes
  
• Langoustines with Vanilla Butter
  Try this tasty fish dish with delicious vanilla butter.
• Classic Vanilla Custard
  Make this tasty vanilla based desert, which is sure to have your guest calling for seconds!
• White Chocolate and Vanilla Mousse
  Try this tasty chocolate and vanilla dish.
• Poulet au Pot with Rice
  As rich and decadent as it is simple to make.
• Spring Chicken Salad in a Loaf
  A great way of using up leftover chicken, robust and easily transportable, this is a canny thing to bring on a picnic.
• Poulet aux Quarante Gousses d'Ail
  A deliciously simple roast chicken, served with garlic cloves and crunchy bread.
• Homemade Chocolate Truffles
  In chocolate shops chocolate truffles come in all sorts of flavours, but the simplest you can make at home have just three ingredients: great quality chocolate, fresh cream and a little bit of cocoa powder for dusting.
• Blanquette de Veau Debout 
  This is a very traditional dish, a veal casserole, where the veal is cooked with vegetables in a light stock and then at the end a very creamy sauce is made up and the whole thing gets mixed together. 
• Tomates Confites with Balsamic Vinegar
  These tasty caramelised tomatoes work well as a starter or side dish.
• Strawberries with Traditional Modena Balsamic Vinegar and Basil
  Add some zing to strawberries with balsamic vinegar.
• Mount Callan Cheddar on Toast with Traditional Modena Balsamic Vinegar
  Luxury cheese on toast!
• Salade Niçoise
  This is surely the most famous and argued over salad in the world - the purists banish lettuce and any boiled vegetables. Just tell yourself you are not from Nice, and go wherever your taste takes you.
• Potatoes Dauphinoise
  For this dish, you have to select potatoes that will not turn into mash as you cook them. A carefully selected waxy potato will keep its shape and texture during cooking, not too hard and not too soft.
• A Creamy Vegetable Soup
  A really easy way to start off a chic meal with something colourful and full of flavour is to serve a vegetable soup. I serve it with a salsa on top, which gives it a bit more flavour and makes it a bit more interesting.
• Normandy Chicken Casserole
  A classic Normandy dish with mushrooms, calvados, cider, and a creamy sauce.
• Apple Compote with Crème Anglaise and Burned Butter Sauce
  There is nothing nicer in the autumn than collecting crisp, fresh apples to make that delicious light desert, Apple Compote, which is ideally served with a freshly made Crème Anglaise.
• Leftover Croissants with a Béchamel Sauce
  I have two or three sauce recipes I use to take care of any tired or slightly dried out croissants and this is one of my favourites. The sauce is easy, fast and very tasty.
• Beef Bourginon
  A hearty beef stew that is a one-pot solution for dinner parties.
• Fresh Pasta Primavera
  The perfect weekday meal.
• Roast Green Asparagus with Warm Blood Orange Vinaigrette
  Quick and easy without sacrificing on taste!
• Perfect Frites
  Empty plates, every time.
• French Onion Soup
  This soup, originally from Lyon, is as tasty as it is revitalising.
• Duck a l'Orange
  This version of Duck a l'Orange is as uncomplicated as it is decadent.
• Pan Seared Foie Gras
  Delicious roasted or pan fried, served with meat, fish or shellfish for a main course.
• Black Truffle Risotto
  The simple traditional dish, served with that most mysterious of luxuries, French black truffle. 
• Vanilla Butter Lobster
  Treat yourself with this simple, flavoursome meal.
• Pot au Feu
  A beef and vegetable stew, traditionally served in two stages. The first stage is a soup and the second a hearty dish of boiled beef and vegetables.
• Soufflé au Fromage
  Whatever you do, don't open the oven door for a peek while it's cooking!
• Piperade with Ham
  Try this rustic pepper, garlic and tomato stew, served with eggs and ham.