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    Home • Recipes • Make-Ahead

    Make-Ahead

    • Simple Cherry Sauce for Duck to Dessert
    • Canelé Recipe (Cannelés de Bordeaux)
    • Gingerbread Trifle - A Holiday Classic with an Apple Caramel Twist
    • French Apple Cake (Gâteau aux pommes)
    • Smoked Garlic Soup with Rocket (Arugula)
    • French Apple Custard Tart (Tarte Alsacienne aux Pommes)
    • French Lemon Tart (Tarte au citron)
    • Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • Chocolate Pear Cake
    • No Bake Chocolate Puddings (crème au chocolat)
    • Butternut Walnut Gratin
    • Peach Melba - Discover Escoffier's Easy Recipe
    • Pumpkin Spice Macarons - with White Chocolate Ganache
    • Savoury Pumpkin Tart with Mushrooms
    • Pumpkin Soup with Leeks and Ginger
    • Sweet Corn Soup - Restaurant Style
    • Cheese Waffles - Easy, Crispy and Cheesy
    • Spiced Plum Jam
    • French Semolina Cake (Gâteau de Semoule)
    • Poichichade: Provençal Garlic Chickpea Spread
    • Mendiants (French Chocolate Disks)
    • Baked Peaches (with Amaretti)
    • Cheese Biscuits (Sablés au fromage)
    • French Meringue Filled Snowballs
    • French Almond Cake (Le Saint-Germain)
    • Strawberry and Pistachio Tart - with Pistachio Pastry Cream
    • Chocolate Granola Recipe with Coconut (No Added Sugar)
    • Caramelised Pineapple Rice Pudding (Riz Condé)
    • Rhubarb and Custard Cheesecake
    • Patrick Roger's Layered Chocolate Cake
    • Strawberry Almond Tart - How to Turn it into a French Cake
    • French Pancakes (Crêpes)
    • Creamy Orange Curd - A Perfect Crêpe Filling Recipe
    • Homemade Tartar Sauce (Sauce Tartare)
    • Individual Rhubarb Crumble Revisited
    • Pistachio Ice Cream (with or without Wasabi)
    • Pistachio Paste - How to Make Your Own
    • Poire Belle Hélène - Parisian Poached Pears with Chocolate Sauce
    • Le Boeuf Bourguignon: How to Make Burgundy Beef Stew like the French
    • Easy Chocolate Coffee Cakes
    • Rhubarb Cake with Orange and Rose
    • White Asparagus Recipe: French Clafoutis with Lemon

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    Author and home cook in Paris. Scottish and French, I've spent 30+ years in Paris sharing lighter, flavour-forward recipes with less sugar and no fuss. No fancy techniques - just real food we eat at home. You'll also find my travel tips to help you taste France like a local.

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