Welcome to the section of my website entirely dedicated to savory French recipes from Monsieur de France. Here you will find simple and tasty dishes from all regions: quiche Lorraine, gratin dauphinois, potée, soups, meats, savory tarts, and regional specialties. Each recipe is explained step by step so you can easily prepare your meals, from lunch to dinner, with the authentic taste of French cuisine.
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Savory French recipes
How to make roast chicken with potatoes?
Jérôme Monsieur de France
Sunday chicken" is the distant heir to the famous poule au pot that King Henri IV wanted for all French people. A traditional, family-style dish, it is still prepared on Sundays in some families, and is carved according to a very precise ritual. How do you make it a success? Here's the recipe
Of course Italy invented pizza. The French love cuisine in general, and Italian cuisine in particular. And they can't help but bring their "French touch" to it. Discover some French pizza recipes here.
This is typically one of the dishes that our grandmothers used to make easily in the old days in the countryside, and that we've kind of forgotten about. It's a shame, because it's delicious, easy to make and inexpensive. Discover the recipe for easy potato shreds
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Savory French recipes
coquillettes? The French pasta Madame!
Jérôme Monsieur de France
Coquillettes: a dish that reminds the French of their childhood. Either because grandma cooked them perfectly and we enjoyed them with our cousins, or because they weren't so bad in the canteen... They're also easy to make, inexpensive, and lend themselves to some great recipes:
Onion soup is warm and comforting. It has long been the dish of the poor, since all that's needed, at least for the base, is a few onions, some butter and a broth. While some say it dates back to Roman times, what's certain is that it was widely eaten in the French countryside until recently. This didn't stop Louis XIV from enjoying a good onion soup on his return from the hunt.
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How to make a good chicken or beef broth?
Jérôme Monsieur de France
Chicken broth, or beef broth: a comforting dish that used to be eaten for breakfast before coffee or hot chocolate replaced it in the 19th century. It's a base for many recipes, and a great way to reuse leftovers, especially Sunday chicken. By freezing it as you would ice cubes you'll have it when you want it all year round. Here's my recipe:
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Savory French recipes
How to make Pasta Carbonara à la Française?
Jérôme Monsieur de France
Comforting and easy to make on a Sunday evening, THE student dish par excellence: pasta carbonara "à la Française" is delicious. It's called "à la Française" because in France we don't make it exactly like our Italian neighbors. We add a few things... What do you expect? We're gourmets in France! Here's the recipe:
Thanks to Monsieur de France, you'll be able to prepare a very easy recipe that will make carrots taste even better. It's a fairly old recipe, dating back to the 17th century, when Vichy became an increasingly popular spa...
It's a tasty dish: stuffed tomatoes. Easy to make, ideal for adding a little vegetable to children's plates, full of vitamins and useful for reusing leftovers, discover this dish and its recipe with advice from Monsieur de France.
It's a dish that's not that old, but that looks like it's been on our plates for centuries: tartiflette. Invented in the 1980s to promote Reblochon cheese, it's one of those dishes we like to make to get together with friends or family and share a good, warm, gourmet moment. Here's Monsieur de France's recipe for real tartiflette.
