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.
The seafood platter is one of France's favourite dishes (it even topped the list of France's favourite dishes in 2015). We like to enjoy one on New Year's Eve, for example, or in summer, by the seaside for example. What to put in it? How do you prepare seafood? Discover the list and advice from Monsieur de France.
It's perhaps one of the best sauces ever invented in French cuisine: béarnaise sauce. Delicious with meat, it was born of a delicious culinary error in the 19th century. Here's its history and my advice on how to make a good béarnaise.
Gratin dauphinois is a delicious combination of potatoes, cream and milk, and Monsieur de France can give you the recipe. A dish that originated in Dauphiné in the 18th century...
It's THE family dish par excellence: shepherd's pie (hâchis parmentier in french). A good purée and minced meat, plus a few extra ingredients, make it a delight to enjoy with friends and family. The shepherd's pie can also be made with duck or chicken, and allows you to recycle leftovers into a really tasty dish. Discover Monsieur de France's recipe.
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Savory French recipes
France's 3rd favourite dish: la raclette
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Raclette is France's 3rd favourite dish. It's a comforting dish to share with friends (even if there are appliances that allow you to make your own raclette). With Monsieur de France, you can prepare your raclette in the ideal proportions and with the right ingredients: cheese, cold meats, etc. Trust us for the proportions. We often think we're going to run out when we see how fast the cheese goes, but in fact everyone stalls at the same time.
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Savory French recipes
Scallops: how to choose and cook them
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Scallops are a refined delicacy, a symbol of celebrations and French gastronomy. Appreciated for their tender, salty flesh, they can be cooked simply or in sophisticated recipes. Discover how to choose, cook, and serve them, along with recipes, their history, and fishing regulations.
Soufflé is so French that the name is spoken in French in almost every language on the planet. It's technical to make, but so tasty... How do you make it? How do you make a successful soufflé? By following our tips and discovering the recipes of Monsieur de France.
General de Gaulle is quoted as saying: "How can you govern a country where there are 258 varieties of cheese? He wasn't entirely wrong about the difficulty of governing France, but he was wrong about the number of cheeses. The Académie Française has named 400, some say 600, others 1200. What's certain is that the French love cheese, consuming over 26 kg per inhabitant per year. Let's discover the art of cheese with Monsieur de France.
We love them in summer, with friends and a good glass of white wine, or during the braderie de Lille with French fries as it should be... Mussels have been eaten by mankind for at least 3,000 years, and in France we love to cook them. Monsieur de France takes stock of French mussels and gives you some ideas for cooking them.
France is the country in the world that consumes the most oysters with more than 2 Kg per year and per inhabitant. Just for the holidays, the time when they are traditionally consumed the most, France consumes more than 60,000 tons of oysters. It is also the 2nd producer country. Since when we consume oysters in France, and especially how to consume oysters: answers and advices from Monsieur de France.
