🇫🇷 Chef Chez François’ Tip for Preparing the Best Tapenade! 🫒✨ Bring the flavors of Provence to your table with this simple and delicious homemade tapenade recipe! Tapenade is a traditional Provençal spread made with finely chopped olives, capers, herbs, and other flavorful ingredients blended together with olive oil. ItContinue Reading
Tip For Preparing Homemade Dijon Mustard! Here is my own recipe to prepare my delicious homemade Dijon Mustard! This is so easy to make at home! Originally from France, the Dijon Mustard is now used all over the world to prepare sandwiches, vinaigrette, dressings or just as a dip whenContinue Reading
Join me for a live online cooking class and learn how to prepare one of my favorite French comfort dishes:
🥧 Tarte à la tomate et chèvre — Tomato & Goat Cheese Tart!
This beautiful savory tart is always a winner at home. We’ll create a buttery tart topped with Dijon mustard, dried herbs, juicy tomatoes, creamy goat cheese, and fresh basil… served with a crisp green salad for the perfect French-style dinner 🍃✨Continue Reading
In this live online class, we’ll prepare this timeless French classic the traditional way: a whole chicken deliciously stuffed, sewn, and slow-cooked in my homemade, aromatic bouillon. As it simmers, we’ll progressively cook a variety of vegetables and potatoes right in the broth—layer by layer, flavor by flavor.Continue Reading
Tip For Preparing The Best Béchamel! Here is my own recipe to prepare my delicious Vermouth Béchamel! Usually prepared for most of my gratins, this classic French sauce is an important part of the following recipes: Veal Blanquette, Fish Pie, Ham and Zucchini Gratin, Asparagus and Salmon Lasagna, Zucchini and BeefContinue Reading
🇫🇷 Bake an Authentic French Apple Tart from Scratch! 🍎🥧👨🍳
Join Chef François on Sunday, October 4th for a live interactive baking class and learn how to create one of France’s most beloved pastries—Tarte aux Pommes (French Apple Tart).
This elegant French classic begins with a rich, buttery pâte sucrée (sweet shortcrust pastry), layered with a delicate almond frangipane and beautifully arranged fresh apples. You’ll finish your tart with Chef François’s favorite homemade glaze, creating a gorgeous caramelized shine worthy of any French pâtisserie.
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My Smoked Whitefish Salad Recipe! This is such an easy recipe to make and so delicious that you will try to spread it on almost everything! You can use my homemade smoked whitefish salad as a dip or even a spread or sandwich filling! So fresh when served with cucumberContinue Reading
My Lemon Chiffon Cake Recipe! So light and moist at the same time, this cake is like a breath of lemon air 🙂 You will need to use a fluted (tube) cake pan as you should invert the cake upside down to keep the airy volume. Ingredients: 1 + 1/2Continue Reading
Tip For Preparing The Perfect Lemon Curd! Here is a simple recipe to prepare my zesty Lemon Curd! So rich and glossy, you can spread it on almost everything if you are a lemon lover (like me): toasts, cakes, muffins, tarts, ice cream, waffles, crepes, pancakes, yogurt…or just grab aContinue Reading
Tip For Preparing The Perfect Pesto! Would you like to try my pesto? You should! Here is my recipe, such an easy and delicious paste to create. Use it for pasta, sandwich spread, veggie dip, boiled eggs, salad dressing, chicken breast… I chose Cilantro (coriander) but of course you canContinue Reading
