Recettes

Recipes

French recipes explained simply — from a Breton buckwheat galette to bœuf bourguignon and salted caramel.

French classics genuinely worth cooking at home. Precise quantities, clear steps, nothing superfluous.

Galettes & crêpes

Breton galette (La Complète)

A Breton galette is a savoury pancake made from pure buckwheat flour — naturally gluten-free, cooked crisp and folded into a square around ham, cheese and an egg.

145 min · 4 servings

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Basics

Buckwheat galette batter

A true Breton galette batter needs only buckwheat, water, salt and time. No wheat — naturally gluten-free.

740 min · 6 servings

Galettes & crêpes

Sweet crêpes (the real batter)

A proper French sweet crêpe batter needs only flour, eggs, milk, a pinch of salt and a little butter — plus an hour of rest so the crêpes turn out thin and silky.

73 min · 4 servings

Technique

How to make a perfect crêpe

A thin, silky crêpe with golden edges is no accident — it is about griddle heat, a thin batter and one fluid sweep of the spreader.

Technique

Guide

Galette, crêpe or pancake — what’s the difference?

A galette is a savoury Breton pancake of buckwheat, a crêpe is a thin sweet French pancake of wheat, and the Slovak palacinka is their close cousin.

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Classics

Salted butter caramel

Breton salted caramel is sugar melted to amber, softened with butter, cream and flakes of Sel de Guérande — thick, glossy and dangerously good.

15 min · 6 servings

Desserts

Crème brûlée

Crème brûlée is a French dessert of smooth vanilla custard under a thin sheet of caramelised sugar that cracks when you tap it.

240 min · 4 servings

Classics

Robuchon mashed potato

The most famous French mashed potato: silky smooth, with almost as much butter as potato. Joël Robuchon’s secret is passing it through a sieve and beating in cold butter.

50 min · 6 servings

Classics

Quiche Lorraine

Quiche lorraine is a savoury French tart of shortcrust pastry filled with eggs, cream and smoked bacon.

60 min · 6 servings

Classics

French onion soup

French onion soup is built on patience: cook the onions until they turn sweet and brown, simmer them in stock, then bake under a crust of cheese and toasted baguette.

75 min · 4 servings

Classics

Bœuf bourguignon

Bœuf bourguignon is beef braised in red wine with pearl onions, mushrooms and bacon — a slow, fragrant dish that is even better the next day.

210 min · 6 servings

Brittany

Far breton

Far breton is a dense baked Breton custard with prunes — somewhere between a cake and a flan.

60 min · 8 servings

Gluten-free

Is buckwheat gluten-free?

Yes — buckwheat is naturally gluten-free. Despite the name, it is not related to wheat or any cereal grain and contains no gluten.

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Cidre

Cider: what it is, fermentation and history

Cider is fermented apple juice from Brittany and Normandy — low in alcohol, gently sparkling, dry (brut) or sweet (doux).

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