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80+ fantastique French recipes

From coq au vin to clafoutis, we give you the French classics. Never made a souffle, mousse or steak frites? Check out our step by step 'how-to' articles. Bon appetit!

82 recipes
French onion beef stew.

French onion beef stew

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Poule au pot.

Poule au pot

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Tear and share crepe with chocolate sauce.
EASY

Tear and share oven-baked crepe with chocolate sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Helen Goh
Andrew McConnell's comte tart.

Comte cheese quiche

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Neil Perry's coq au vin.

How to cook like the French: tips from Guillaume Brahimi and Jacques Reymond

  • Rob Moran
Chocolate souffle made by Guy Grossi at Grossi Florentino.

How to make the perfect souffle

  • Justine Costigan
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Cooking with chocolate: Mousse.

How to make classic chocolate mousse

  • Justine Costigan
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 24: The croque monsieur served at Lolo & Wren in Brunswick West on July 24, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Luis Ascui/Fairfax Media via Getty Images)

How to make Lolo & Wren's croque-monsieur

Karen Martini's French onion soup.
EASY

French onion soup

  • 2 hrs +
Butter, apples and sugar become one of the finest desserts in the world.

Jill Dupleix's tarte tatin

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
EASY

Blue cheese madeleines

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Rachel Khoo's rosé and chicken spring stew.

Rachel Khoo's rosé chicken stew

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Rachel Khoo
French specialty: Beef daube with parsnips and carrots.

Beef daube with parsnip and carrot

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Grilled aged rib-eye with Bearnaise sauce.

Grilled aged rib-eye with Bearnaise sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Jill Dupleix's really basic giant cheese souffle.
EASY

Savoury souffle recipe: Giant cheese souffle

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
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Duck cassoulet.

Duck cassoulet

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Brigitte Hafner
Neil Perry's chocolate mousse.

Chocolate mousse recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Serve this classic braised stew with buttery mash, steamed veg and a glass of wine.

Classic beef bourguignon

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Three Blue Ducks' creamy mashed potatoes.

Paris mash (creamy mashed potato recipe)

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Andrew McConnell's anchovy, onion and olive tart.

​Pissaladiere (anchovy, onion and olive tart)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Coq au vin.

Coq au vin

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
X marks the spot on these cheese puffs.

Gruyere cheese gougeres with anchovy crosses

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Choux pastry eclairs.

Eclairs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Freestyle with different fruits in this free-form tart.

Rhubarb and strawberry galette with cream cheese pastry

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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Silicon canele moulds are an easier alternative to the traditional copper mould.

Canele recipe that breaks the mould

  • Debbie Skelton
Orange and Gran Marnier custard.

Orange and Grand Marnier custard

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Rachel Khoo's French almond and apricot millefeuilles with custard.

Deconstructed almond and apricot millefeuilles

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Rachel Khoo
Egg Ham and Gruyere Crepes.

Egg, ham and gruyere buckwheat crepes

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Omelet.
EASY

The classic omelette

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Comte custard with honey roasted jerusalem artichoke chips.

Comte cheese custard

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Andrew McConnell
Confit duck leg.

Confit duck leg

  • 2 hrs +
Rachel Khoo's financiers mean business.

Financiers with candied orange zest

  • Rachel Khoo
Chocolate fondant cake with Grand Marnier poached oranges.

Chocolate fondant cake with Grand Marnier poached oranges

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Freestyle: Adam Liaw's free-form chicken and mushroom pie.

Chicken and mushroom field pie recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Neverfail hot raspberry souffle.

Never-fail hot raspberry souffle

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Luke Mangan
cr: Bonnie Savage Styling by Lisa La Barbera Karen Martini recipe - Clafouti

Roasted rhubarb and ginger clafoutis

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini

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