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    Home • Recipes • Season

    Easy French Summer Recipes

    A delicious collection of easy French summer recipes using fresh seasonal produce like tomatoes, herbs, cherries, strawberries, peaches, and more. Find ideas for light summer dinners, picnics, and refreshing desserts such as ice creams and sorbets - perfect for relaxed outdoor meals and elegant entertaining.

    Looking for something specific? Browse the recipe filter to refine your search.

    • Oven Roasted Tomatoes and Mozzarella
    • Authentic French Potato Salad - Recipe Without Mayonnaise (à la Parisienne)
    • Simple Green Salad - The Best All-Rounder, Seasonal Side
    • Rhubarb Sorbet Recipe with Rose
    • No Churn Ice Cream with Candied Fruit (Glace Plombières)
    • Corsican Fig Jam (Confiture de Figues)
    • Blueberry Lemon Clafoutis
    • Cherry Clafoutis - the Classic French Custard Dessert
    • Raspberry Clafoutis - An Easy Gluten-Free Recipe for Summer
    • Everything you Need to Know About Apricot Jam (French Style)
    • Mango Cream Recipe - Like a Mousse without Eggs or Sugar
    • French Blueberry Tart - The Easiest Recipe
    • Black Sesame Ice Cream
    • Corsican Mint Omelette (Omelette à la Menthe)
    • French Monkfish Stew (Lotte à L'Américaine)
    • Blueberry Bavarois - A Bavarian Cream Recipe with Lemon
    • Classic Niçoise Salad - With the Authentic Ingredients
    • Sautéed Green Beans with Garlic
    • French Pea Soup (Potage Saint-Germain)
    • Strawberry Panna Cotta with Pistachio
    • Strawberry Mousse
    • Easy Raspberry Macaron Filling - White Chocolate Ganache Recipe
    • Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding
    • Coconut Chia Pudding with Mango
    • Lemon Verbena Ice Cream (Glace à la verveine)
    • Creamy Lemon Ice Cream (Glace au citron)
    • Whole Baked Sea Bass Recipe - Dinner on a Tray
    • Mediterranean Stuffed Zucchini (Courgettes farcies)
    • Corsican Cheese Lasagna (A Lazy Cannelloni au Brocciu Recipe)
    • No Bake Chocolate Puddings (crème au chocolat)
    • Peach Melba - Discover Escoffier's Easy Recipe
    • Sweet Corn Soup - Restaurant Style
    • Spiced Plum Jam
    • Poichichade: Provençal Garlic Chickpea Spread
    • Sea Bream Fish Baked Provençal Style (Dorade à la Provençale)
    • Baked Peaches (with Amaretti)
    • Easiest Peach Tart Recipe with Puff Pastry
    • Cheese Biscuits (Sablés au fromage)
    • Roasted Summer Vegetables (Tian de Légumes)
    • French Tomato Tart with Mustard - An Easy Summer Lunch from Provence
    • How to Jazz up French Beans: Add a White Peach
    • Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chèvre chaud)

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