Dinner with Friends : nos idées recettes

All recipes and menus for a successful meal with friends

Are you hosting friends and want to show off your cooking skills?! This section will help you rise to the challenge!

The recipes featured here stand out for their flavor, originality, or visual appeal. If you’re unsure of your cooking skills, take a look at the prep time and difficulty level so you can plan ahead.

For example, avoid serving several consecutive dishes that require individual plating.

Enjoy reading and bon appétit!

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Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Squash

Here’s a delicious recipe for braised pork tenderloin served with roasted squash and potatoes. It’s the perfect dish for a special family meal or a dinner with friends—everyone is sure to love ...

Austria

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Traditional Apple Strudel

Here’s the recipe for Apfelstrudel, or apple strudel. It’s one of the first recipes I ever had the pleasure of making!Little Fréd was just a toddler back then, since it was a 6th-grade cooking ...

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Cream of Mushroom Soup with Crispy Bacon

This year, we made this creamy mushroom soup with crispy bacon as a starter for our Christmas dinner, and it was a huge hit! So I’m sharing the recipe for this delicious soup with you—it’s a surefire ...

Alsace and Lorraine

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Quick and Easy Alsatian Sauerkraut with Toppings

I love sauerkraut, but since I’m not from Alsace at all, I never learned how to make it. It seemed really complicated to me, and I’d never tried it before… But now I have, thanks to this quick and ...

Italy

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My Homemade Panettone

That's it—I've finally bought a stand mixer! Here's my first creation: a recipe for homemade panettone. What is Panettone? If you’re not familiar with Panettone, it’s a traditional ...

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Swiss chard stem stew with Toulouse sausage

Whenever I make the famous , I’m left with unused stalks (or chard stems). The other day, I tried a new way to cook them, and I’m sharing the recipe with you here. You’ll see, these Swiss chard stalks ...

Ile-de-France

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Beef flank steak with shallots in balsamic vinegar

I bought two flank steaks from the butcher the other day. He suggested this recipe for beef flank with shallots, but I wanted to avoid using red wine in the sauce. So I decided to deglaze the shallots ...

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Quick and Easy Mashed Potatoes

Here’s my recipe for homemade mashed potatoes. It’s quick and easy—especially if you have a pressure cooker! Homemade mashed potatoes are so much better! Mashed potatoes are one of those dishes that ...

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Coffret fiches recettes – Soupes

Découvrez 40 fiches-recettes de soupes pour tous les goûts et toutes les saisons !Bien plus pratiques à consulter qu’un livre en plein opération d’épluchage, ces fiches-recettes font la part belle ...

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Celeriac Soup with Hazelnuts

I discovered this recipe for celeriac soup with hazelnuts in an article in *Le Monde* on the topic of "hearty soups." It comes from the cookbook , which features a variety of delicious soups ...