French Dinner Party Recipes

"This is a really simple dish to make and it's quite elegant."

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Ingredients: dried basil, shrimp...

"This is the easiest and one of the most impressive chicken dishes I make. Serve with grated parmesan at the table."

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Ingredients: pepper, fettuccine...

"This is a recipe I have been making for yonks now.....I first devised it about 18 years ago, when I was following Rosemary Connely's "Hip & Thigh Diet"!! It's a very easy low fat chicken dish, which can be pan fried or baked in the oven - I prefer the latter method, it's much easier! Serve it with a medley of gently steamed vegetables,..."

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Ingredients: Dijon mustard, fresh ground black pepper...

"I do these in the crock pot mostly, but sometimes I do them covered on the stove top, and both ways they come out moist and juicy. Stove top takes only 25 minutes simmering. The sauce is so good!"

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Ingredients: pepper, cream of chicken soup...

"This one's a truly memorable dinner without a lot of time spent in the kitchen."

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Ingredients: pepper, rib eye steaks...

"...from THE REALLY GOOD FOOD COOK BOOK. You won't believe how wonderful this mousse is! You can serve it at the most elegant dinner parties or at family dinners and, I promise you, it will be all gone."

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Ingredients: chocolate chips, confectioners' sugar...

"Delicious chicken breasts, wrapped in bacon or pancetta to ensure they remain moist, stuffed with Boursin garlic & herb cheese and then roasted with cherry tomatoes on the vine......delectable! I have posted this recipe for two - obviously it is VERY easy to increase the quantities for more people. Serve with a selection of seasonal vegetables..."

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Ingredients: creme fraiche, fresh ground black pepper...

"Ohhhh m'gawd, are these good or what? I don't like to toot my own horn, but TOOT! TOOT, TOOOOOOOOOOT!! The less expensive cube steak finally gets some respect here."

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Ingredients: cracked black pepper, cremini mushrooms...

"Bearnaise Butter melts over hot grilled or broiled steaks of your choice, making for a delicious entree that tastes like you really slaved (but you didn't). We love our steaks very rare (black & blue), but the butter's great and enhances everything from rare to well done steaks. Perfect for company! Make sure you have some bread to soak up the..."

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Ingredients: steaks, fresh lemon juice...

"This is the classic, adapted from "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." A wonderful dish, raising the simple stew to an art form and quite simple to make -- even though the instructions look long. Use Simple Beef Stock, the recipe for which is posted on this site. Use a wine that you would drink -- not cooking wine. And the better the cut..."

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Ingredients: pepper, salt & fresh ground pepper...

"Wonderful French Dish! A different way to serve potatoes that my whole family just loves. Enjoy!"

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Ingredients: fresh chives, fresh parsley...