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🇫🇷 Traditional dishes from France

3 dishes people actually cook in France: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Blanquette de veau

120 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Blanquette de veau, a traditional dish from France

Veal in a pale sauce, gently does it.

  • 800 g veal shoulder, cubed
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 leek
  • 200 g button mushrooms
  • 12 pearl onions
  • 40 g butter
  • 30 g plain flour
  • 100 ml double cream
  • 1 egg yolk

Tartiflette

70 min · easy · 7 ingredients

Tartiflette, a traditional dish from France

Potatoes, bacon and a whole melted reblochon.

  • 1000 g waxy potatoes
  • 1 reblochon
  • 200 g smoked lardons
  • 2 onions
  • 100 ml dry white wine
  • 100 ml crème fraîche
  • 1 garlic

Salade niçoise

30 min · easy · 9 ingredients

Salade niçoise, a traditional dish from France

Summer on a plate, no lettuce required.

  • 200 g tuna in olive oil
  • 200 g green beans
  • 4 eggs
  • 400 g ripe tomatoes
  • 80 g black olives
  • 8 anchovy fillets
  • 1 red onion
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar

What do people eat in France?

The three dishes from France documented in Copper are Blanquette de veau, Tartiflette and Salade niçoise. All three are boiled. One of the three needs an oven. Between them they use 25 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from France?

The three recipes need 25 ingredients between them. Copper's atlas covers 588 dishes from 196 countries, and these three are the France entries. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from France take?

Salade niçoise is the quickest at 30 minutes. Blanquette de veau is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 70 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from France is easiest to make at home?

Tartiflette and Salade niçoise are rated easy — start there. The full method is on each recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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