Condiments & dressings – Easy French Cooking

Marinated & Grilled “Crapaudine” Chicken, spicy sweet and sour sauce

A delicious way to prepare your barbecued chicken, fast cooking and amazing taste! Because of the marinade, you will have to start 24 hours in advance. For this recipe you will need: 1 chicken prepared in “Crapaudine”, find it here For the marinade: 1 tsp of sweet paprika powder 1 tsp of ground cumin 1…

Original French Dressing recipe “Vinaigrette”

I have seen anything and everything on the net on how to supposibly make a vinaigrette, some recipes have lemon juice, some add sugar, some use olive oil, I even read a recipe with some water inside…. so let’s get back to basics, here is the no nonsense, back to basics, real French dressing recipe……

French Style Pickled Gherkins…. Cornichons…

The exact origins of pickling are unknown, but the ancient Mesopotamians may have used the process around 2400 B.C. Pickling was used as a way to preserve food for out-of-season use and for long journeys, especially by sea. Although the process was invented to preserve foods, pickles are also made and eaten because people enjoy…