Simple french recipes....

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Ds1 is having a french day in school on friday, the teacher is buying some croissants and frecnh bread etc, but ds1 woiuld like to make something to take in for the class to taste.

Ideas please, it will have to be something that we can make thursday night and can be seved cold.

TIA

green salad with a good authentic dressing

some kind of patiserrie?

Not easy to think of much that can be made and then brought in to eat cold.

could make pain au chocolat.

Quiche lorraine?

quiche

Langues du Chat biscuits?

string of onions

french cheese? Port Salut is quite child-friendly (or brie if your school is full of progressive mners)

lilymaid, what are they??

very thin biscuits

are they easy to make?? anyone got a recipe please??

" Typical French picnic food includes basic baguettes along with whole meal breads, rich assortment of cheeses, charcuterie (cooked meats including sausages from the Alps flavored with everything from anise to morel mushrooms), pink hams and farmhouse pates. "

apparently

Cappuccino - I think you missed out a emoticon there.

How about a pain surprise, kids love them

(it is a hollowed out cylindrical loaf of bread filled with little sandwiches btw, with the top of the bread as a lid, you could buy a cottage loaf or something and try and make one or you can buy them in Paul and other good french bakers)

think langues de chat are quite easy to make. Google comes back with plenty.

if not can ask dp later - as she's trained in French patisserie, and i remember her making them.

i just want something quite simple that we can make thursday night and let him take in to taste, my brain just isnt working today.

What about tabbouleh? Couscous or bulgar wheat salad flavoured with mint. It's north african originally, but very common fare in France now.

'Compote de pommes' would be simple and healthy - it's just stewed apple liquidised.

www.marmiton.org is a fab French recipe site and they have recently translated a whole load of classic French recipes into English so you might find some ideas there.

Also, gougeres, which are cheesy choux pastry puffs or yoghurt cake which is very simple.

Just had a look and the English version of that Web site I mentioned is www.letscookfrench.com