Duck a L’Orange
When you think about classic, old-school recipes, Duck a L’Orange is always one that springs to mind. This ridiculously famous dish cut its teeth in the 70’s and 80’s in French restaurants all around the world. While it may have…
Easy Confit Duck
French cooking is famous for its decadence, with overt usage of Butter, Oil, and Fat to create rich and indulgent dishes. Perhaps the most indulgent of them all is a classic Confit Duck. This utterly delicious preparation of Duck is…
Blender Béarnaise Sauce
This recipe is so simple and will produce the most amazing tasting Béarnaise Sauce you’ve ever made at home. What is so amazing about this recipe is there’s no fancy techniques required. No water baths required, or any sophisticated cooking…
Peppercorn Steak and Pea Puree with Crispy Fried Scallions
We’ve gone on a little kick here at the Dinnertime Somewhere compound in creating restaurant quality plating for our home cooking. This isn’t something that we do often, but on occasion it’s nice to try and create a beautiful plate…
French Onion Pizza
The famous Soup from France has seen a huge resurgence in recent years. No longer being confined to it’s classical preparation as a traditional Soup, so many different dishes have become ‘French Onion Soupified’. We’ve already thrown out hat into…
Crispy Duck Fat Potatoes
One trick we’ve only recently adopted when cooking is to store any excess fat into some sealable glass jars for future use. This stuff is absolute liquid gold for cooking, and it always felt like such a shame to be…
White Wine Butter Mussels
Mussels are always such an impressive plate of food when served up at the dinner table. Beautiful, juicy Mussels with that meaty goodness inside, topped with a delicious Sauce and some amazing aromatics are simply irresistible. One of the most…
Brown Butter Sage Gnocchi with Mushrooms and Goats Cheese
This recipe is our attempt to recreate a delicious Gnocchi dish we recently ate at a famous restaurant in Sydney, Australia. The dish is a beautiful Brown Butter Sage Gnocchi with Mushrooms and Goats Cheese. The restaurant who created this…
Braised Beef with Noodles
Fusion food is defined as cuisine that brings dishes or cooking styles from completely different cultures together into a single, harmonious dish. Getting it right can be tricky, but when done well, fusion food is a force to be reckoned…
Easy Creme Brulee
If you really want to impress when it comes to dessert making this is a great choice. Our Easy Creme Brulee recipe looks and tastes spectacular! Complete with a beautiful crispy sugar disc on top, it’s a showstopper dessert by…
Filet au Poivre – Filet Steak in Peppercorn Sauce
The Filet au Poivre, or Steak au Poivre dish has become immensely popular in recent times. We wanted to share our take on this famous, and delicious Steak dish from France. It has all the markings of a classic French…
Hanger Steak Frites
The quintessential French Bistro of Steak Frites! No dish represents classic French Bistro dining more thank this world-famous dish. We are particularly taken by this version of the classic dish as it uses one of our all-time favorite cuts of…
Pan Fried Cod with Butter Sauce
This is a recipe we created after being inspired by watching many, many fancy cooking competition shows. There always tends to be a ‘fish’ challenge or two on these types of shows (eg: Masterchef). The dishes always look so sophisticated…
Cheesy Potatoes au Gratin
There are a few absolute mandatory sides that I must order if I’m at a great Steak Restaurant or French Bistro. One of those is the famous French Dish – Cheesy Potatoes au Gratin. Multiple layers of thinly sliced Potatoes,…
The Perfect Roast Chicken Dinner
Who doesn’t love a good roast chicken? It’s a show stopping dish packed full of flavor that is perfect for family gatherings or just a mid-week hearty meal to warm you up. The Perfect Roast Chicken Dinner is also a…
Cast Iron Creamy Chicken with Mushrooms
This dish is a classic French inspired Cast Iron Creamy Chicken with Mushrooms. The kind of dish you expect to see in a beautiful French Bistro with waiters rushing around everywhere in controlled chaos. It’s a beautiful warming dish with…
Classic French Onion Soup
It’s one of those dishes that I simply must order every time I see it on a menu at a French restaurant. The richness of the broth, the silkiness of the onions and of course the cheesy, crusty bread that…
