Recipes – Page 3 – Château de la Ruche

Pate de fruit

Pate de fruit recipe - traditional French homemade jelly sweets made with pure fruit - gelatine free suitable for vegetarians and vegans

Pumpkin sticky toffee pudding

Cherry Clafoutis

Clafoutis is a traditional French pudding, a store cupboard pudding; a celebration of whatever fruit is in season mixed with eggs, milk, sugar and flour.

Provencal stuffed pepper and tomatoes - summer vegetables stuffed with herbed rice and beautifully seasoned pork, slow cooked in a rich tomato sauce

Provençal stuffed vegetables

Gemista, yemista, tomato farcies – there’s a grand Mediterranean tradition of filling summer vegetables with all sorts of stuffings and then baking them, slowly, in the oven until they sweeten…

Raspberry panna cotta

These panna cotta are such a lovely, simple summer pudding. Set vanilla scented cream and a sweet but sharp fruit compote on top. I make them with raspberries, picked fresh…

Strawberry mint tarts

I have always loved beautiful French Patisserie. Lines of perfect little cakes and tarts lined up in the window, glistening with fruit, flowers and chocolate. I never dreamt of making…

Smashed peas on garlicky toast with edible flowers

crushed pea tartines

Sweet petit pois, creamy creme fraiche, salty and savoury parmesan, a little lemon and some mint, spread on garlicky toast - the perfect spring starter

Rhubarb gin

A simple recipe for a homemade rhubarb gin

From the château kitchen

our favourite seasonal recipes

Pate de fruit

Pumpkin sticky toffee pudding

Cherry Clafoutis

Provençal stuffed vegetables

Raspberry panna cotta

Strawberry mint tarts

crushed pea tartines

Rhubarb gin